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BAY AREA PIPE & EQUIPMENT , INC . BRINGING PREFABRICATION TO THE BAY AREA

Completed PRV Station with large copper pipe cut and grooved to length by BAPE , Inc .
A small , family-run business providing HVAC and plumbing supplies , working union prefabrication shop , and soon licensed plumbing and pipefitting services , Bay Area Pipe & Equipment , Inc . ( BAPE ) was incorporated in August of 2020 by CEO Joshua Kitching .
Helmets to Hardhats program and was later hired by one of the largest mechanical contractors in Bay Area . He spent 14 years honing his pipefitting skills working as a journeyman then foreman on major local projects - including UCSF ’ s Community Research Center and Parnassus , the Academy of Arts & Sciences , Salesforce Tower , Salesforce East and the Chase Center – before launching his company . Then , as Josh describes , “ Tana Harris of Harris Hoisting had become my mentor and in 2019 , toward the end of the
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