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A S P E P h i l a d e l p h i a N E W S
April 2018
Board of Directors
President
Mike Panco
Consultant
610-497-4480
Technical Vice President
David C. Smith, PE, LEED AP
Gannett Fleming 610-804-0069 [email protected]
Legislative Vice President
W. Kenneth Clark
Environmental Water Systems, Inc.
302-480-3950
Membership Vice President
Matthew Martin
James Martin Company
215-669-2076
Education Chairperson
Dawn Bishop
Rich-Tomkins Company, Inc.
610-859-6060
Treasurer
Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE
PWI Engineering
215-241-9100
Administrative Secretary
James Eyrich
L&R Associates
267-308-0500
Corresponding Secretary
James Wardell
Cope-Wardell-Ammon Assoc. Inc.
610-485-2828 ext. 26
Webmaster & Newsletter Editor
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 City of Philadelphia Plumbing Advisory Board
Chairperson: Steve Ziga
Members: Scott Decker, Rich Ryan, Drew McFadden
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
Affiliate Liaison Michael Yearian
Red Lion Medical Safety, Inc.
Red Lion Medgas Consultants, Inc. 302-545-3225
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
Earn CEU and PDH credit at each Dinner Meeting.
Credit: Photo in banner by Bill O’Donnell
April Issue
In this month’s issue:
See pages 14-15 for photos from recent local ASPE Philadelphia events!
See page 15 for the proposed nominees for the Philadelphia ASPE
Chapter Board of Directors.
See pages 16 & 17 for information on the upcoming June Tour and Sep-
tember Golf Outing.
This month’s dinner meeting topic will be Epoxy Coated Cast Iron Soil
Pipe, and will be at Sugar House Ballroom C in Philadelphia, PA.
President’s Message ............. 2
Technical Corner .................. 4
Legislative News .................... 6
Membership News ................ 8
Education Report................. 10
Speaking Out ....................... 24
Affiliates Corner ................... 26
Last Month’s Attendees ....... 31
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Hello: It’s hard to believe but I only have three months left in my term as Chapter President. I have many mixed feelings, as we have accomplished many important things and have other issues we did not ac-complish. Yet many members will tell you what they think
we should be doing but will not take the op-portunity to join a committee and make a difference. In the mid-80’s I was President of a local Volunteer Fire Company and we faced the same challenges. But when an alarm came in all members put their gear on and fought the fire no matter what time of day it was. Last time I talked to the fire com-pany their membership is also diminished. We as a society have slowly lost the desire to volunteer, somehow the social aspect of life has changed and we find ourselves in need of new volunteers. The average age of our Society members is in the mid 50’s and try-ing to motivate the younger members to step up is our greatest challenge. I have personal-ly talked to young members asking to fill a position called AYP. This means “ASPE Young Professional”. It’s a position where you communicate with other chapters to see what issues face the under age 35 Engineers and designers. That’s it, you bring these is-sues to our Board and we try to address what we can do here in Philly to improve our meetings, education program and any other area that needs attention. Just a couple of hours a month is all that we ask.
When I teach some of the classes in the Fall I recognize some very good young Engi-neers that have the desire to help grow our chapter. This has been successful as they have joined our Board in various positions and we benefit from their skills, knowledge and desire. But we need more young mem-bers to join us. Last meeting at Georgine’s I was approached by another young Engineer that also was in our Plumbing classes and again asked how can I help? I can’t tell you how thrilled I was to hear those words. I can hardly wait for the positive reply of YES! Next year I know the new Chapter President will carry the torch in this effort along with other new Board members. If you are hesi-tating about how or what you can do please contact me or any other Board member and join us for dinner at the next upcoming Board meeting at Sugar House Casino. In closing there is an old saying that goes like this, “If it’s worth doing, do it well” not sure where it came from but I have always put 110% into whatever task I take on. There are times in life when we need to decide our priorities and live by that list. I applaud all those dedicated men and women that see the need and fill that void with passion and de-sire. The American Heritage Dictionary de-scribes the word (DEDICATE) as follows: “To commit ( oneself ) to a particular course of thought or action” The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated. All my best, Mike
Mike Panco
President
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Dinner Meeting
Announcement
THURSDAY,
April 26th
DINNER TECHNICAL TOPIC
Epoxy Coated Cast Iron Soil Pipe
Presented by:
Pat McQuillan,
New Age Casting Company
LOCATION:
Sugar House Ballroom C
1001 N Delaware Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19125
Time: 6 - 8 PM
COST
Dinner $35.00
Members With Reservation by Deadline: $25.00
RESERVATIONS DEADLINE:
4 PM MONDAY APRIL 23RD
FOR RESERVATIONS CONTACT:
David Smith
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TECHNICAL CORNER Last month, the weather
was not kind to the Dela-
ware Valley. The snow pre-
vented our speaker Kevin
Freidt, Caleffi Company
from arriving. Luck for us,
Ken White, Keystone Sales,
was willing and able to fill-in
for Kevin. Ken presented
the Kevin’s information. Here is a recap of
the presentation.
The average residential home waste 3650
gallons of water a year waiting for hot water.
ASPE Data Book would like hot water deliv-
ered in 30 seconds and recommends recir-
culation pipes be close to the fixtures to min-
imize dead legs. The design book recom-
mends pipe velocity less than 5 fps for hot
water and less than 8 fps for cold water.
OSHA recommends hot water return pumps
run continuously to ensure hot water deliv-
ery.
Another item of concern is Legionella.
ASHRAE 188, ASHRAE Guideline 12, OSHA,
WHO, & ASSE have commented on how to
minimized legionella exposure. Several plac-
es where Legionella can be found are spas,
swimming pools, cooling towers, and display
water fountains (i.e. malls).
Several methods are available for combat-
ting Legionella. Thermal disinfection is the
most prevalent method, which is to raise the
water temperature to 160-deg F and main-
tain the 160-deg F temperature for 15 to 30
minutes.
A little about Legionella temperature;: below
65-deg F, Legionella is dormant; between 65
-deg F and 120-deg F is prime Legionella
growth temperature; at 140-deg F, Legionel-
la is killed in a few minutes; and at 160-deg F,
Legionella is killed in seconds.
Mixing valves, manual and electronic, were
discussed. Manual mixing valves require a
maintenance person to go around the sys-
tem to make sure the entire system receives
the hot water for the time duration. Elec-
tronic mixing valves allow the water temper-
ature to be increase for Legionella control
and returned to normal without the need for
a maintenance person to inspect the entire
system. While the water temperature is ele-
vated, the entire system must be circulated.
Design steps for a recirculated system are:
(1) calculate the supply pipe heat loss for all
branches, (2) use a common delta tempera-
ture (10-deg F) from the supply to the fur-
thest outlet to determine the pump gpm,
and (3) use the longest run for the head loss
for the pump.
Each branch of the recirculated system re-
quires balancing valve and a balancing re-
port should be request to verify the system is
operating properly.
April’s topic is Epoxy coated cast iron pipe
by Pat McQuillan, New Age Casting Com-
pany, at Sugar House in Philadelphia, PA on
April 26th.
David Smith
Vice President,
Technical
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LEGISLATIVE NEWS This month, the 2018 ASPE Conven-tion & Expo registration opens. Please get an early start and register for this biennial show TODAY. Some of the key features this year will be: the famous Sunday night party will be at the Tabernacle; key-note address by Derreck Kayongo- founder of the Global Soap Project/CEO of the National Center for Civil & Human Rights; over 300 of the in-dustry manufacturers trade booths;
technical education sessions; WOA leadership forum and much, much more. Please see the link below for further details. Upcoming events and topics for your review: • Managing Legionella and Other Pathogens in Build-
ing Water Systems will be presented at the Hilton Baltimore on May 9 – 11. For further information, please visit https://www.legionella2018.org/.
• ASPE’s Region 1 meeting will be conducted in Bos-
ton, MA on June 1 – 3. Please contact any board member if you have any matters you’d like brought-up during the session. Mike Panco and I will be in attendance.
• The Philadelphia ASPE Chapter’s 25th Annual Golf
Outing will take place on September 18, 2018. The Golf Committee will be sending your registration information in the Spring for this event.
• ASPE’s 2018 Convention & Expo located in Atlan-
ta, GA will run from September 28th through Octo-ber 3rd. Visit expo.aspe.org today to register for the show.
We hope to see you at this month’s dinner meeting on Thursday, April 26th at the Sugar House Hugo’s Frog Bar located at 1001 N Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125. The topic this month will review Epoxy Coated Cast Iron Soil Pipe and be presented by Pat McQuillan of New Age Casting Company. The tab-letop presentations will cover Uponor and Omegaflex. This dinner meeting qualifies for 1.0-hour CEUs (certificates will be provided upon request by David Smith). Please make your reservation with Dave by 4pm on Monday, April 23rd at [email protected].
Ken Clark
Vice President,
Legislative
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MEMBERSHIP NEWS MUST READ:
The future of our chapter
I just finished reading Mike
Panco’s (ASPE Philly Presi-
dent) article here in this very
newsletter. I have also been
thinking about the future of
ASPE Philly. After 10 years as
ASPE Philly’s Vice President of
membership, I have decided not to run for
re-election.
I want to share my thoughts and opinion on
the future of this chapter. ASPE Philadelphia
has real challenges on the horizon. I see a
new cross road and it will be here very soon.
Our chapter will have to decide to thrive or
perish. This decision will be decided by the
future leaders of ASPE Philadelphia. In my
opinion, what the chapter needs are new
people on the board, new future leaders.
The people I have worked with at ASPE Phil-
adelphia for the last 13 years are my friends,
my mentors, and my family. I have created
relationships that will last me the rest of my
days. Sitting at ASPE board meetings since
2003 gave me a priceless experience at the
foot of a very wise learning tree. I listened to
people smarter than me, with more life and
business experience than me. As I grew and
changed, I did so with a wonderful group of
people. I am excited and desperate to see
new young leaders emerge. To have the
same rich experience that I did. I want that
for you. For all of you.
Fact: ASPE Philly needs new people to bring
new ideas. Ideas that can bring the chapter
into a position that is welcoming to new
members of every age and experience lev-
elLeaders that would be responsible for
events, meeting topics, communications,
and social gatherings that would be of inter-
est to you.
In his article Mike made mention the open
position AYP liaison, ASPE young profession-
al. I think this is a cool endeavor. Mike ex-
plained the official responsibilities of this of-
fice. The position of AYP would be beneficial
to our chapter. One suggestion is to incor-
porate new events with the goal of building
a social group for young engineers to net-
work. For example, an outing in the North-
ern Liberties section of the city just to
meetup and socialize.
As you are reading this, I challenge you to
try and consider the possibilities of what you
want from ASPE Philadelphia. Sitting on the
board in ANY capacity gives you a voice
and ability to make changes for the better.
It is important that you know the board sup-
ports its members. Best of all you have ac-
cess to the funds and resources needed to
actualize those changes.
Ultimately, it’s up to you to make changes.
Want to move the meetings closer to you?
Come to a board meeting. Have an idea
for a topic? Bring it to the board. Know of
something fun to do? Come to a board
meeting.
See you soon.
Matthew Martin
Vice President,
Membership
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THE BAASE COMPANY, INC. 140 RAILROAD DRIVE
WARMINSTER, PA 18974-0052
PHONE NO. 215-364-8855 FAX NO. 215-364-3050
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PRESSURE BOOSTERS
WEIL PUMP COMPANY SUMP AND SEWAGE PUMPS
FIBERGLASS SUMP & SEWAGE BASINS
CANARIIS CORPORATION PACKAGED PUMPING STATIONS
UL LISTED – MULTIPLE PUMPS – VARIABLE SPEED
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R. D. BITZER CO., INC.
PUMPS, CONTROLS, HEATING/COOLING SPECIALTIES,
HEAT EXCHANGERS, PLUMBING PRODUCTS
Leading Manufacturer of Pumps,
Valves, Heat Exchangers and accessories for Plumbing, Wastewater and HVAC
Unfired Water Heaters, Clean Steam Generators, Electric Water Heaters, ASME Storage Tanks for Plumbing and Heating Systems
Stock Variable Frequency Drives Low Harmonic Solutions
Packaged Drive Solutions Soft Starters
Condensate Return, Boiler Feed and Vacuum Pumps
Flexible Connector, Expansion Loops and Expansion Joints
Centrifugal Pump, Stainless Steel and Multistage Pumps
Stock Pressure Boosters, Pumping and Heat Transfer Packages
High Efficient Boilers, Water Heaters, Furnaces and Solar
Commercial and Residential Boiler, Water Heaters and Pool Heaters
Centrifugal Separators, Media, Disk and Screen Filters for HVAC
& Plumbing Systems
Commercial and Industrial Reverse Osmosis Systems
Hydronic and Electric Radiant Heating and Snow Melt Systems WaterPEX® Plumbing Products
776 American Drive • Wes-Port Industrial Park • Bensalem, PA 19020
TEL (215) 604-6600 • FAX (215) 604-6601 [email protected] www.rdbitzer.com
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Photos f rom Recent Local ASPE Events
2018 ASPE Philadelphia March Dinner Meeting—Georgine’s Catering
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Photos f rom Recent Local ASPE Events
2018 ASPE Philadelphia March Dinner Meeting—Georgine’s Catering
Proposed 2018 – 2020 Philadelphia Chapter ASPE Board of Directors Nominees
Chapter President David Smith
VP Technical W. Kenneth Clark
VP Legislative Marc Pisarek
VP Membership James Wardell
Treasurer William O’Donnell
Administrative Secretary James Eyrich
Corresponding Secretary Stephen Ziga
Chapter AYP Liaison to the Board Open
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Philadelphia Chapter
25th Annual Golf Outing Thursday September 13, 2018
Lunch 11:30 A.M.
Shotgun Start 12:45 P.M.
Happy Hour 5:30 P.M.
Buffet Dinner/ Prizes 6:30 P.M.
Pennsauken Country Club 3800 Haddonfield Road
Pennsauken, NJ 08109
TEL: (856) 662-4961
www.pennsaukengolf.com
Dinner Only ($50)
Individual Golfer ($125.00)
Includes lunch/ dinner
Hole Sponsorship ($150.00) *
Corporate Package ($600.00)
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP
Golfer Jacket Size 1:
Golfer Jacket Size 2:
Golfer Jacket Size 3:
Golfer Jacket Size 4:
INFORMATION
Name:
Company:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Phone:
E-mail:
Corporate package: Includes Golf Foursome, *Hole Sponsorship, Lunch, Dinner,
Door Prize tickets, Golfer Gift for each golfer in your group, recognition in the
Golf Outing Program and in the Chapter Newsletter.
Make Checks Payable to:
Philadelphia Chapter ASPE and send to:
Matthew Martin, James Martin Company
1400 Adams RD Unit E, Bensalem PA. 19020
Note for the 2018 ASPE Golf Outing.
PAYMENT DUE NO LATER THAN
August 31, 2018
*Can we use your sign from
2017? Please let us know!
PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER ASPE
2018 GOLF COMMITTEE: Bill O’Donnell, PWI Engineering
[email protected] Matt Martin, James Martin Company
[email protected] Mike Snyder, MSA (Mike Snyder Associates)
Yes / No Dan Evans, Delval Equipment
If not please send .jpeg files to Mike
Snyder!
[email protected] Gary Dutton
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SPEAKING OUT
Steve Ziga No article this month.
Check back in May!
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AFFILIATES CORNER
No article this month.
Check back in May!
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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
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IN ATTE NDANCE AT MARC H DINN ER M EETIN G
Joe Alahverde
Vincent Armenti
Jay Barbieri
Marianne Bjonnes
Kevin Brace
Ed Breen
John Briddes
Brian Courtwright
John Cupp
Mike Dolan
Bob Edmonds
Gene Eidenzon
Jim Eyrich
Frank Fein
Raymond Foisy
Geoffery Fountain
Kevin Freidt
Dave Hile
Will Kraenbring
Walt Krzyzanowski
Mike McGran
John McKeown
Pat Mullen
Mark Nailor
Alex Negovan
Don Nowicke
Bill O'Donnell
Mike Panco
Carl Ray
Bill Reilly
Randy Rohl
John Schmidt
Joe Sgrillo
Paul Silvestre
David Smith
John Taplett
Sean Thompson
Andrea Uhl
Ken White
Chris Xander
Craig Yung
COME AND JOIN YOUR
COLLEAGUES IN APRIL
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 2018 Tour ThermOmegaTech
