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ASPE Philadelphia NEWS January 2021 Philadelphia Chapter Board President W. Kenneth Clark Environmental Water Systems (302) 480-3950 E-mail: [email protected] V.P. Technical Steve Ziga, CPD, SET, CFPS hpeGROUP (215) 859-2939 E-mail: [email protected] V.P. Legislative & Web Master Marc Pisarek Stantec (856) 278-3475 Email: [email protected] V.P. Membership James Wardell Burns Cope Associates, Inc. (610) 485-2828 Ext. 1026 E-mail: [email protected] Education Chairperson Marianne Bjonnes, CPD, GPD The Rock Brook Consulting Group, PA (267) 519-3439 Ext. 211 E-mail: [email protected] Administrative Secretary Kevin Brace Rich Tomkins Company (610) 859-6074 E-mail: [email protected] Corresponding Secretary & Newsletter Editor Dawn Bishop (856) 628-1308 E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer William T. O’Donnell CPD, FASPE PWI Engineering (267) 536-3147 E-mail: [email protected] Affiliate Liaison Rich Tarr Vernon Bitzer (267) 963-7254 Email: [email protected] We are online at www.aspephila.org Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society COMMITTEES Board of Governors Dawn Bishop Mike Panco David Smith Golf Committee Chair Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE PWI Engineering 215-241-9100 [email protected] Women of ASPE (WOA) Liaison Laura Loziuk McWane Plumbing Group 903-941-4541 [email protected] Product Show Chair Mike Panco 610-497-4480 [email protected] ASPE Young Professional (AYP) Liaison David Raymond 267-603-4137 BR+A Consulting Engineers [email protected] Earn CEU and PDH credit at each Dinner Meeting. Credit: Photo in banner by Bill O’Donnell January 2021 Issue President’s Message ................. 2 Meeting Announcement .......... 3 Technical Corner ...................... 4 Legislative News ....................... 6 Membership News .................... 8 Education News ..................... 10 Affiliates Corner ...................... 12 WOA News ............................... 14 AYP News ................................. 16 Job Opportunity....................... 27 Schedule of Events .................. 28 Member Birthdays ................... 28 Golf Outing ............................... 29
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January 2021
Philadelphia Chapter Board
President
W. Kenneth Clark Environmental Water Systems
(302) 480-3950
E-mail: [email protected]
V.P. Technical
Steve Ziga, CPD, SET, CFPS hpeGROUP
(215) 859-2939
E-mail: [email protected]
V.P. Legislative
& Web Master
Marc Pisarek Stantec
(856) 278-3475
Email: [email protected]
V.P. Membership
James Wardell Burns Cope Associates, Inc.
(610) 485-2828 Ext. 1026
E-mail: [email protected]
Education Chairperson
Marianne Bjonnes, CPD, GPD The Rock Brook Consulting Group, PA
(267) 519-3439 Ext. 211
E-mail: [email protected]
Administrative Secretary
Kevin Brace Rich Tomkins Company
(610) 859-6074
E-mail: [email protected]
Corresponding Secretary
& Newsletter Editor
Dawn Bishop (856) 628-1308
E-mail: [email protected]
Treasurer
William T. O’Donnell CPD, FASPE PWI Engineering
(267) 536-3147
E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliate Liaison
Rich Tarr Vernon Bitzer
(267) 963-7254
Email: [email protected]
We are online at www.aspephila.org
Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society
COMMITTEES Board of Governors
Dawn Bishop
Mike Panco
David Smith
Golf Committee Chair
Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE
PWI Engineering
215-241-9100
Women of ASPE (WOA) Liaison
Laura Loziuk
McWane Plumbing Group
903-941-4541
Product Show Chair
Mike Panco
610-497-4480
ASPE Young Professional (AYP) Liaison
David Raymond
267-603-4137
BR+A Consulting Engineers
Earn CEU and PDH credit at each Dinner Meeting.
Credit: Photo in banner by Bill O’Donnell
January 2021 Issue
President’s Message ................. 2
Meeting Announcement .......... 3
Technical Corner ...................... 4
Legislative News ....................... 6
Membership News .................... 8
Education News ..................... 10
Affiliates Corner ...................... 12
WOA News ............................... 14
AYP News ................................. 16
Job Opportunity ....................... 27
Schedule of Events .................. 28
Member Birthdays ................... 28
Golf Outing ............................... 29
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Happy New Year! The Philadelphia ASPE Board hopes that everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday break. Last month, we hosted our first “lunchtime” virtual edu-cational meeting. My thanks to Steve Ziga for coordinating this with Jeff Buckley of Rin-
nai. We’d like to know if you’d want to see more of these in the coming months. If so, please contact any board member and pro-vide us with your feedback. For those of you that missed the ASPE Digi-tal Experience in December, it’s still open and available for you to review until January 31st. The Alfred Steele Scholarship is available to qualified engineering students with awards up to $3k, visit www.aspe.org to attain an ap-plication and apply before January 31st. The CPD Exam will be held with remote proctors on April 5 – 16 and registration is now open. Online CPD Review Classes are available in February along with practice tests. We hope you’ll join us on Thursday, January 28th for our next virtual education meeting that will review “Flue Gas Venting Solu-tions”, presented by Jonathan Cooper of IPEX. Remember, it is FREE to attend this presentation.
Ken Clark
President
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Chapter Presidents
Since Inception:
Ken Clark 2020-2022
Dave Smith 2018-2020
Mike Panco 2016-2018
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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You are invited to attend the joint
ASPE Philadelphia Chapter
January 2021 “Virtual” Technical Dinner Meeting
Thursday, January 28th
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Due to the Covid-19 virus, we are hosting
the remaining 2021 dinner meetings virtually by using Zoom!
Your cost is: FREE!
• Attendees to register for the meeting: https://education.aspe.org/products/philadelphia-chapter-
meeting-flue-gas-venting-solutions-jan-2021
• Non-ASPE members will need to create an account in advance in order to participate; use the fol-
lowing link: https://www.aspe.org/request-account/
• Meeting qualifies for 1-hour CEU. Attendees are required to complete a short program question-naire through ASPE National Society to earn CEUs. The survey can be found in the contents tab on the event page that you are registered for.
Education Topic:
Topic: Flue Gas Venting Solutions
Speaker: Jonathan Cooper, EIT - IPEX USA LLC
Reservations required by 12:00pm Monday, January 25th
If you have any questions, contact Steve Ziga ([email protected])
We are seeking speakers for the 2020-2021 calendar year.
If you are interested in presenting at one of our technical meetings, please contact [email protected]
Copyright© 2020 ASPE Philadelphia Chapter
All rights reserved
www.ASPEphila.org
*Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society*
https://education.aspe.org/products/philadelphia-chapter-meeting-flue-gas-venting-solutions-jan-2021
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TECHNICAL CORNER Happy New Year! As much as we are happy to see 2020 behind us, we
still have a daunting year ahead as we hope to work around the effects of the
COVID pandemic. We will continue to operate remotely as a Chapter and
Society. We are fortunate to be able to bring you continuing education and
networking opportunities through the Society’s Zoom platform. To date, we
have had a very great response and attendance for these online events which
means our membership benefits continue to be a viable commodity. This
month’s topic is “Flue Gas Venting Solutions”. This will be a great in-
formative session as different appliances in different applications could opt
for different venting methods for different types of appliances. I am looking
forward to starting off the New Year on a positive note with the Chapter and
hope that you will be able to join us. Attendance is free. CEUs are available. What better oppor-
tunity is there!
Stay safe and be well!
Steve Ziga, ASPE Philadelphia VPT
PS – If you have a suggestion for a dinner meeting presentation topic please send it my way as we are currently putting together our 2021-22 calendar of events!!!
Steve Ziga
Vice President,
Technical
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LEGISLATIVE NEWS Dr. Roy B. Hunter is considered the father of plumbing codes. His research between the 1920’s
and 1940’s was key to creating and establishing model plumbing codes and is still influential
today, as the “Hunter curve” is a fundamental part of most codes. Dr. Hunter authored the Na-
tional Bureau of Standards report BMS 65, Methods of Estimating Loads in Plumbing Systems,
in which he developed mathematical formulas, tables and graphs (curves) that predicted the wa-
ter flow rate demand in a domestic water pipe based on the number and type of fixtures that the
pipe serves. Two curves were developed, one for predominantly flush valve systems, and one
for predominantly flush tank systems. Values, termed water supply fixture units, were assigned
to fixtures based on their anticipated flow rates and frequency of usage. Once the water supply
fixture units are totaled, the corresponding flow rate value is determined from the appropriate
curve. If you are interested in Dr. Hunter’s work, ASPE offers exact replicas of three of his
most influential papers here: https://www.aspe.org/product/the-original-hunter-papers-the-foundation-of-plumbing-
engineering/
Designing a plumbing system today using Hunter’s curve will typically result in very conservative, often oversized do-mestic water supplies in all but the highest demand applications. Hunter’s curves were considered conservative even at the time of their origination, as it is better to have more water than needed as opposed to not enough. Modern water effi-cient fixtures compound on this, and the result can be significantly oversized pipes. With toilets now flushing using 1.28 gpf, and lavatories dispensing a mere 0.35 gpm, it may be time to revisit and revise the water supply fixture units and/or the converted flow rate values in our modern codes. Modified flow rate curves do exist, and are particularly helpful when applied to different types of buildings, such as restaurants, hotels, hospitals, offices, etc., however new research may be needed to address the substantial decrease in water usage due to the water conservation movement.
Marc Pisarek
Vice President,
Legislative
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MEMBERSHIP NEWS MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT #5 - TRACK YOUR CEUs Did you know that you can track your CEUs in your member area on aspe.org? Well you can, and here’s how: 1. Visit the site and log in. 2. Point the mouse over the Education tab. 3. Click on the CEU Center Information link on the pull-down menu. 4. At the bottom of the page, click on the link called “Click here to access your CEU Credits”. All of your ASPE-sponsored CEUs will already be populated in this table, but you can also add other CEUs from other sources. Simply click on the link toward the top of the table, and the site will direct you to a page to add the session information and upload a certificate. This member benefit is invalu-able in keeping your CEUs current, and it’s only offered to members. Don’t get caught empty-handed when the eventual audit for your credential comes around… ASPE has the tools to provide, organize & track your CEU progress.
New Chapter Member – Welcome Aboard!
John Joseph Quinn
What’s next? 2020 Calendar: http://www.aspephila.org/calendar.htm
Membership details: https://www.aspe.org/membership-global-community/join/
James Wardell
Vice President,
Membership
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EDUCATION NEWS
Marianne Bjonnes
Education
Chairperson
Congratulations to the 2020 Plumbing Design School Students!
Well done! May you use that knowledge through out your career.
Congratulations to the Instructors for preparing and teaching in the
new format. You are the reason it is a success.
ASPE Philadelphia will host the Plumbing Design School again in the fall of this year, so keep your schedules open. Until then, join a technical meeting or attend a webinar online to learn more!
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AFFILIATES CORNER Happy New Years to all. Please join us Thursday, January 28th at 6:00 pm for the Virtual Technical Dinner Meeting. Jonathan Cooper with EIT-IPEX USA will present on the topic of Flue Gas Venting Solutions.
As leading suppliers of thermoplastic piping systems, the IPEX Group of Compa-nies provides their customers with some of the world’s largest and most compre-hensive product lines. All products are backed by more than 50 years of experi-ence. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and distribution centers across North America, IPEX has earned a reputation for product innovation, quality, end-user focus and performance.
ASPE has suspended the tabletop presentations until we resume the in-person meetings. Once re-sumed for just $50.00 for members and $100.00 for non-members, you can reserve a tabletop to show your new products to those in attendance. You also get a featured spot during the meeting to present your products. If you’re interested, please email me at my address below to reserve a spot.
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” - Vince Lombardi
Rich Tarr Affiliate Liaison Vernon Bitzer Associates [email protected]
Rich Tarr
Affiliate Liaison
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WOMEN OF ASPE Happy New Year! I hope that you are all staying safe and healthy
during quarantine. Our next WOA event will be in the Spring. We
are hoping to meet at a winery or a brewery. If we are still in quaran-
tine, we will be doing a virtual wine tasting. Stay tuned for details.
As always, please let me know if you have any WOA candidates that
you think may be interested in joining us.
Thanks!
Laura
Laura Loziuk
WOA Liaison
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ASPE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (AYP) NEWS
David Raymond
AYP Liaison
I rang in the New Year baking my first bread loaf and hanging out with friends on Zoom. We ended up missing the countdown, ren-dering a funny situation when someone realized “Oh Crap, we missed it”. I hope you had a nice New Year and are settling back into the ebb and flows of the work day. I had not used a mouse for 2 weeks and it felt so odd utilizing one again.
We hosted a Zoom Happy Hour with a virtual mentalist and had a nice turn out. We plan on having similar events in the near future, so stay tuned, and keep an eye out for an email flyer!
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Are you interested
in becoming more
involved in the
chapter?
Reach out to any
Board Member for
more information!
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Job Opportunity hpeGROUP, LLC, a greater Philadelphia area Consulting Engineering firm established in 2003 is seek-
ing candidates for PART TIME employment.
Responsibilities
• Work with lead engineers on project production requirements for HVAC, Plumbing and Fire Sprinkler disciplines.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution – or - applicable work experience in lieu of degree. College
students/interns will be considered for this position based on experience and skill set.
• Industry work experience in MEPFP field is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Competent in REVIT and AutoCAD software.
Compensation
Position will be paid on an hourly basis. Rate of pay will be commensurate with experience.
Interested applicants to forward current resume and cover letter to:
Steve Ziga
Principal
hpeGROUP, LLC
215-859-2939
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Philadelphia
Chapter Member’s
Happy Birthday to you!!!
1st Jonathan Hillenbrand 2nd Chuck Krohg 3rd Patrick Gelso 4th Anthony Osuma 9th Jeffrey Jennings 11th Michael Montgomery 11th Stephen Ziga 12th Tom Kinchella III 13th Michael Plick 14th Mark Nailor 15th Kathleen Rhoten 21st Taras Mihalko 21st Brian Stoltzfus 23rd Patrick Murphy 24th Daniel Evans III 24th James Wachter Jr. 26th Christopher Strunk 28th Charles Banks
ASPE Phi ladelphia 2020-2021 Speaker Schedule
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Unfortunately, the 2020 Phila-
delphia Chapter ASPE Golf
Outing was canceled, but we
look forward to seeing you at
our golf outing in 2021.
Thursday, September 16th
Pennsauken
Country Club
Please hold the date!
