ASPE Newsletter Dec 2014 - ASPE Philadelphia - Home · phia ASPE Chapter logo proudly! I’d like...

President’s Message ............. 2

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

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

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

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

Speaking Out ...................... 19

Affiliates Corner ................... 23

Last October’s Attendees ... 28

Board of Directors

President Dawn Bishop 856-628-1308 [email protected] Technical Vice President Mike Panco Retired 610-497-4480 [email protected] Legislative Vice President Clay Hathaway Furlow Associates 302-798-3515 [email protected] Membership Vice President Matthew Martin James Martin Company 215-669-2076 [email protected] Education Vice President Mike Panco Retired 610-497-4480 [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 & Newsletter Editor David Smith Environetics 610-804-0069 [email protected] Webmaster Joseph Adams Worth & Company 267-362-1100 [email protected]

We are online at www.AspePhila.org.

Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society

COMMITTEES Board of Governors Dave Holst Ernie Rink Steve Ziga

Golf Committee Chair Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE PWI Engineering 215-241-9100 [email protected] Product Show Chair Michael Panco Retired 610-497-4480 [email protected]

Affiliate Liaisons Alex Barbieri Barbieri & Kline 215-885-0440 [email protected] ASPE Plumbing Design School Chair Mike Panco Retired 610-497-4480 [email protected] Social Activities Committee Dawn Bishop 856-628-1308 [email protected]

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December Issue This month’s insert, on page 15, is bought to you by PGW. Check out what they have to offer.

Look inside to find news of the Philadelphia Chapter concerning the Decem-ber meeting.

On page 26 is an Offer to Members. Check it out.

Anyone looking for a job or has a position available, APSE Philadelphia will send an email blast with your information. Just send your information to [email protected]. This process works! Just ask James Branca.

ASPE Membership renewal notices are only sent via email. Please verify Na-tional ASPE has your current e-mail address on file by contacting Member-ship Assistant Racquel Rodriguez ([email protected])

Come join your friends and colleagues.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night… …and a good night is what we have planned for this month’s Technical Meeting.

Tom Pitcherello is back to speak to us once again!

Plus, I’m delighted to share that the Board has decided to offer the December Technical Meeting at no cost to Philadelphia Chapter Members and their spouse or guest. Did you catch that???

NO COST FOR MEMBERS & SPOUSE/GUEST AT DECEMBER’S MEETING

You must make your reservation in advance. The hotel will need to set up and plan food for the correct number of attendees.

If you’re not an individual member yet, it isn’t too late to join! Get this and many other benefits throughout the year by being a member of ASPE.

At the December & January meetings, take a look around at the shirts the Board Members are wear-ing. The Board is offering these shirts for $35 each with a choice of either blue or green. We are offering these to our Philadelphia Chapter members and meeting attendees at cost. Bill O'Donnell will be collecting the money and sizes through the January Technical Meeting. Wear the Philadel-phia ASPE Chapter logo proudly!

I’d like to wish everyone a JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON!!!

Dawn Bishop President

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Dinner Meeting Announcement

THURSDAY, Dec 18th

DINNER TECHNICAL TOPIC

New Jersey Adopted Codes

Presented by:

Thomas Pitcherello NJ DCA

LOCATION: Clarion Hotel

76 Industrial Highway Essington, PA

Time: 6 - 8 PM

COST

FREE for Members & Spouse/Guest

$30.00 for Non-members & $50 for Non member & Spouse/

Guest Spouse

PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS BY

MONDAY BEFORE MEETING

FOR RESERVATIONS CONTACT:

Mike Panco [email protected]

Meeting qualifies for 1‐Hour Continuing Education Unit (No certificates will be provided)

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Hello everyone: First of all I want to wish every-one a very Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah. This year’s Plumbing classes will be completed on the 15th of this month and I am most apprecia-tive of our students as this year I

see many with great skills and po-tential. Also a special thank you to the

Clarion Hotel and Conference Center All of our efforts to continue improving the education of our Engineers, Designers and Contractors would not be possible without the never ending support of our Instructors. I want to give a special thanks to our ASPE Board members who go above and beyond in their dedi-cation to the chapter and teaching in our program. Thank you Steve Ziga, Jerry Oflazian, Dave Holst, Dave Smith, Matt Martin, and Clay Hathaway! Also

special thanks to Mitchell Weiss our newest member to the Education Committee. Last but not least by no means are the Engineers from our community of sales reps that also have the dedication of teaching and informing our students on the latest information on a wide variety of plumb-ing and fire protection equipment utilizing sizing techniques and reviewing the latest code changes ranging from Plumbing, NFPA and Medical gases. Thank you to the following individuals; Dour Martin - M and H Sales Rob Marsigila – Pure H20 Technologies Inc. Don Wynne - Blankin Equipment. Matt Martin – James Martin Company Mark Franklin and Phil Hober – Sherman Engineering Joseph Layden Jr. – The Layden Company William Slusser –. Consulting Engineers Please try to attend our January meeting at the Clar-ion Hotel. Many Thanks, Mike

TECHNICAL CORNER

Show ers-ADA,Commercial, Residential

Electric Tankless Water Heaters

Proceptor Grease Interceptors

Drinking Fountains&Safety Equipment

Drains & Carriers

China Fixtures & Whirlpools

Trench Drains

*Stocked in Philadelphia

Roof Pipe Support Systems

Acid Waste Piping Systems

Wall Hydrants, Brass products

Show ers & Faucets

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Mike Panco Vice President,

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LEGISLATIVE NEWS High Volume Low Speed (HVLS) Fans, affectionately known as big ass fans. (Note: I would not recom-mend that one refer to these types of fan as B.A.F. in their documents and specifications since I believe this a registered company name, unless specifically referring to this specific manufacturer of HVLS Fans.) Commercially and with re-

spects to NFPA a HVLS Fan is “A ceiling fan that is ap-proximately 6 ft. to 24 ft. in diameter with a rotational speed of approximately 30 to 70 revolutions per min-ute.” So what do HVLS Fans have to do with plumb-ing/fire protection and why should the plumbing/fire protection designer care about them? The latest edi-tion of NFPA 13 (2013 Edition) now including sprinkler design requirements in sprinklered buildings where these types of ceiling fans are installed (Sections 11.1.7 and 12.1.4.) The requirements deal with fan

size limitations, fan positioning with respects to sprin-kler location, vertical sprinkler clearance to fans, and interlocks for fan shut down upon activation of a sprinkler system water flow alarm. Why the new de-sign requirements. Test have shown that the opera-tion of HVLS fans have negative impact in the per-formance of automatic sprinklers. In addition the fan positioning with respects to sprinklers, the results of the tests show that shut down of HVLS fan operation, ei-ther early shut down (by smoke detection) or upon activation of sprinkler system, result in less occupancy and commodity damage. So when involved in a MEP design involving automatic sprinkler systems the plumbing/fire protection designer needs to check with the mechanical and electrical designers and/or the architect to see if this type of special feature (HVLS Fans) will be part of the project and coordinate appropriately.

Clay Hathaway Vice President,

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Merry New Year! I hope I find you calm cool and collected thru this holi-day season. Reality is we are all probably at our wits end dealing with shopping, work, and holiday cheer. Remember, what this time of year is truly about….. Egg Nog!!! Lots and lots of Egg Nog!!!!! And not the alcohol free stuff. Egg Nog can answer all of your holiday ills.

Whether it’s the cold, your mother-in-law, or your bills, Egg Nog can solve it all!

Philadelphia has ranked in the Top 20 U.S. metros with the most new construction in 2014. Coming in at number 15, 2014 Construction Starts, January to September: $4.2 billion, with a change, year-over-year: 40%. 2013 Construction Starts: $3 billion with a Change from 2013 of 36.8%. Largest 2014 Project Started, to date: The $806 million Comcast Innovation & Technology

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Matthew Martin Vice President,

Membership

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EDUCATION REPORT

The classes are almost done for the year and those who successfully complete the program, our chapter will pay for the first year of mem-bership as an associate member.


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SPEAKING OUT December 7, 1941

Maybe you don’t remember, but maybe your father or grandfather does, it was a momentous day in many American lives. It was the day Pearl Harbor was at-tacked and the beginning of our direct involvement in WWII.

I wasn’t even born then however, in 1965 I was in the Navy aboard the USS Ticonderoga, CVA-14. CVA means Carrier Vanguard Attack, a front line attack carrier. We had been in San Francisco for repairs and had sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge, a truly inspiring event. We were now in route to Hawaii, then on to the coast of Vietnam. Remember Vietnam?

Our next stop was Pearl Harbor. After 2

days of sea trials to be sure we were ready for our return to duty in the South China Sea. Eve-ryone was anxious to see Hawaii the beaches and the babes in grass skirts, me too. I was excited to be able to visit Hawaii and the chance to meet up with a couple of old friends that were sta-tioned there in the army. One friend was sta-tioned at Schofield Barracks the other was a dentist at Tripler Army Hospital.

My work station on board the ship was CIC (Combat Information Center), the eyes and ears of the ship. At about 60 miles from the land we began to pick up land mass signals on our radar screens. The excitement was increasing. At the entrance to the ship channel leading into Pearl Harbor, all off duty personnel were ordered to change to dress uniforms and report to the flight deck. I had just been relieved and was considered off duty. So I changed clothes and


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DANFOSS / GRAHAM (www.namc.danfoss.com) Variable Speed Drives, Soft Starters

DOMESTIC PUMP (http://bellgossett.com/boiler-feed-condensate-pumping-packages) Condensate Handling Equipment, Boiler Feed Units, Industrial & Clinical Vacuum Pumps

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WESSELS TANK (www.westank.com) Stock and Custom Fabrication ASME Code Storage Tanks

WINTERS INSTRUMENTS (www.winters.com) Pressure Gauges, Thermometers

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PUMPS, CONTROLS, HEATING/COOLING SPECIALTIES, HEAT EXCHANGERS, PLUMBING PRODUCTS

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SPEAKING OUT

AFFILIATES CORNER December is here and the Holiday Season is in full swing. This month's Table Top Presenter will be PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS. Be sure to stop by and learn more about HOT WATER HEATER & BOILER REBATES and GRANTS. .

Don't miss this month's Technical Meeting re-garding New Jersey's Adopted Codes'' on Thursday 12/18.

As the ASPE Philadelphia Affiliate Liaison I want to wish everyone and their families a safe, warm, and festive Holiday Season. Merry Christmas to all. Your Philadelphia ASPE Affiliate Liaison, Alex Barbieri [email protected]

SPEAKING OUT

went up. The view of Honolulu, Hawaii was won-derful. As we proceeded up the ship channel, we were instructed to line up at the edge of the flight deck. It took about 1200 to 1500 sailors to form a tight line at the perimeter of the flight deck. We were approaching the Arizona Memo-rial. As we rounded the bend in the channel the memorial came into view. Everyone became very quiet and stood at attention. They played the Navy hymn and then the Star Spangled Banner as we silently passed the memorial. You could have heard a pin drop. It was a very solemn and emo-tional time for everyone. We could see the rem-nants of the battleship Arizona under the water. I will never forget the moment.

Next, we found ourselves nearing our berth-ing spot. Still standing on the flight deck I could

see a long pier parallel to the shore with a single connection to land. Along the pier were placed several large floats. On the pier were guests, the officer’s wives Hula dance club, doing the hula, and the Navy band. The band started playing “Anchors Away. The floats were there to keep the aircraft carrier, with large flight deck over-hangs, away from the cranes that would soon be operating on the pier. Approximately 14 LSD’s had been converted to act as tug boats for our ship. We were only moving at about a half a mile per hour or less. But, apparently that was too fast. All of a sudden you could hear a screeching as the floats were being pushed hard into the pier pilings (12” to 15” diameter pilings 40 or more feet long). Then all of a sudden they started breaking, the dock was shaking, the guests, hula girls, and band were running for solid



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Thank you to our 2014 Sponsors Trophy Sponsor

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Chapter Presidents Since Inception:

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

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Offer to Members The Board members who attended the ASPE Convention were wearing a blue or green dress shirt. The Board received a lot of complements on the shirt at the convention. So, the Board has decided to offer these shirts to the membership. Board mem-bers will be wearing the different ASPE shirts to the dinner meetings. If you are interested in a shirt, talk to a board member and the shirts will be ordered in January 2015 for $35.

The ASPE Philadelphia Chapter Board

SPEAKING OUT ground. It was a hilarious sight and a fitting end to a very solemn event at the memorial. We broke 15 or 20 pilings and no one was hurt.

In four days we left for Vietnam.

Dave Holst, SGE, MPLS in 2014



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IN ATTENDANCE AT NOVEMBER’S DINNER MEETING

Dawn Bishop

Kevin Brace

Lisa Conover

Patrick Daly

Ken Diamico

Dan Evans

Jim Eyrich

Ken Falkowski

Mark Franklin

Eric Garrett

Michael Hadlofski

Dave Holst

Sevanti Jain

Bill Klock

Will Kraenbrig

John Lee

Lee Martin

Matt Martin

Bob McCullen

Greg McLaren

Greg McLaren Jr.

Matt Menard

Wynton Moore

Bryan Morressey

Patrick Mullen

Don Nowicke

Bill O'Donnell

Mike Panco

Marc Pisarek

Pat Shovlin

Dave Smith

Dave Steele

Dwight Traub

Bob VanEtten

James Wardell

Ken White

James Watcher

COME AND JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES

IN DECEMBER!

ASPE 2014-15 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

December 18th 2014 NJ’s Adopted Codes Presentation

January 22nd 2015 Ultra pure water systems

February 26th 2015 Domestic Water Booster Pumping Packages – Sizing, Specifying, Operating

March 26th 2015 Department of Energy (DOE) Water Heater Changes

April 23rd 2015 Sizing and application of Tankless water heaters

May 21st 2015 Sizing and application of medical gas

June 2015 To Be Determined

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