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Board of Directors President Dawn Bishop C 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 Marc K. Pisarek Pisarek Engineering P.C. 856-854-5445 [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] Social Activities Committee Dawn Bishop C 856-628-1308 [email protected] ASPE Plumbing Design School Chair Mike Panco Retired 610-497-4480 [email protected] Earn CEU and PDH credit at each Dinner Meeting. Credit: Photo in banner by J. Fusco for GPTMC October Issue ASPE Philadelphia Chapter has a new section called AYP Connection. Look inside for this new topic. Look on page 18 for this month’s featured Advertiser, Delany. We have pictures of the ASPE Philadelphia Product Show and Seminars. ASPE Membership renewal notices are only sent via email. Please verify National ASPE has your current e-mail address on file by contacting Membership Assistant Racquel Rodriguez ([email protected] ) and that your spam filter is not blocking delivery of notices. Come join your friends and colleagues for interesting discussions and dinner. President’s Message ..............2 Technical Corner ..................4 Legislative News ....................6 Membership News .................8 Education Report .................10 AYP Connection…………….10 Speaking Out ....................... 25 Affiliates Corner ................... 30 Last Month’s Attendees ....... 38

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Board of Directors

President Dawn Bishop C 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 Marc K. Pisarek Pisarek Engineering P.C. 856-854-5445 [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] Social Activities Committee Dawn Bishop C 856-628-1308 [email protected] ASPE Plumbing Design School Chair Mike Panco Retired 610-497-4480 [email protected]

Earn CEU and PDH credit at each Dinner Meeting.

Credit: Photo in banner by J. Fusco for GPTMC

October Issue ASPE Philadelphia Chapter has a new section called AYP Connection. Look inside for this new topic.

Look on page 18 for this month’s featured Advertiser, Delany.

We have pictures of the ASPE Philadelphia Product Show and Seminars.

ASPE Membership renewal notices are only sent via email. Please verify National ASPE has your current e-mail address on file by contacting Membership Assistant Racquel Rodriguez ([email protected]) and that your spam filter is not blocking delivery of notices.

Come join your friends and colleagues for interesting discussions and dinner.

President’s Message .............. 2

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

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

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

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

AYP Connection…………….10

Speaking Out ....................... 25

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

Last Month’s Attendees ....... 38

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Happy Autumn!!!

Some great ASPE events have been held recently:

- ASPE Philadelphia Chapter Golf Outing was held in mid-September

- ASPE National Technical Symposium was held in St. Louis at the beginning of October

- ASPE Philadelphia Chapter Product Show & Seminars was held in mid-October

I certainly hope that you were able to be involved in one or more of these events this fall. Thank you to all who were involved in planning and participat-ing in these very successful events!

Dawn Bishop President

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Dinner Meeting Announcement

THURSDAY, November 19th

DINNER TECHNICAL TOPIC

Sizing Grease Interceptors

Presented by:

name co

LOCATION:

Clarion Hotel & Conference Center 76 Industrial Highway Essington, PA 19029

Time: 6 - 8 PM

COST

Dinner $35.00

Members With Reservation by Deadline: $25.00

RESERVATIONS DEADLINE: MONDAY BEFORE MEETING

FOR RESERVATIONS CONTACT: Mike Panco

[email protected]

Meeting qualifies for 1‐Hour Continuing Education Unit

Certificates provided upon request through the National Chapter

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TECHNICAL CORNER

Hello again! It is that time of year when the Board has had several meeting and we have put our agenda in motion. This year is no different, as we have several volunteers that have joined us and George Lukaitis has been asked to join our Edu-cation Committee and I cannot

wait to put him to work. Diane McArdle is next for joining a com-mittee we have not forgotten you.

At this point, I have some very good news and some bad news. First, the product show is only a few weeks away. We are getting an enormous response to the Technical seminars and the room is filling up fast, so please email me to reserve a spot. The semi-nars are back to back so you can attend both and afterwards walk into the Product Show and talk to your favorite sales people.

The Plumbing classes are going well with great atten-dance. I will be handing out the ASPE applications

to all the students who are not already members. You may not be aware of this but our Chapter is pay-ing for an associate membership for one year upon successful completion of the program.

Now the BAD NEWS, there is none HA! I saved it for last hoping you would read my article then drop your eyes down to the bad news last. Did you fall asleep or just Yawn a little, doesn’t matter we on the Com-mittee of the Product show look forward to seeing our members walking around absorbing new stuff like a dry sponge.

Oh, I almost forgot, the November issue of Plumbing Engineering is going to have an article on a local project here in the Delaware valley region.

See you at the Seminars and the show

Mike

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,

Technical

Mike Panco Vice President,

Technical

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LEGISLATIVE NEWS Cloud Ceilings and Fire Sprinkler Pro-tection.

Cloud Ceilings are not new but have become popular in commer-cial, industrial and institutional build-ing designs especially in educa-tional occupancies. They are typi-cally used in large open area rooms to hide mechanical equipment and/or to improve acoustics. Sometimes they are just used as ar-chitectural features for aesthetics

purposes. “Any ceiling system installed in the same plane with horizontal openings to the structure above on all sides is considered a cloud ceiling. Cloud ceil-ings consist of panels separated by gaps that sit be-neath the structural ceiling of a room or space. Pan-els range in size from discrete ceiling panels with large spaces in between to full room coverage (continuous) with small gaps at the perimeter wall location.” Cloud ceiling provide unique challenges to the de-sign and installation of automatic sprinklers. For the past few years I have been dealing with the increase

in popularity of these types of ceilings with respects to automatic sprinkler system designs. NFPA 13 “Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems” does not provide specific guidance on the installa-tion of sprinklers in reference to cloud type ceilings. As have most designers, I’ve just followed the NFPA 13 obstruction rules with regards to placement and spacing of sprinklers in these types of ceiling construc-tion usually with sprinkler protection being provided both above and below the cloud ceilings. For the past several years The Fire Protection Re-search Foundation in cooperation with the fire pro-tection firm Hughes Associates, Inc. have been con-duction research and studies on the issue of sprinklers and cloud ceilings. The findings of the project have resulted in the development of some rules and guid-ance for the placement of sprinklers with respects to cloud ceilings. Accentually the rules determine when sprinklers are required above & below cloud ceiling or one or the other locations based on the ceiling tile sizes and gaps between the tiles. The findings of this project are being used as the technical basis for pro-

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Clay Hathaway Vice President,

Legislative

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MEMBERSHIP NEWS Mayor Charles M. Ritter passed away peacefully at his home in Ivyland Borough on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. His journey has ended at the age of 72.

Born in Stamford, CT, Charlie was the son of the late William and Beatrice Ritter. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Charlie was an accomplished industrial plumbing and heating sales representative at The James Martin Company for which he was rec-ognized for his many achievements. He served the people of the Borough of Ivyland as

mayor for the past 15 years.

Since 1980, Charlie had been an avid golfer and member of Old York Road Country Club. Throughout his golfing years Charlie achieved several holes-in-one. He was the club's Man of the Year in 2013. He was a former member of the Feasterville Business Association and the Holland Lions Club where he received the Melvin Jones Fellowship award. He forever was a New York Giants football fan.

Charlie was the devoted husband to Lee for 28 years. He was the loving father of Kathy, Carolyn, Jackie (Scott), and Alan (Victoria). He was the beloved grandfather of Tristan, Devon, Nicholas, Gabrielle, Jordan, and Hailey. He is also survived by his brother Bill (Paige), his sister Ginger (Robert), his brother-in-law Carmen Esposito and several nieces and nephews. He will be sadly missed by his "little buddies" Moses and Scooter. Charlie will be greatly missed by everyone.

Matthew Martin Vice President,

Membership

In Memory of Charles Morris Ritter

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AYP CONNECTION The AYP special interest group is designed for industry professionals looking to meet with peers to share experiences, exchange ideas about the plumbing de-sign industry, and network with other chapter members. The focus of AYP is to help young plumbing engineer and design professionals establish contacts and further the mission of the Society.

There are many ways to get involved with your Chapter and help advance our Society of Plumb-ing Engineering. Our Chapter has been involved with the Future City Philadelphia for years. The mission of this organization is "to provide a fun and exciting educational engineering program for middle school students that combines a stimulating engineering challenge with a 'hands-on' appli-cation to present their vision of a city of the future." They are always in need of Mentors, Judges, and General Volunteers. If you are interested you can visit their website: http://www.futurecityphilly.org/, or e-mail Mike Panco for more information: [email protected] To Learn more about AYP (ASPE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL), please visit the National ASPE Website AYP page: https://aspe.org/AYP Your Philadelphia ASPE AYP Liaison, Alex Barbieri [email protected]

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U L L IS T E D – M U L T IP L E P U M P S – V A R IA B L E S P E E D

1360 Elmwood Avenue Cranston, RI 02910 Ph (800) 222-1208 Fax (401) 941-5310 www.leonardvalve.com

Leonard Representative: Robert Burns Associates 4009-B Market Street Aston, PA 19014 Ph (610) 497-1722 Fax (610) 497-8722 [email protected]

Since 1913, Leonard Valve Company has been the quality leader in the manufacture of thermostatic water mixing valves. All Leonard valves are factory preassembled and tested before shipment, and we offer a complete range of products to meet all of your temperature control requirements.

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Rainwater Harvesting Seminar

Legionella Seminar

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Product Show

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SPEAKING OUT

I have worked in many offices and reviewed many many pro-jects over the past forty years in plumbing systems manage-ment. In almost every office one of the first things done, is to develop a good list of general notes, abbreviations and of

course symbols. These items become an essential part of the lead sheet that is used on almost every project. The lead sheet, being the first plumbing or fire protec-tion drawing of a project, usually has other pertinent information too, like a drawing list, a key plan and other general stuff. We are often judged by our peers and contractors bidding the work by the sophistication of the lead sheet.

In the all Auto-CADD or manual drafting era, the lead sheet symbols were fairly simple to follow and adhere too. Many offices had symbols that follow the

mechanical engineering drafting guide with a few home grown symbols thrown in for unique systems. Once we turned the page to the second sheet, it was like we never saw the lead sheet in our lives. Gate valves be-came ball valves, and vise-versa. Check valves were missing the directional arrows or were often shown in reverse direction. The plug valves on a natural gas pip-ing system were shown as gate valves. Piping system directions showing vertical ups and downs needed words to describe the system direction. The main ris-ers were not identified on plan and sometimes not even identified on riser and flow diagrams. But we had the symbols on the lead sheet. Abbreviations were not al-ways consistent to the list developed for the lead sheet. And to make matters worse, we often spelled out the entire word or words that could be abbrevi-ated. Sometimes the words were even misspelled.

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Dave Holst

Symbols and Abbreviations

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Afwall Elongated Toilet Extra Heavy-Duty Commercial Toilet Seat and Selectronic Flush Valve

Murro Wall Hung Sink Pictured with the SelectronicIntegrated Faucet

Allbrook 0.5 GPF Urinal with Selectronic Flush Valve

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AFFILIATES CORNER This is the month of our ASPE Philadelphia Chapter's 18th Biennial Trade Expo and Technical Symposium!!! I hope you didn't miss out on over 70 booths display-ing the latest and greatest products and technology that will be a part of your next project. Did you attend one or both of the Technical Seminars regarding RAIN WATER HARVESTING and LEGIONELLA and earn your CEUs? How is all of this packed into one building, all in one day? How can attending this be free of charge to our Chapter Membership, Trades, and the general pub-lic? This great event is due to the dedication and hard work of the PRODUCT SHOW COMMITTEE headed by Mike Panco and Ernie Rink. A Special THANK YOU is owed to our Chapter Affili-ates, Manufacturers, and Representatives for putting so much effort into making the product show shine!

And Thank you for attending! Please be sure to thank the vendors who support our Product Show by reach-ing out to them and incorporating what you saw at the show into your next project. Don't miss next month's Technical Meeting regarding SIZING GREASE INTERCEPTORS on Thursday 11/19. Your Philadelphia ASPE Affiliate Liaison, Alex Barbieri [email protected]

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BELL & GOSSETT (http://bellgossett.com) Centrifugal Pumps, Heat Transfer Equipment, Hydronic Specialties, Wastewater Pumps and

Packages, Pressure Boosters and Heat Transfer Packages

CEMLINE CORPORATION (www.cemline.com) Unfired Water Heaters, Clean Steam Generators, Electric Water Heaters, Storage Tanks

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

FLEX HOSE (www.flexhose.com) Pump Connectors, Expansion Joints, Expansion Loops

G & L PUMPS – GOULDS (www.completewatersystems.com/brands/goulds/) Centrifugal Pumps, Stainless Steel Pumps, Multistage Pumps, High Pressure Pumps

HOFFMAN SPECIALTY (http://bellgossett.com/steam-specialties) Vents, Traps, Strainers, Condensate Pumps, Temperature Regulators, Tempering Valves

MARLEY-SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES CO. (www.spxcooling.com) Cooling Towers: Wood, Steel & Fiberglass. Packaged & Field Erected, Parts and Repairs

McDONNELL & MILLER (http://unitedstates.xylemappliedwater.com/brands/mcdonell-miller) Boiler Safety Controls, Pressure Relief Valves, Flow Switches, Liquid Level Controls

NY Thermal-NTI (www.nythermal.com) High Efficiency Boilers, Water Heaters, Furnaces, Solar Thermal

PEP FILTERS (www.pepfilters.com) Water Filtration Systems

WATTS RADIANT (www.wattsradiant.com)

Hydronic and Electric Radiant Floor Heating & Snow Melting

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

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

R. D. BITZER CO., INC.

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

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L & R ASSOCIATES, INC. 2262 North Penn Road, P.O. Box 68, Hatfield, PA 19440

Phone: 267-308-0500 ♦ Fax: 267-308-0505 NJ & DE: 1-800-523-6810 ♦ www.landrassocinc.com

[email protected]

PLUMBING AMT Encon Safety Products Evosolar Gastite Heat-Flo Heating Products Jomar Lawler Manufacturing PVI Industries Schier Products StingRay Systems Vaughn Thermal Corp. (Bid/Spec Projects)

www.amechtech.com www.enconsafety.com www.evosolar.us www.gastite.com www.heat-flo.com www.jomar.com www.lawlervalve.com www.pvi.com www.schierproducts.com www.striemco.com www.tepid.com www.vaughncorp.com

Booster Systems Safety Equipment Solar Thermal Products Flash Shield Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing and Fittings Solutions for Hydronic, Radiant, and Water Htg. Ball Valves Thermostatic Mixing Valves Water Heaters Grease & Solids Interceptors, Oil Separators, Chemical Waste Tanks, Supplemental Products Tepid Eye/Face Wash and Drench Showers Cement-lined electric, hybrid, indirect & solar water heaters

HVAC

AquaMotion, Inc. E-Zoil Heat Link Northwestern Ohio Foam Products (NOFP) QHT, Inc., Biasi, Firebird Riello Burners Supreme Industries Tjernlund

www.aquamotionhvac.com www.ezoil.com www.heatlinkgroup.com www.nofp.com www.QHTinc.com www.firebirdboilers.us www.reillo.com www.tjernlund.com

U.S. Designed & Built Pumps & Hydronic Products Heating Oil Treatment Products Pex-A tubing for radiant and plumbing applications Foam Insulation Products Fuel Efficient Adaptable Boilers and Heaters Residential Oil, Gas, Dual-Fuel and Low NOx Burners Tapemaster Ventilation Products

OTHER

Delta Breez Green Revolution G-Strut Isimet JJM Boiler Works, Inc. UEI Test Instruments (Commercial) Veltia US VizCo-US, Inc.

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Bathroom Ventilation Fans Energy Management Solutions Galvanized Steel / Strut Utility Controllers Condensate Neutralizer Tubes/Tanks Test Instruments, Combustion Analyzers, Thermometers, etc. Efficient, Hygienic, and Environmentally Friendly Hand Dryers Innovative Plumbing Products, Bull Dog Pans, Bulldog Alarms, and Pipe Guards

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Now we have REVIT, the perfect picture for all of our piping system needs. Everything is exact and perfectly detailed on the plan drawings. Well al-most perfect. Now instead of a gate valve symbol we have a perfectly detailed picture of a gate valve shown exactly to scale, displayed on the screen in front of us. That may seem the end all of drafting perfection but not quite. At 1/8” scale printing, you can’t always determine what is really being shown. Many items show up as a blob of ink on the paper. Rises and drops in a horizontal pipe run almost disap-pear except for a dark spot in the pipe. In the proc-ess piping world where detail and exactness is needed, the plan drawings are generally set up at 3/8” scale or larger for visual clarity and the necessary dimensions that are required. Also, sections were often used for additional clarity. This leads me to wonder if we are trying to do process type drawings without process

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posed changes to the next edition of NFPA 13 that will give explicit requirements for cloud ceilings that fall under the categories of those studied. These proposed requirements are being developed by a technical committee task group and the full project report is available on The Fire Protection Research Foundation website at www.nfpa.org/foundation (Sprinkler Protection for Cloud Ceilings, Final Report, Prepared by Jason Floyd, Ph.D. & Joshua Diaburg, Hughes Associates, Inc., July 2013, The Fire Protec-tion Research Foundation.) There are also a few other articles and report that are worth reviewing that give additional information and background on the issue. (Clarifying Cloud Ceiling Protection, by Amanda Kimball, PE, PME Magazine June 2013; Cloud Ceiling Panels Can Affect fire Sprinkler Actua-tion, by Amanda Kimball, PE, PME Magazine, Sep-tember 2013; Cloud ceilings and the provisions of NFPA 13 (with apologies to Joni Mitchell), Matt Klaus, NFPA Journal®, July/August 2012.)

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LEGISLATIVE NEWS

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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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drawing rules and drawing scales? I have seen many REVIT drawings that looked great, especially at ¼” scale. The big problem is, we often don’t have a sym-bol list for these devices.

But even with the REVIT plan-view drawings, we still need riser and flow diagrams to be able to un-derstand the full extent of the individual systems on the project. These diagrams still rely on the conven-tional piping, and drafting symbols from Auto CADD. We should never lose sight of the need to use all of these REVIT and Auto CADD drafting symbols consis-tently throughout our projects.

Dave Holst, LXXII, MPLS in 2015

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SPEAKING OUT

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IN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER’S DINNER MEETING

ASPE 2014-15 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

November 19th 2015 Sizing Grease Interceptors

December 10th 2015 Bather Protection and Risk under ASSE

January 28th 2016 Rain Water Harvesting

February 25th 2016 Aqua-Rex Water Treatment

March 31th 2016 Sizing & Application of Thermostatic Mixing Valves

April 28th 2016 Sizing & Application of Pressure Control Valves

May 19th 2016 Sizing and application of medical gas

June 2016 To be Determined

Irina Apeltsin

Michael Berry

Dawn Bishop

Marianne Bjonnes

Kevin Brace

Larry DiGiovanni

Mike Dolan

Michael Hodlofski

Mark Hodlofski

Dave Holst

Jeff Hornberger

Matthew Martin

Mark McCarty

Jim McCreary

Pat Mullen

Don Nowicke

Bill O'Donnell

Mike Panco

Tom Pitcherello

Mary Pitcherello

Ernie Rink

Paul Silvestre

Dave Smith

Mike Synder

James Taylor

Dwight Traub

James Wardell

Mitchell Weiss

Michael Yearian

Craig Yung

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