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A S P E P h i l a d e l p h i a N E W S

December 2017

Board of Directors

President Mike Panco Consultant 610-497-4480 [email protected] Technical Vice President David C. Smith, PE, LEED AP Gannett Fleming 610-804-0069 [email protected] Legislative Vice President W. Kenneth Clark Zurn Industries, LLC 302-376-9170 [email protected] Membership Vice President Matthew Martin James Martin Company 215-669-2076 [email protected] Education Chairperson Dawn Bishop Rich-Tomkins Company, Inc. 610-859-6060 [email protected] Treasurer Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE PWI Engineering 215-241-9100 [email protected] Administrative Secretary James Eyrich L&R Associates 267-308-0500 [email protected] Corresponding Secretary James Wardell Cope-Wardell-Ammon Assoc. Inc. 610-485-2828 ext. 26 [email protected] Webmaster & Newsletter Editor Marc K. Pisarek Pisarek Engineering P.C. 856-854-5445 [email protected]

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COMMITTEES Board of Governors Dawn Bishop Steve Ziga Golf Committee Chair Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE PWI Engineering 215-241-9100 [email protected] Product Show Chair Michael Panco Consultant 610-497-4480 [email protected]

Affiliate Liaisons Michael Yearian Red Lion Medical Safety, Inc. Red Lion Medgas Consultants, Inc. 302-545-3225 [email protected] Social Activities Committee Dawn Bishop Rich-Tomkins Company, Inc. 610-859-6060 [email protected] ASPE Plumbing Design School Chair Dawn Bishop Rich-Tomkins Company, Inc. 610-859-6060 [email protected]

Earn CEU and PDH credit at each Dinner Meeting.

Credit: Photo in banner by Bill O’Donnell

December Issue In this month’s issue:

See pages 16-17 for photos from recent ASPE events!

See who attended last month’s meeting on page 29.

This month’s dinner meeting topic will be PEX Piping Systems, and will be at Sugar House Hugo’s Frog Bar in Philadelphia, PA.

Make sure to RSVP and we hope to see you there!

President’s Message ............. 2

Technical Corner .................. 4

Legislative News .................... 6

Membership News ................ 8

Education Report................. 10

Speaking Out ....................... 26

Affiliates Corner ................... 30

Last Month’s Attendees ....... 31

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Hello: I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiv-ing with Family and Friends. Last month we looked back at what we accomplished this year. I am very

grateful to our fantastic Board and all the commitment they have displayed in doing what it takes to have a great Chapter. I also be-lieve each individual that we in-teract with has benefitted by our presence and dedication to all our Members. I would like to extend my wish for continued health and prosperity during the upcoming Holidays to all our friends and members. We all have much to be grateful for and it’s very easy to look around and see someone dealing with stress and issues that define who we are and how we cope with life. I for one reflect on how I ap-proach life and the stressful issues that are presented in so many dif-ferent forms. Take a minute and reflect within yourself and you will be surprised just what you

discover. There are many people that I admire and strive to be as good and kind as they are, Thank you for being who you are! In closing I look forward to an-other 6 or 7 months as President of the chapter and will continue to improve our standing with the Society and membership. Come join us in any capacity you can it will only benefit you as a person and help us in continuing our goals. Best regards and Warm Holiday Greetings, Mike

Mike Panco President

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December 2017

Dinner Meeting Announcement

THURSDAY, December 14th

DINNER TECHNICAL TOPIC

PEX Piping Systems

Presented by:

John Dundon

Zurn

LOCATION:

Sugar House Hugo’s Frog Bar 1001 N Delaware Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19125

Time: 6 - 8 PM

COST

Dinner $35.00

Members With Reservation by Deadline: $25.00

*FREE for ASPE Plumbing Students or

Full-Time Engineering Students!*

RESERVATIONS DEADLINE:

4 PM MONDAY BEFORE

MEETING NIGHT


December 2017

TECHNICAL CORNER

Dennis Carapezza gave an exciting discussion in November on Leak De-tection and Sub-Metering for multi-family buildings. While the earth is 80% covered in water, only 0.007% is potable. Water conservation is becoming a necessity. Utilities are the number one cost to owners of multi-family buildings. Water is the number one of the utilities cost. In a recent survey, Philadelphia was ranked #4 in cost of water. Toilets can use as much as 40% of the water consumption in a building. Most code anticipate 150 gallons of water consumption per day per apartment. Buildings without

sub-metering, can consume 200-250 gallons per day per apartment. Build-ings with sub-metering, average 70 gallon per day per apartment. Sub-metering promotes water conservation. The common style water meter

measures a pulse per every 10 gallons water flow. So, the building owner does not know of a problem until the water bill comes. New technology in water metering measures 2100 pulses for every gallon of water. The reading reports to the building owner (BAS) allowing repairs to be done before too much water is wasted. Also, reduces the sanitary sewer bill as well. If you have more question about sub-metering technology contact Dennis at H2O De-gree. Come to the December meeting at Sugar House to hear about PEX piping system from John Dundon of Zurn Company.

David Smith Vice President,

Technical


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December 2017

LEGISLATIVE NEWS

The ASPE board wishes you and your family a healthy and safe holiday.

What’s happening in the industry?

• CPD (Certified in Plumbing Design) exam is coming up soon in the New Year! Are you ready to take your next step? If so, please visit www.aspe.org/CPDExam to attain the neces-sary information on eligibility, what to study, fees, practice tests and testing centers. The 2018 exam will be conducted on April 5 – 6. Registration is open now through Marsh 22nd.

• A free webinar for ASPE members is being held January 16, 2018. This one-hour webinar will ex-plain piping design methods that can provide faster delivery of hot water to fixtures, improve overall system efficiency, optimize the use of materials, and improve installation efficiency. Registration is open at aspe.org/DesigningPEX.

• ASPE is hosting a two-day workshop in Chica-go. The Basic Plumbing Design workshop will be held on January 25-26 at ASPE’s headquar-ters near Chicago's O'Hare Airport and it will cover design strategies for storm drainage, nat-ural gas, domestic cold and hot water, and sanitary sewer systems. You can sign up at aspe.org/BasicsWorkshop.

We hope to see you at this month’s dinner meet-ing on Thursday, December 14th at Hugo’s Frog Bar located at the The Sugar House Casino – 1001 N Delaware Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125. The topic this month will be PEX Piping Systems and it will be presented by John Dundon of Zurn Industries. This dinner meeting qualifies for 1.5 hours CEUs (certificates will be provided upon request by Da-vid Smith). Please make your reservation with Dave Smith by 4pm on Monday, December 11th at [email protected].

Ken Clark Vice President,

Legislative

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December 2017

MEMBERSHIP NEWS This is going to be a Great December general meeting. Have you been to the Sugar House? Free Parking, Great Food. Top notch facility. Easy Access to 95. Close to downtown. You don’t want to miss this meeting. I am sure there will be a lot of conver-sation! See you December 14th! Hey are you headed to ASPE 2018 National Convention? Have an idea for presentations? Want to present a topic for discussion at a session? 2018 ASPE Convention & Expo presentation pro-

posals are due January 15. For more information go here:

aspe.org/callforpresenters Give a warm Holiday Welcome to our newest member Karim Mrad.

Matthew Martin Vice President,

Membership


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December 2017

Photos from Recent Local ASPE Events

2017 ASPE Philadelphia November Dinner Meeting—Maggiano’s Little Italy


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December 2017

SPEAKING OUT

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Happy New Year!

Looking forward to 2018!

Steve Ziga


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December 2017

AFFILIATES CORNER Table Top presenters did a fabulous job dur-ing our November 16 meeting as the photos show (see page 16) with Ken White display-ing Caleffi products and Steve Smith present-ing for Hydro. We have two companies presenting Table Top displays at the December meeting. First, we have Lauren Berenato, John Cupp & Alex Negavan of ThermOmegaTech. In addition, we have Andrea Uhl of Cullen. We look for-ward to these informative presentations.

A few spots remain so contact me to make your reservation.


December 2017

Chapter Presidents Since Inception: Mike Panco 2016-Current Dawn Bishop 2014-2016 Steve Ziga 2012-2014 Jerry S. Oflazian 2008-2012 Joseph M. Smaul 2008-2008 R. Paul Silvestre 2004-2008 Bill O'Donnell 2003-2004 Curtis Ray 2000-2003 David Moreno 1998-2000 Bill O’Donnell 1996-1998 Dave Holst 1994-1996 Ernie Rink 1993-1994 Joe Gallucio 1992-1993 Sevanti Jain 1990-1992 Ernie Rink 1988-1990 David Orrell 1986-1988 Thomas Coughlin 1984-1986 Robert Wagman 1982-1984 George Letherbury 1979-1982 Robert Hunter * 1978-1979 *Interim President

Thank you to our 2017 Golf Outing Sponsors

Trophy Sponsor ZURN/GREEN TURTLE

Lunch Sponsor (SSI) SUPRESSION SYSTEMS INC

KEG Sponsor NAVIEN

Straightest Drive Hole #6 Sponsor L&R ASSOCIATES / TOTO

Corporate Sponsors

Hole Sponsors HOLBY VALVE

SLOTDRAIN MERION PUMP

PENN PUMP

WILLIAM BETZ COMPANY

ZURN JAMES MARTIN COMPANY

TYLER PIPE MILWAUKEE VALVE

GREEN TURTLE/ PROCEPTOR RICH TOMKINS COMPANY

UPONOR DELTA FAUCET

BRADFORD WHITE COPE WARDELL AMMON

BJ TERRONI (SSI) SUPRESSION SYSTEMS

VIEGA LLC KEYSTONE SALES

HYDRO SERVICE & SUPPLY DELVAL EQUIPMENT

APOLLO FLOW CONTROLS

CLAPP ASSOCIATES

BARBIERI & KLINE M&H SALES LUBRIZOL

MIKE SNYDER & ASSOCIATES FROET INDUSTRIES

ROCKFORD SEPERATORS PENN PUMP

ROBERT BROWN ASSOCIATES L & R ASSOCIATES HIGHLAND TANK

ROBERT BURNS ASSOCIATES ROI MARKETING

NIBCO SHERMAN ENGINEERING

VICTAULIC VERNON BITZER

COMBUSTION SERVICE & EQUIPMENT


December 2017

IN ATTE NDANCE AT NOVEM BER DIN NER MEETIN G

Dawn Bishop

Dennis Carapez-za

Scott Decker

Mike Dolan

John Edwards

Jim Eyrich

Chris Eyrich

Brian Goudy

David Hile

Will Kraenbring

Mike Manofu

Don Nowicke

Bill O'Donnell

Mike Panco

Brandon Pfister

Vincent Pisano

Marc Pisarek

Carl Ray

Paul Silvestre

David Simth

Steve Smith

Ken White

Bruce Wilcox

Brian Wright

Mike Yearian

Craig Yung

COME AND JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES IN DECEMBER

ASPE 2017-18 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

September 14th 2017 Golf Outing Pennsauken Country Club

September 28th 2017 Backflow Preventer in Vaults Fisher’s Tudor House

October 26th 2017 Philadelphia Chapter Product Show Clarion Hotel & Conference Center

November 16th 2017 Leak Detection and Sub Metering Maggiano's Little Italy Cherry Hill

December 14th 2017 PEX Piping Systems Sugar House Hugo’s Frog Bar

January 25th 2018 Roof Drains Georgine’s Continental Cuisine

February 22nd 2018 New Jersey NSPC Updates Maggiano's Little Italy Cherry Hill

March 22nd 2018 Hydraulic Separators Georgine’s Continental Cuisine

April 26th 2018 Epoxy Coated Cast Iron Soil Pipe Sugar House Hugo’s Frog Bar

May 31st 2018 NFPA Medical Gas Piping Code Updates Fisher’s Tudor House

June 14th or 21st 2018 Tour To Be Announced

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