WISCONSIN CHAPTER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLUMBING ENGINEERS PO Box 13593, Wauwatosa, WI 53213

ASPE News April 2018, Vol. 32, No. 4

CHAPTER OFFICERS PRESIDENT

Jill Imig, P.E.

HGA

333 East Erie St

Milwaukee, WI 53202

e-mail: jimig@hga.com

VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNICAL

Aaron Bock, P.E.

Erdman Company

1 Erdman Place

Madison, WI 53717

e-mail: abock@erdman.com

VICE PRESIDENT, LEGISLATIVE

TJ Smith, P.E.

Ring & DuChateau, LLP

17400 W. Capital Drive

Brookfield, WI 53045

E-mail: tjsmith@ringdu.com

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY

Ryan Koenig

HGA

333 East Erie St

Milwaukee, WI 53202

e-mail: rkoenig@hga.com

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Shawn Royster

H.J. Pertzborn

802 John Nolen Drive

Madison, WI 53713

e-mail: sroyster@hjpertzborn.com

VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERSHIP

Richard E. Davison

Soderholm & Associates

W134 N4973 Campbell Dr

Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

e-mail: Rdavison@soderholmrep.com

TREASURER

Mark Dahl

Hydro-Flo

3655 N 124th St

Brookfield, WI 53005

e-mail: mdahl@hydro-flo.com

AFFILIATE LIAISON

Dan Schmidt

Badgerland Trading Co.

2415 S. 170th St.

New Berlin, WI 53151

Email: dan@badgerlandtrading.com

ASPE Young Professionals (AYP) Liaison

Jon Millard

HGA

333 East Erie St

Milwaukee, WI 53202

e-mail: jmillard@hga.com

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Steve G. Mellone

Northland Sales, Inc.

17949 W. Lincoln Ave.

New Berlin, WI 53146

e-mail: steve@northlandsalesinc.com

WEBMASTER

Steven Skattebo

RTM Engineering Consultants LLC

316 North Milwaukee St Ste 560

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Email: steven.skattebo@rtmassociates.com

Local Chapters Are Not Authorized to Speak for the Society www.aspewi.org

April Chapter Meeting

Medical Gas Verification Presenters: Tom Spremo

Date: April 26, 2018

Time: Social Hour 5:00

Dinner and Presentation 6:00

Location: The Machine Shed

N14 W24145 Tower Place

Waukesha, WI 53188

Directions: I-94 & Hwy 164, Exit 294. Restaurant is

just north of freeway exit on west side of road.

Cost: $ 20 members

$ 10 students

$ 25 non-members

Please RSVP by Noon on Tuesday April 17 to: Aaron Bock,

RSVP Link

Include Name, Company, City, State, Zip, Telephone , E-mail

From The

President’s Desk

By Jill Imig, P.E.

Happy Spring!

I am happy to announce this month that the board has

voted to send three members to the ASPE Conven-

tion & Expo that is happening September 30 -

October 3rd in Atlanta, GA. As I’ve written before

this is a great opportunity to learn from top present-

ers on issues currently affecting plumbing design in

addition you will get access to the largest pluming

product tradeshow. It’s a can’t pass up opportunity!

There are three categories of trips we will be giving

away: (1) trip specifically for a Woman of ASPE

member, (1) trip for a first timer and (1) trip to

anyone else that is interested.

The Women of ASPE Leadership Forum is Septem-

ber 28th and is an event that will bring together wom-

en in the field of plumbing design where you have

the opportunity to network with your peers, learn

about leadership development and how to apply it

toward your professional growth. I encourage mem-

bers of all ages to consider attending as you will def-

initely get more than you could expect out of this

forum.

If you are interested in attending please email your

contact information to jimig@hga.com and indicate

if you are interested in the Women of ASPE Forum

or are a first time attendee. There are no restrictions

on who can apply and I hope you seriously consider

taking advantage of this opportunity! This is our

way of giving back to you as members!

The deadline for signing up is April 27th – no ex-

ceptions! The winners will be drawn at random and will be

notified with the details immediately on how and

when to register. Any questions can be sent to jim-

ig@hga.com.

Nominations are now open for the 2018-19 ASPE

Wisconsin Board of Directors. All members are

encouraged to run for the board, no experience is

needed. There is a position for every experience lev-

el. If you are interested in running for the BOD

please email your contact information and position

you’re interested in to Bruce Weiss

Bweiss@aeieng.com. Nominations must be turned

in by April 27 and voting will occur at our May

meeting.

Save The Date: This year’s golf outing will be

August 16 at the Broadlands. Sign up will be sent

out in July.

Jill Imig, P.E. Mechanical Department HGA Architects and Engineers

333 East Erie Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Direct 414.278.3379 | Fax 414.278.7734 jimig@hga.com

From the

Vice-President, Technical By Aaron Bock, PE

Access to clean water is one of the first things that any

developing community needs to survive. Over 844 million

people around the world do not have access to clean water

and contaminated drinking water is estimated to cause

over half a million deaths every year. As much as 80 per-

cent of all illnesses in developing countries are attributed

to poor water quality and sanitation.

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is an international

group of engineers—including many university student

chapters—that volunteer their time, talents, and resources

to infrastructure projects in developing countries. Projects

that provide clean water access to communities in need are

some of the most common ones they take on. Our own

local chapters in Madison and on the UW engineering

campus are involved in three such projects in Guatemala,

Ecuador, and Uganda. Despite a strong need for a such a

basic resource, there are still relatively few plumbing en-

gineers practicing right now and far fewer college curricu-

lums focused on plumbing engineering—UW-Madison is

no exception.

Last year, I became involved with EWB after they pre-

sented their current projects at one of our ASPE meetings.

One of the student chapter’s professional mentors cited a

general need for knowledge on plumbing system design

and construction and asked if I could share my expertise

with the group. In the months that followed, I coordinated

a joint effort with EWB and two of my industry contacts,

Jerry Thompson of Spears Manufacturing and Kevin

Masterson of NAMI, to develop educational sessions fo-

cusing on plumbing system design and construction.

On February 6, I gave a 75-minute presentation to this

student group on plumbing design concepts that I felt

were relevant to their project, with a strong focus on safe-

ty, system sanitation, and protecting the health of the pub-

lic. (I also promoted careers in the plumbing design in-

dustry while I had the floor.) The following Saturday,

Jerry and Kevin hosted the group in a hands-on piping

construction session at the NAMI fabrication shop. The

students learned about proper pipe joining and fabrication

and then put the lessons into practice in the shop. When

the students visit their project sites this summer to help

with construction, they will practice what they learned

and share their knowledge with the locals who will build,

maintain, and own these systems.

While EWB focuses on participation from engineers, they

welcome involvement from anyone who wants to make a

difference in these communities. For more information

about EWB and their efforts, please visit the sites below

or contact me.

https://www.ewb-usa.org/

http://ewbuwmadison.weebly.com/

Finally, special thanks to Jerry and Kevin for volunteer-

ing their time and resources for this great effort.

Aaron Bock, PE CPD, GPD, LEED AP BD+C, EDAC

SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER - PLUMBING

From the

Vice-President, Legislative By TJ Smith, P.E.

Hello ASPE Members,

I was recently asked a question from another ASPE

member that I thought would be beneficial to write a

news article about. His question was in regards to

contacting the DSPS Designer Section and request a

consideration for a plumbing systems compliance

statement.

I have included the main points to his email below

and would like this conversation to continue in the

following ASPE meetings. I think it is important for

all members to talk about the advantages/

disadvantages of this.

Email from ASPE Member:

Form SBD-9720 is the Building and HVAC compli-

ance statement for the State of Wisconsin. This form

is required to be filled out by Architects and HVAC

design professionals at the completion of a project.

The purpose of the form is for the building and

HVAC designer of record to sign off stating that

based on their on-site observation, the construction

has been completed in substantial compliance with

the approved plans and specifications.

Currently, there is no requirement for the plumbing

design professional that stamped and signed the con-

struction documents to substantiate to the building

owner and to the state that the installation met the

design intent. The plumbing system can be altered

during construction without the designer’s

knowledge that may create health and safety issues

following occupancy.

Adding plumbing references into the compliance

statement brings plumbing systems to the same level

of DSPS enforcement as the Building and HVAC

systems.

Reasoning to add Plumbing to SBD-9720:

1. Documents the plumbing design professional in a

manner consistent with the building and HVAC

systems.

2. Documents “substantial compliance” with the

approved documents.

3. Would require acknowledgement of an on-site

field observation visit of the plumbing installa-

tion by the design professional.

4. Allows any non-compliant items to be noted.

5. Allows a recorded means and method for the de-

sign professional to withdraw from a project.

From the

ASPE Young Professionals Liaison By Jonathan Millard

Happy April!

Last month we got together for an awesome net-

working event at Vitense Golflands in Madison.

This was a great opportunity to get to know other

ASPE members, learn from each other, and have

a fun time! Thanks to Rich Davison at Soderholm

& Associates for sponsoring this awesome event!

Especially in the plumbing engineering field,

building a strong network of colleagues and peers

is important to success. The goal of events like

this is to provide opportunities to network with

peers in a fun and relaxed setting. There will be

lots of great events coming up that we’d love to

see you at! Stay tuned for more information on

the Brewer’s game and the annual golf outing this

summer.

From the Vice President of

Membership

By Rich Davison

Our membership is going strong in April with many

of you (17) renewing your membership again. Thank

you for continuing to be part of this great organiza-

tion. As you are already aware- your membership

gives you the edge in your business by helping to

network with both fellow engineers as well as associ-

ates that can assist you in finding answers to prob-

lems and creating solutions to the many challenges

that you face.

Happy Birthday Wisconsin ASPE members!

Aaron Bock P.E, CPD, GPD, LEED AP

Stacy M. Floerke

Thomas W. Guile

Mike Nachreiner

Tim Nelesen

Dan Schmidt

This month in April – it would be wonderful to have

some beautiful spring like weather. The poster be-

low is from the national society office and can be

used to help in our education efforts to bring aware-

ness of the water cycle to schools (early education)-

and to help us talk to students about why engineering

is so important and an exciting career path to consid-

er.

Please feel free to contact myself or any board mem-

ber if you are interested in presenting to a local

school or class to help in this effort. ASPE offers a

short presentation and a fun engineering activity for

kids to help them understand.

Date Topic Location

April 26 Medical Gas Verification Milw.

May 17 WI Plumbing Code

Updates Mad.

ASPE Schedule