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www.ASPE-Charlotte.comVolume 19, Issue 2 October 2018

Our Next Meeting will be Tuesday, October 23th

11:30 General MembershipLocation: Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Training Center

904 Post Street, Charlotte, NC

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Topic will be

Syphonic Roof DrainagePresented by:

Bill Shockley of Wade Drains

Lunch will be Provided by:Wade Drains

http://www.aspe-charlotte.com/

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President’s Thoughts


Les Scott, CPDASPE – Charlotte Chapter, President

[email protected]

Hello all,

October has come and almost gone and so has the 2018 Convention and Expo in Atlanta. Big news for ASPE, we now have our first female society president. The new presidents name is Carol Johnson. Carol is from the Alabama chapter and previously elected to the ASPE board as the VP Legislative. I am sure Carol will do a great job moving the Society forward. Goof Luck Carol. Here is a list of the rest of the Board of Directors including Carol and our own Tom Sharp.

2018 ASPE Board of Directors• President: Carol Johnson, CPD, LEED AP, CFI, FASPE• Vice President, Technical: Don Strickland, CPD, GPD, FASPE• Vice President, Education: Blair Minyard, PE, CDT, CPD• Vice President, Legislative: Brianne N. Hall, PE, CPD, LEED AP BD+C, GGP• Vice President, Membership: Vincent (Vinny) Falkowski, PE, PMP, CCM• Vice President, Affiliate: Thomas P. Sharp• Treasurer: Jim Zebrowski, PE, CPD, FASPE• Region 1 Director: R. Paul Silvestre, FASPE• Region 2 Director: Keith Bush, CPD, GPD, CSI• Region 3 Director: Steve E. Mastley, CPD, FASPE• Region 4 Director: Scott M. Steindler, CPD, LEED AP, ARCSA AP (IS), GPD, GGP• Region 5 Director: Bryan Hutton, CPD

Business Meeting – “Best Decision Ever” This year the ASPE Society hired an official Parliamentarian who was a bonified expert in “Roberts Rules of Order”. During the meeting this gentleman resided as the meeting chairman for bylaws portion of the meeting. This portion of the meeting was so successful that we finished both days of the meeting 1hr ahead of schedule. For those delegates who have attending these meetings in the past this is the most grueling part of the meetings and we knocked it out in record time.

This years business meeting included 36 proposed bylaw changes from the Bylaws Committee, which included our own David Lewis. Of these 36 proposed bylaw changes, 26 were approved, 6 were rejected and 4 withdrawn.

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President’s Thoughts

Les Scott, CPDASPE – Charlotte Chapter, President

[email protected]

Keynote speaker – This years keynote speaker was Derreck Kayongo. Derreck is the founder of the Global Soap Project, which recycles used hotel soap and redistributes it to impoverished populations around the world. Here is a link to Derreck presentation on the Global Soap Project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTl8nw4dbtw

All in all it was a good convention and glad it was one located close to home.

I hope everyone has an opportunity to get out to our next chapter meeting. Refer to the cover page for location and topic of this month’s technical presentation. To help keep everyone on time we are planning to begin the technical portion of the meeting by 11:45, so please plan to arrive in time to mingle and get grab some grub before we get started.

See you on Tuesday.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTl8nw4dbtw

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Steve CannonV.P. Technical

VP Technical


Welcome to another monthly ASPE meeting!

- Meeting location: Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Training Center 904 Post Street, Charlotte, NC

- CPDT & CPD: Registration for the CPDT-2018 is now closed and testing will be on October 25

and 26. Good luck to all who are testing; be sure to let us know the outcome. Folks interested in

the CPD exam have a bit longer to wait. Registration period runs from December 1, 2018, thru

March 21, 2019, with exam dates of April 4 and 5, 2019.

It is hard to believe we’re already on the downside of October. Thanksgiving and Christmas are

right around the corner. The 2018 ASPE Convention & Expo in Atlanta was a huge success and

possibly, the biggest one yet. As your VP of Technical and AYP, I had the opportunity to attend

the VP Technical meeting and the AYP Meeting. I skipped the Atlanta Chapters golf outing to

attend haha! I got the opportunity to meet with other VP techs. To see what they were doing

within their respective chapters. I have some great ideas that I think all of you will find

educational and enjoyable.

During the entire convention and expo, there was a clear indication of youthful growth. In fact,

there were more young people at this convention and expo than I have seen at the previous

two. However, there is still a void in finding younger folks for our industry. If there's a younger

person within the plumbing department at your office they should be attending our meetings,

the tech symposium, and the convention and expo. I’m planning some AYP events so let's get

them involved!

For this month’s presentation, Jason Hefner at Pro Marketing is bringing in Bill Shockley from

Wade Drains to talk about Siphonic Roof Drainage. This means of drainage started in Europe

and has gradually made its way across the pond to the United States. It utilizes negative

pressures generated by the height of the building to draw rainwater from the roof. Some

advantages to this type of roof drainage are the cost, space savings due to the use of smaller

drainage pipe and the slope of the drainage pipe within the building and below grade. We’ll

learn about how siphonic roof drains work, code and regulation changes made to

accommodate siphonic roof drainage and design criteria.

We look forward to seeing you all at this month’s meeting!

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Date Location Topic SpeakerLunch

Sponsor

9/25 Carolina Sales AssociatesWater Hammer

ArrestorsRandy Wright

Carolina Sales AssociatesCarolina Sales

10/23Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

– PKTSiphonic Roof

DrainsBill Shockley/Jason Hefner

Wade Drains/ProMarketing

11/27 Carolina SalesACO Building

DrainageApril Accor ACO Drain

No meeting in December

2019

1/22 TBD

2/26Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

- PKTHot Water Recirculation –

Circuit SolverLauren Berenato

Snider Inc./Thermomegatech

3/26 TBD

4/23 TBD

5/28 TBD

6/25 TBD

ASPE Charlotte – Tech/ Education Calendar 11:30-1:00pm

Carolina Sales Associates 14301 South Lakes Drive, Charlotte, NC

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry - PKT904 Post Street, Charlotte, NC

Tim Washington, CPDVP Legislative

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VP Legislative


Hello everyone,

I hope everyone and their families survived Hurricane Michael. If I didn’t see you at the ASPE convention in Atlanta you missed a great time! It was my first convention and I really enjoyed networking with chapter members, society board members and manufacturer representative. If you have never attended an ASPE convention and expo I highly recommend you do. This month I wanted to highlight some key points that was made at the legislative council meeting at the convention but before I do that, I want to let the Charlotte chapter members know that every last Wednesday of the month, Mecklenburg county code enforcement will be holding a Plumbing consistency meeting to discuss code concerns and the upcoming 2018 NCPC code changes taking affect January 1st 2019. The next meeting will be October 31st at 8am. If you can attend I highly encourage you to do so. I will begin attending them regularly, so if you have any code concerns or questions please let me know and I can pass them along.

• ASPE has created a Legionella task group. This task group will work to develop good design practices to help tackle legionella. One of the main objectives will be to of bridge the gap between the energy code and legionella.

• ASPE will be adding a link on the society’s website that will allow its members internet access for code changes; a state list of codes and contacts.

• ASPE has recently promoted Ramiro Mata to Senior Director of Technical & Regulatory Affairs. Ramiro’s primary role will be to attend code committee meetings as a ASPE representative. This is exciting news for us as a society! This will give ASPE a voice in code council meetings. No more surprises when code changes are being proposed. Ramiro will be attending the ICC code hearings held on October 27th-29th and will be a great resource for the society going forward

• The ASPE PE working group has been attempting to get an option on the PE exam that concentrates on plumbing for those that choose to specialize in plumbing engineering. This option has to be approved by seven states before it can be considered.

Tim Washington, CPDVP Legislative

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VP Legislative


Hello everyone,

I hope everyone and their families survived Hurricane Michael. If I didn’t see you at the ASPE convention in Atlanta you missed a great time! It was my first convention and I really enjoyed networking with chapter members, society board members and manufacturer representative. If you have never attended an ASPE convention and expo I highly recommend you do. This month I wanted to highlight some key points that was made at the legislative council meeting at the convention but before I do that, I want to let the Charlotte chapter members know that every last Wednesday of the month, Mecklenburg county code enforcement will be holding a Plumbing consistency meeting to discuss code concerns and the upcoming 2018 NCPC code changes taking affect January 1st 2019. The next meeting will be October 31st at 8am. If you can attend I highly encourage you to do so. I will begin attending them regularly, so if you have any code concerns or questions please let me know and I can pass them along.

• ASPE has created a Legionella task group. This task group will work to develop good design practices to help tackle legionella. One of the main objectives will be to of bridge the gap between the energy code and legionella.

• ASPE will be adding a link on the society’s website that will allow its members internet access for code changes; a state list of codes and contacts.

• ASPE has recently promoted Ramiro Mata to Senior Director of Technical & Regulatory Affairs. Ramiro’s primary role will be to attend code committee meetings as a ASPE representative. This is exciting news for us as a society! This will give ASPE a voice in code council meetings. No more surprises when code changes are being proposed. Ramiro will be attending the ICC code hearings held on October 27th-29th and will be a great resource for the society going forward

• The ASPE PE working group has been attempting to get an option on the PE exam that concentrates on plumbing for those that choose to specialize in plumbing engineering. This option has to be approved by seven states before it can be considered.

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VP Membership

Laura PelchatV.P. Membership

Anniversaries Birthdays

Congrats to our Members!


October October

Scotty Clontz – 23rd

John Schasny – 27th

Jeff Harris – 37 yearsJames Tribble – 23 years

Jeff Gibson – 18 yearsDavid Rosdol – 16 yearsFritz Hueting – 11 yearsGerald Deininger 6 yearsBrett McCombs – 4 years

Thomas Mikulasovich – 3 yearsDevin Departhy – 1 year

Finally, fall is here! It feels so good to turn off the AC and open the windows. Hopefully, things will start to dry out for everyone affected by Michael.

I would like to welcome a new member to the Charlotte ASPE Chapter, Jerry Price with Price Marketing. Hope to see you at some meetings!

This year I attended the Women of ASPE at the convention, and I’m so happy I did. It was one of those things where I walked in Friday morning and wondered “why did I sign up for this?”, and before long I discovered why. The speakers were great, including the first female to become a member of the plumbers union in New York City. It was nice to have some time to get to know the other women, including our new president, Carol Johnson. Saturday morning we worked with 30 Girl Scouts, introducing them to plumbing engineering. WOA is open to any ASPE member, male or female. I strongly encourage the women to join, just send an email to Stacey Kidd, [email protected] and she’ll put you on the list.

Our membership emphasis continues to be working to keep our members. Most organizations are more interested in adding new people. Our current path is to retain more members, hopefully by offering a valuable product and providing a welcoming place to establish connections.

Take a drive, enjoy the weather, and we’ll see you Tuesday!


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Industrial, commercial, plumbing

and backflow products

www.apollovalves.com

XPRESS press fittings

www.apollovalves.com/apolloxpress

Grooved Mechanical Coupling

Piping Systems 1 ½”-96”

www.shurjoint.com/eng/

Rooftop supports

www.miroind.com

No Hub & Specialty couplings

www.anaco-husky.com/

Schedule 40 & 80 PVC & CPVC fittings and valves; DWV fittings

www.lascofittings.com

Stops, risers and fittings

www.brasscraft.com

Import Stops, Risers, and Connectors

www.plumbshop.com

Press fitting tools, threading equipment

www.remstoolsusa.com

PVC ball valves, check valves,

butterfly valves, and y-line strainers

www.colonialengineering.com

PVC pipe

www.sandersonpipe.com

WROT Copper fittings & XPRESS

press fittings

www.elkhartproducts.com

TecTite Push fittings

www.elkhartproducts.com/tectite

Drains, Carriers and Hydrants

www.wadedrains.com

Cast iron soil pipe & fittings; no-hub couplings

www.tylerpipe.com

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Size One Time All Issues

Business Card $25 $90

¼ page $45 $135

½ page $75 $250

Full page $125 $360

Monthly Newsletter Advertising Rates`

ASPE 2018 Chapter Sponsorship Schedule

Platinum Sponsorship $1000 ($1110 Value) (2 Sponsorship Opportunities)• Full Page add included in the Charlotte Chapters monthly newsletters. ($360)• Listed on the Charlotte chapters website as a Platinum Level sponsor. ($100)• Golf 4-some for the Chapter Annual Golf Tournament. ($300)• Hole sponsorship in the Charlotte Chapters Annual Golf Tournament. ($100)• Food sponsorship at one of the monthly chapter meeting. ($250)• Guaranteed speaking opportunity before chapter monthly technical presentation.• Tabletop during one of the monthly chapter meeting.

Gold Sponsorship $800 ($860 Value) (3 Sponsorship Opportunities)• Full Page add included in the Charlotte Chapters monthly newsletters. ($360)• Listed on the Charlotte chapters website as a Gold Level sponsor. ($100)• Golf 4-some for the Chapter Annual Golf Tournament. ($300)• Hole sponsorship in the Charlotte Chapters Annual Golf Tournament. ($100)

Silver Sponsorship $700 ($760 Value) (5 Sponsorship Opportunities)• Full Page add included in the Charlotte Chapters monthly newsletters. ($360)• Listed on the Charlotte chapters website as a Silver Level sponsor. ($100)• Golf 4-some for the Chapter Annual Golf Tournament. ($300)

Bronze Sponsorship $425 ($460 Value) (5 Sponsorship Opportunities)• Full Page add included in the Charlotte Chapters monthly newsletters. ($360)• Listed on the Charlotte chapters website as a Bronze Level sponsor. ($100)

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2017-2018 Charlotte Chapter of ASPE Board Members


www.aspe-charlotte.org

President Les Scott Optima Engineering

704-941-3761 [email protected]

VP Technical Steve Cannon Wave Engineering


VP Legislative Tim Washington Optima Engineering


Education Chairman David Lewis Clark Nexsen


VP Membership Laura Pelchat Smith & Stevenson


Treasurer/ Bryan Steede Carolina Sales Associates

Secretary 800-849-7227 [email protected]

Affiliate Liaison Mark Reynolds RepSouth


AYP Liaison Steve Cannon Wave Engineering


Newsletter Jason Hefner Pro Marketing, Inc


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