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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLUMBING ENGINEERS
NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
ST. LOUIS CHAPTER 572 Leffingwell Avenue - Kirkwood, MO
63122
www.aspe-stl.com
Local Chapters Are Not Authorized to Speak for the Society
ASPE was organized to serve as a medium in
the solution of professional problems pertaining to plumbing
engineering as it affects the profession, community and the general
public. Advance the general scien-
tific interests of the plumbing engineering profession and to
inculcate the desire of scientific achievement in the field among
the members of the Association. Bring
May 2018 Volume 42, Issue 10
President’s Report By John Fischer
It is with pleasure I announce that Dan Goellner, Eemax Tankless
Water Heaters, has volunteered to become our new Newsletter editor.
This news-letter is the first he is attempting. I will nominate and
submit his name to the upcoming Board Meeting for approval. Welcome
Dan! The Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers,
Professional Land Survey-ors and Professional Landscape Architects
(Board) invites all architects, professional en-gineers,
professional land surveyors, and professional landscape architects
in and around the St. Louis, Missouri area to meet with the Board
on Monday, April 23, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. in various
conference rooms on the lower level of the DoubleTree by Hilton St.
Louis – Chesterfield Hotel and Conference Center located at 16625
Swingley Ridge Road, Chesterfield, Missouri. You are cordially
invited to attend this session with the Board for the purpose of
discussing any items of common interest relative to licensure,
enforce-ment, and regulation of architecture, engineering, land
surveying and landscape architec-ture in the State of Missouri as
set forth in Chapter 327, RSMo. If you are interested in cur-rent
activities of the Board, this would be a good time for you to ask
questions and provide personal input. Therefore, if you are
interested in attending, and have not yet respond-ed, please RSVP
by phone (573-751-0047), fax (573-751-8046) or email
([email protected]) your response to the Board office by no later
than Noon, Fri-day, April 20, 2018. June is coming and so is our
annual Golf Tournament. Are you getting your foursome together?
Again, this year, it will be held at The Bluffs, close, just across
the river (unless you live in St. Charles Co., which makes it even
closer). Check out the next paragraph to obtain a Polo for the
event.
The ASPE Merchandise Store? Check it out. Great looking polo’s
and oth-er new and attractive items. You can find it on the
internet at: https://orders.corp-imaging.com/ASPE/# The 2018
Convention and Exposition is September 28-October 3, 2018 in
Atlanta. Are you thinking of attending? I have found this to be the
most educa-tional of all the conventions I have ever attended. Make
your plans and enter the dates in your calendar so that if the
opportunity is there you will be able to attend. The associated
trade show is considered one of the best held in our industry. The
chapter might have a need for someone in addition to the offices to
attend as a voter during the busi-ness meeting. This may occur
because of our current membership total. If you are interested,
please contact me.
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OFFICERS-DIRECTORS 2018-2019
President JOHN FISCHER, JR PE, PLS Phone (314) 322-3442 E-mail:
ponygolf.att.net Vice President Technical NICHOLAS J. HIPP c/o
Aedifica Case Engineering 796 Merus Ct St. Louis, MO 63026 Phone
(314) 349-1600 E-mail: [email protected] Vice President
Legislative PAUL HELLICKSON c/o McClure Engineering 1000 Clark Ave
St. Louis, MO 63102 Phone (314) 645-6232 E-mail:
[email protected]
Vice President Membership J.J. NAGEL c/o Mead O’Brien 10800
Midwest Industrial Blvd St. Louis, MO 63132 Phone (314) 541-3639
E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer KEVIN PATE c/o Gateway
Representatives 572 Leffingwell Ave St. Louis, MO 63122 Phone (314)
835-1818 E-mail: [email protected] Administrative Secretary DON
SULLIVAN c/o J.W. Sullivan Company 628 Waterford View Ct Ballwin,
MO 63021 Phone (636) 386-6800 E-mail: [email protected]
Corresponding Secretary/ Newsletter Editor DAN GOELLNER c/o Eemax 1
Otis Henry Ct St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone (314) 873-1008 E-mail:
[email protected] Affiliate Liaison MARCO TAMAYO Phone (314)
704-8639 E-mail: [email protected] Education Chairman
David Notheis c/o Ross & Baruzzini 6 S Old Orchard Ave St.
Louis, MO 63119 Phone (314) 918-8383 E-mail:
[email protected]
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HELP WANTED Employment Opportunities Murphy Company is seeking
an Exper ienced Plumbing Designer /Engineer to join our Engineer
ing Team. Responsibilities include providing plumbing
design/estimating to support construction activities for new
construction & rehabilitation of existing facilities.
Successful candidate will be proficient in reading architectural,
structural, civil, and HVAC drawings, understand applicable codes,
develop specifications for equipment; have design proficiency and
ability to size equipment, and conduct field surveys to determine
project requirements. Candidate will have a Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering plus 5 years of experience, or 10 years of
commercial plumbing design experience. Familiarity with
Autocad/BIM/Revit a plus. Send resume to, and/or feel free to
contact directly to further discuss this opportunity, Bill McKanna
[email protected] (314) 692-1573 DISTRICT SALES MANAGER –
VIEGA – St. Louis Responsible for implementing sales and account
strategies as set out by management and achieve results in a matrix
sales organization; cultivating long-term relationships with key
account decision makers while demon-strating effective sales call
planning and execution skills; delivering professional sales
presentations; soliciting new customers/contractors to increase
demand for products; carrying out sales objectives; working closely
with local manufacturing reps to identify, target and call on key
players; maintaining sales reports and forecasts; tracking expenses
and tracking efforts and results in CRM.
Send resume to Ginger Toth at [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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VP Technical Report By Nicholas Hipp
Good day everyone! The next presentation is on May 1st and it
will be an interesting presentation by Karl Wiegand with Globe Fire
Sprinkler Corporation about “Wet Sprinklers 101”. This one-hour
presenta-tion will explore the basic components of a wet sprinkler
system, hazard classifications, valving types, and general wet
sprinkler design ideas. In April we had a very interesting
discussing about Roof Drains from Craig Froeter at Froet. He was an
excellent speaker. We went over why ponding can occur on the roofs,
where some of the codes that pertain to roof drains are located,
what issues to look for in designing roof drain systems and also
how to size roof drains.. If anyone is still needing their CEU, PDH
or PEU for any of the previous meetings please reach out to me and
I will provide you with the certificate. If you wish to receive a
certificate for this meeting and you are not a member or in the
ASPE database please provide your e-mail address on the sign-in
sheet provided and one will be emailed to you. Respectfully
submitted:
Nicholas Hipp Vice-president Technical
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Vice President Legislative Report By Paul Hellickson
Hello St. Louis, ASPE Members: Something very interesting was
brought to my attention recently that comes out of the 2015
International Energy Code. I have not had the time to delve deep
into all its mean-ings, but it is related to the hot water topic
that I wrote about in my previous newsletters. SECTION C404 –
SERVICE WATER HEATING (MANDATORY)
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My interpretation and others that I have spoken to is that when
attempting to comply with this section of the code, the distance
between your “heated source” (water heater, circulated wa-ter
system or heat traced system) must be no more than 2-feet for a
1/2" hot water supply pip-ing to a public lavatory faucet. Now many
of us may not going be looking at the IEC but this is an item that
will have to be considered when designing our systems. That said –
it is not clear who will actually be en-forcing this. What is also
not clear is exactly what is meant by “termination of fixture
supply”, is the termination point at the faucet or is it the point
where you are stubbing thru the wall? As always – check with your
local municipality to see which codes they are enforcing. If you
have other interpretations or thoughts on this please shoot me an
e-mail and let’s discuss it. Lastly – St. Louis County has issued
the following Industry notice regarding a redution in plumbing plan
reviews. Click on the following link for more information. NOTICE
TO INDUSTRY: Plumbing Plan Review Backlog Reduction That’s all I
have for now.
https://www.stlouisco.com/Portals/8/docs/document%20library/public%20works/code%20enforcement/notices/codes/Notice%20to%20Industry%20Plumbing%20Plan%20Review%20Backlog%20Reduction.pdf
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LUNCH MEETING SCHEDULE 11:30 AM Networking-12:00 PM
Introductions/ASPE Business 12:15 PM Lunch 12:15 PM Tech
Session-1:00 PM Meeting Adjourned Tech Sessions only: MEMBERS: FREE
NON MEMBERS: $25.00 LUNCH: MEMBERS $18.00 NON-MEMBERS: Included
with tech session fee Cash, Check, or Credit Card
[email protected]
Affirmative response or self registration prior to meeting is
considered a positive reservation for food and attendance. Should a
NO SHOW occur, you will be billed for the dinner Location
Engineering Center of St Louis 4359 Lindell Boulevard St Louis Mo
63108 314-533-9333
ASPE General Meeting Dates for 2018
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Next Meeting is April 3, 2018
Speaker: Craig Froeter with Froet Industries LLC
Topic : “ This one-hour Presentation will explore what makes a
good roof drain installation, explaining why ponding can occur on
the roofs, where some of the codes that pertain to
2018 Meeting Schedule
May 1,2018
June— Golf Tournament
Menu for May 1, 2018 Taste of the Hill Traditional Beef
Cannelloni Marsala Green Bean Medley with fire roasted bell peppers
Mayfair Salad Buttery Toasted Garlic Bread Coffee Tee &
Water
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Sponsors!
Be Sure To Send Your New Business
Card To:
[email protected]
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Education Events By David Notheis CPD
ASPE members and attendees, We got some exciting classes and
webinars coming up. Please have a look below! WEBINARS Bradford
White Pro-active Water Heater Replacement Webinar presented by PHC
News on May 16th from 10am to 11am CT.
Webinar covers the following topics:
How heat pump water heaters use the same principles of
refrigeration to move heat rather than create heat. About
installation site selection to ensure highest energy savings. How
to grow your business through a proactive replacement approach by
simply educating customers every day
as their trusted advisor. How to grow your business and save
your customers energy and money by installing a heat pump water
heater.
Here is a link for this webinar. Cost: Free
ASPE CEU Provider Link to the ASPE CEU page Holdrite University
Webinar series partnered with ASPE CEU Provider.
Courses cover the following topics:
Firestopping of Horizontal Plumbing Penetrations Pipe Hangers
and Supports Plumbing Acoustic Isolation
Here is a link that will allow you to take these webinars.
Cost: Free Earn Continuing Education Credits: These provide CEU
or PDH hours.
Grundfos Webinar series partnered with ASPE CEU Provider.
Content:
22 ASPE CEU approved webinars. Other webinars that also cover
the HVAC industry.
Here is a link the catalog of available webinars.
Cost: Free Earn Continuing Education Credits: These provide CEU
or PDH hours.
ASPE Read and Learn Link to ASPE read and learn
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CLASSES Revit 2018 MEP Systems Houston TX Charlotte, NC May 10th
June 29th
Here is a link for registration and other information on this
class.
Cost:
The registration fee* includes computer rental pre-loaded with
Revit 2018. Early-bird ASPE Members $375 ($425 after) Early-bird
Nonmembers $575 ($625 after) Early-bird Nonmembers with 1 Year ASPE
membership $475 ($525 after)** Click here to begin this
registration process - do not select the option above. *May 2018
workshops early bird rate through 4/15/18. Prices increase $50 on
4/16/18. *June 2018 workshops early bird rate through 6/1/18.
Prices increase $50 on 6/2/18 REGISTER EARLY! **A one-year ASPE
membership is $190 and is included with registration fee. Don't
pass up this opportunity!
Basic plumbing design workshop Class presented by ASPE on June
14th – 15th from 8am to 4pm CT.
Class covers the following topics:
Storm sizing, routing, and coordination. Domestic cold water
sizing. Sanitary sewer sizing, routing, and coordination. Natural
gas sizing, routing, and coordination. Plumbing system
coordination.
Here is a link for this event.
Cost: $500 for members $600 for nonmembers with ASPE membership
$700 for nonmembers Provides1.2 CEUs
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Education Events By David Notheis CPD
Attendance prizes $25.00 gift cards Paul Heitert Scott Eversgerd
Steve Bruening
Jackpot Drawing $10.00 There were no winners, Names drawn were
Brent Bischof Brett Rossomanno Eric Rogers
50/50 Drawing
$7.00 Robert Thomason $6.00 Robert Thomason $5.00 Mike
Beckerman
https://aspe.org/revit2018https://aspe.org/BasicsWorkshop
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For your future plans, the 2019: Technical Symposium will be
held in Pittsburgh, PA October 24-27, 2019. Put the date on your
calendar so if the opportunity arises you will not schedule
anything for those dates, so that will give you the ability to
adapt your schedule so that you do not have a conflict with the
dates of the symposium if you have the opportunity to go. REMINDER
- INTEND TO ATTEND THE GENERAL MEETING??? – IMPORTANT THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO PROMPTLY MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A
GREAT JOB THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH YOUR PROMPT RE-SPONSE.
THANK YOU AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. Our next meeting and last
official meeting of our fiscal year is Tuesday May 1
st at the “The
Engineering Center of St. Louis” formerly called The Engineers
Club. Nicholas has lined up a great program. Looking forward to
seeing you there. Respectfully submitted:
President ASPE – St Louis Chapter [email protected]
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President’s Report By John Fischer
May Birthdays
John G. Benz Mark S. Carnoali
Leslie E. Heideman P.E. Bryan David McDaniel David Edwin
Ruckman
Michael A. Sass Mitchell Allen Spillman G.E.
Robert Lee Thomason, Jr. P.E.
Membership Anniversaries Vicente A. Amador 22 years David M.
Bujnak 21 years William Addison Claypool Jr. 1 year Jeffrey J
Coulson 4 years Casey Robert Ellinger 2 years Steve Harting 16
years William Charles Leydig Jr. 1 year Matt McWay G. E. 8 years
Steve P. Rotskoff 9 years Michael A. Sass 6 years J. Joe Scott II,
CPD, LEED AP, FASPE 30 years Mitchell Allen Spillman G.E. 1
year
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The Following People Attended Last Month's Lunch Meeting
Thank You for Supporting Your Organization
Aaron Backs Murphy Company
Ben Brooks Ross & Baruzzini
Bill McKanna Murphy Company
Bob Fanning M/R Associates
Bob Krull
Bob Thomason Albert Arno
Craig Canatsey Mission Specialty
Dan Goellner Eemax
Deborah Carnes Smith Seckman Reid Inc.
Don Sullivan J.W. Sullivan
Eric Rogers Heideman Associates Inc.
George Paubel Finch Plumbing
Greg Friederich Corrigan Company
Greg Hoekstra Blackmore & Glunt
J.J. Nagel Mead O'Brien
J.T. Reiser Aedifica Case
Jack Bruns ADG Corporation
Jake Franklin Mack McClain & Assoc.
James Meyer Ross & Baruzzini
Jeff Coulson Corrigan Company
John Fischer
John Rupert Allied Systems (KC Chapter)
Kelly Murphy Maijer EDM
Kevin Pate Gateway Representatives
Marco Tamayo Victaulic
Mark Carnoali McQueeny Lock
Mark Lukens SSC Engineering
Michael Sass Spears Mfg
Mike Beckermann Culligan Industrial Sales
Mike Costello American Sales
Mike Hendershott J&J Sales
Milt Loft Mission Specialty
Nicholas Hipp Aedifica Case
Patrick Moynihan Murphy Company
Paul Heitert Ross & Baruzzini
Paul Hellickson McClure Engineering
Phil Pate Gateway Representatives
Ray Kleinsorge New Ground
Ron Jansen Mead O'Brien
Steve Heitert Armstrong International
Rick Kaestner
Jason Riggs
Dan McMahon
Cindy Schade
Pam Beard
