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October is now upon us and even though the weather is still as hot as ever we are definitely nearing the end of 2016. We only have two more general meetings left in in the
year so be sure to RSVP on our web-site so you don’t miss out on either one of them. This month Froet Indus-tries, Inc. will be holding a technical presentation on Roof Drains. They will also be sponsoring lunch for de-signers/engineers and contractors.
Thank you to those that participated in our September AYP Event at Bowl-mor. It was definitely a good night of networking, bowling and beer! Every-body had a good time despite the Texans putting up a goose egg against the Patriots that night. Con-gratulations to Jeff Dierschke, from DBR, for recoding the highest score of the night and winning a $100 gift-card in the process! Thanks to Jesse Bain, AYP Liaison, for organizing an-other successful AYP event. Keep an eye out for future AYP events by
October 2016
Rood Drains, the “Hole” story
Craig Froeter, Froet Industries
Wednesday October 7
11:30 am
HESS Club
Meeting notice
Chartered July 10, 1968
President Daniel Leos
VP‐Technical David Clark, PE
VP‐Legislative Freddie Landaverde
VP‐Membership Christopher Ennis, CET
Treasurer Geoffrey Moore
Administrative Secretary Donald Taylor, CPD, GPD administrativesecre‐
Corresponding Secretary Jeremy Charmchizadeh EIT
correspondingsecre‐[email protected]
President’s Message: Daniel Leos
checking the calendar on our ASPE Houston website.
Something that we’re going to con-tinue to remind everybody about is that the 2017 Product Show will now be held at the Sam Houston Race Park on April 5th. Planning has begun for the 2017 Product Show as the Product Show Committee has already completed their first official planning meeting. Thanks to Park USA for let-ting the committee meet at their of-fices. For those that have exhibited in the past we will be contacting you with all exhibitor information, including the new booth layout, by the end of Octo-ber. For all inquiries about our Prod-uct Show please contact our Product Show Chair, Brandi Baker, at [email protected] or (713) 849-7187.
As always if any vendors or manufac-turers are interested in presenting as a technical speaker at the Product Show or at our General Meeting please be sure to contact our VP Technical, Dave Clark, at [email protected].
on the founding committee for the ASPE/IAPMO Z1034 Standard for roof drain flow performance and is presently on the working committee of the revision for the ASME A112.6.4 Standard for roof drains. Froet Industries will be sponsoring lunch for all engineers, designers, contractors and City official in atten-dance.
The ASPE National Symposium is fast approaching. Registration is now open for the 2016 ASPE Con-vention and Exposition which is be-ing held in Phoenix, Arizona from October 28 – November 2nd. Go to www.aspe.org/expo for more details.
We’re still looking for a November 2016 Lunch speaker. Please re-member that ASPE is a great way to obtain CEU’s and network with many of the most knowledgeable people in the plumbing industry. If there is a topic you would like discussed please let me know and I will try and set something up. There are open-ings available to be a presenter at one of our upcoming lunchtime gen-eral meetings. I’m still looking for a November presenter at this time.
If you are interested in presenting at any of these events please contact me at [email protected], or at 713-860-3694.
Attendance was fantastic at our first meeting back from the summer! Thanks everyone for coming out. Re-m e m b e r t o RSVP online and it will make the
sign in process much smoother. You can also pay online and get an im-mediate receipt as well.
I want to thank Mr. Jim LeStage and Holdrite for a great presentation last month on Design Solutions for Piping Supports and Restraints and for sponsoring lunch to the engineers and contractors who were in atten-dance. Hopefully it’s not often we see some of the nightmare bailing wire and 2x4 solutions that Jim showed us last month.
Our next ASPE Houston General meeting will be held on October 5, 2016. The Presentation will be: Roof Drains – The ”Hole” Story”. Mr. Craig Froeter with Froet Industries will be here to discuss roof drainage design. Mr. Craig Froeter spent 25 years as a roofing contractor and throughout that time dealt with many roof drain issues. He invented and developed the Bi-functional drain. Mr. Froeter is the founder and Presi-dent of Froet Industries LLC. He was
VP Technical: David Clark, PE ASPE HOUSTON CHAPTER
COMMITTEE POSITIONS
Board of Governors Chairman
Anthony Jaspal, PE, CPD
Social Director
Vic Schneider, Jr.
Affiliate Liaison
Sean Smith, CPD
2016 Product Show Chairman
Brandi Rocha
brocha@park‐usa.com
Education Committee Chairman
David Clark
Construction Industry Council Delegate
Freddie Landaverde
Roster and Product Directory Chairman
Christopher Ennis, CET
Newsletter Editor
Curtis Dady
Historian
Christine Moseley, CPD, LEED AP
NATIONAL POSITIONS HELD BY HOUSTON CHAPTER MEMBERS
Region 5 Affiliate Liaison
Dave Cropper
dcropper@park‐usa.com
Chair Legislative Committee, Chair College of Fellows, Region 5 Rep‐resentative Nominating Commit‐
tee
Cyril Unger, FASPE, CPD
The summer of 2016, rainy, HOT, vacations, the beach, great ASPE friends…not bad, not bad at all…. While we all anticipate the arrival of Fall and since Houston doesn’t really have spectacular leaf changing season, (we do go from green to brown – grass..) - we really just hope for lower humidity.
We hope to see you at the up-coming National Convention and Expo in Phoenix. Houston has a great group of Delegates going, in addition to our representative to the first WOA meeting.
A BIG thank you to everyone helping us promote ASPE as our growing membership shows. We all know it’s a GREAT organization.
Check out following NEW Houston Chapter mem-bers. If you know them give them a call to welcome them to “their” wonderful organization. If you don’t know them get ready to meet them at our October meeting!!
WELCOME NEW HOUSTON CHAPTER MEM-BERS
Alfred Mazzocchi – Southwest Sales Inc. - Hous-ton, Texas
Ciera Ward – Telios - Houston, Texas
James Hewitt, P.E. – WC Engineering - Houston, Texas
Dues Notice - National will send reminders and the actual month of your expiration I will send an email reminder. If you have already renewed please my apology for the notice. To renew it easy!! Go to https://aspe.org/RenewMembership enter your member number and your last name; verify your information, click submit; click on the applicable membership classification and any additional contri-bution you my desire, complete the credit card in-formation, submit and you’re done!!
It is very important to do this prior to your expiration date. After this date you may have to go through the process of completing a new application and receiving a new member number losing any official tenure you may have had. If you need any help please let me know. Thank you for your continued
VP Membership: Christopher Ennis, CET
support of our great organization.
Membership delinquent list: If you are on this list, or know you haven’t paid your annual dues get ready to receive a phone call from one of the Board members. We don’t want to see you go!! If there is an admini-stration problem with the National office let us know and we’ll help facilitate straitening that up.
See you October 5th. Think DOOR PRIZES!!!!!!
OCTOBER calendar
7th Monthly Meeting HESS Club
13th Jeremy Blackhurst Birthday
14th Edwardo Lopez Birthday
14th BOD Meeting Pappadeaux’s
16th Bryan Thomas Birthday
17th Jesse Bain Birthday
17th John Nadon Birthday
18th Michael Green, PE, LEED AP Birthday
19th Timothy Zacharias Birthday
21st Damien Ruth Birthday
23rd Roger Clemes Birthday
28th Benjamin Baker, EIT, CPD Birthday
Daniel Leos (DL), President, called the Houston
Chapter BOD meeting to order at 11:40 a.m. on
September 16th 12, 2016 at Pappadeaux’s res-
taurant at I-10 and the Beltway. Also present was
David Clark (DC), Donald Taylor (DT), Jeremy
Charmchizadeh (JC), Brandi Baker (BB), Geoffrey
Moore (GM), Jim Ivey (JI), Dave Cropper (DAV)
and Christine Moseley (CM). A motion to approve
the August BOD meeting minutes as published in
the newsletter was passed. DL informed the dele-
gates, for the 2016 Expo & Convention, that the
delegate website is up and to review information
in the link that Stacy Kidd provided via e-mail. DL
informed the board that Curtis Dady (CD) has re-Cont’d Page 10 BOD
BOD Meeting Minutes: Donald Taylor, CPD, GPD
ceived some advertising request that is outside the poli-
cies our chapter has currently in place. It was decided
by the board that no decisions will be made for chang-
ing advertising policies in the newsletter without CD be-
ing present at the BOD meeting. DL presented to the
board changing the current policy of advertising the top
Houston Product Show sponsors. This change would
provide advertising at every meeting, event, newsletter
and e-mail correspondence for the entire year in-lieu-of
only providing advertisement at the product show. DC
updated the BOD possible presenters at future general
meetings. DL announced that the chapter’s active mem-
bership went from 197 down to 193; however, 2 new
The ASPE Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the candidates for the 2016-2018 ASPE Board of Directors. Every two years, all board positions are open for re-election, and any ASPE mem-ber meeting the bylaws requirements for a board member may stand for nomination and, if ap-proved, be considered for election to the board. During the ASPE Business Meeting, which will be held October 29-30, 2016 in Phoenix AZ, ASPE chapter delegates will be responsible for electing the next ASPE Board of Directors.
The candidates running this year are:
President: Mitchell J. Clemente, CPD
Vice President, Technical: David E. DeBord, CPD, GPD, FASPE, ARCSA AP, LEED AP & Jeffrey L. Ingertson, CPD, FASPE
Vice President, Education: Chris L. Graham, CPD, FASPE
Vice President, Legislative: Carol L. Johnson, CPD, LEED AP, CFI
Vice President, Membership: Kelvin H. Kennedy, CPD, GPD, FASPE & Vincent Falkowski, PE, PMP, CCM
Vice President, Affiliate: Vincent J. Scriboni & Dann E. Holmes & Grant B. Brekke
Treasurer: James T. Zebrowski, PE, CPD, FASPE & Paul Eric Freeman, PE, LEED AP
Region 1 Director: Rui Paulo Silvestre
Region 2 Director: Keith D. Bush, CPD, GPD, CSI
Region 3 Director: Steve E. Mastley, CPD, FASPE
Region 4 Director: Donald L. Strickland, Jr., CPD, GPD
SLATE FOR ASPE 2016-2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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ASPE CLASSIFIEDS
DBR Engineering Consultants is always looking for innovative and dedicated professionals to join our team. We offer career opportunities at every level in areas ranging from MEP engi‐neering to administration. Currently, we are seeking candi‐dates for the following positions:
Electrical Designer/Engineer‐mid to senior level
Mechanical Designer/Engineer‐mid to senior level
Plumbing Designer‐mid to senior level
Technology Consultant—mid to senior level We provide:
Competitive salary
Medical/Dental/Life/Disability Insurance
401(k) with match
PTO and holidays
Fast‐paced energetic work environment with growing firm
Please submit resume to Shaunda Betts, CISR, Human Re‐sources Manager. Email [email protected] or Fax 713.914.0886.
Telios: Are you a plumbing designer looking to: • Utilize your experience to be a plumbing leader for the Houston office • Work in a dynamic, visionary firm with a great culture • Work with great clients on exciting projects? With: • 5‐10 years of experience in plumbing design • Full experience in all phases of plumbing design • An understanding of applicable design codes and specifica‐tion requirements • Healthcare experience a plus • REVIT experience a plus As a firm on the rise, TELIOS is one of Houston’s leaders in MEP engineering and commissioning. You will be a great fit with our culture when you share our core values of dedica‐tion, improvement and character. At TELIOS, we strive to make a positive impact on our employees, clients and indus‐try. If this sounds like your kind of place, we want to meet you. How to Apply: To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to Hous‐[email protected]
members were added to bring the number back up to
195. (DAV) notified the BOD that someone attending
the September’s CIC meeting stating the case for
eliminating break tanks for fire protection in the city of
Houston. This has not passed and additional informa-
tion will be forthcoming. It was brought to the board by
DL asking if the chapter should ask for sponsorship to
the AYP events. DL will start mentioned this at the
general meetings. BR informed the board that the
product show committee will be sending info out to
vendors participating in the show shortly. Since BR is
the Houston Product Show Chair and for her to get a
better understanding of how a large product show is
put together, the board voted and approved for the
chapter to pay for BR’s flight to the 2016 Expo & Con-
vention. Meeting was adjourned at 1:08 p.m.