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A S P E P h i l a d e l p h i a N E W S

Summer 2019

Philadelphia Chapter Board

PRESIDENT

David C Smith PE, LEED AP

Gannett Fleming

(610) 804-0069

E-mail: [email protected]

V.P. Technical

Ken Clark VP Regional Sales

EWS Inc. Environmental Water Systems

(302) 480-3950


V.P. Legislative & Web Master

Marc Pisarek

Pisarek Engineering

(856) 854-5445 ext. 112

Email: [email protected]

V.P. Membership

James Wardell

Burns-Cope Associates, Inc.

(610) 485-2828 ext 1026


Education Chairperson

Michael L Panco

Consultant

(215) 341-7029


Administrative Secretary

James Eyrich

L & R Associates

(267) 308-0500


Corresponding Secretary

Steve Ziga

hpeGROUP

(215) 859-2939


Treasurer

William T. O’Donnell CPD, FASPE

PWI Engineering

(215) 241-9100 ext.211


Newsletter Editor

Dawn M Bishop

Rich Tomkins Co.

(610) 859-6060


Affiliate Liaison

Kevin Brace

Rich Tomkins Company.

(610) 859-6074


We are online at www.AspePhila.org.

Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society

COMMITTEES Board of Governors

Dawn Bishop

Steve Ziga

Mike Panco

Golf Committee Chair

Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE

PWI Engineering

215-241-9100

[email protected]

Social Activities Committee

Dawn Bishop

Rich-Tomkins Company, Inc.

610-859-6060

[email protected]

ASPE Plumbing Design School Chair

Mike Panco

610-497-4480

[email protected] Product Show Chair

Mike Panco

610-497-4480

[email protected]

Women of ASPE Liaison

Laura Simons

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company

609-816-2350

[email protected]

Earn CEU and PDH credit at each Dinner Meeting.

Credit: Photo in banner by Bill O’Donnell

Summer 2019 Issue

President’s Message .............. 2

Technical Corner .................. 4

Legislative News .................... 6

Membership News ................. 8

Affiliates Corner .................... 10

Speaking Out ........................ 12

Women of ASPE .................... 14

Last Month’s Attendees ....... 28

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This is the end of our calendar year.

Time to relax over the summer, re-

charge with the family, and enjoy

the outdoors, if that is your cup of

tea.

The end of year brings the Chap-

ter’s annual tour. The tour this year

was “Behind the Scenes” of the

famous Longwood Garden Foun-

tains. Pierre DuPont loved fountains

and started building them in the

1920’s and they grew to 1800 spray nozzles in the

1930’s. The display was grand. In the 1950’s, DuPont

added lights for a spectacular and colorful evening

display. Later, music was added. The Main Fountains

along with the Conservatory are the focal point of

Longwood Gardens. All of the piping for the foun-

tains were buried under ground. Many of the original

pumps are still in their original locations. Over time,

the piping decayed and parts of the fountain were

no longer working. Moreover, because the piping

was interconnected, repairs could not be done.

In 2014, Longwood Gardens embarked on a project

to refurbish the main fountains. This resulted in closing

down the area, painstakingly cataloguing every de-

tail, dismantling to fountains, and restoring. All of the

piping was removed and new structures with tunnels

were built. This allowed for future maintenance of the

fountains.

The Main Fountains were restore to original grandeur

and the number of spray nozzles tripled, 4400 plus.

Where originally there were four light colors, now

there are eight different colored LED lights that can

generate any color in the spectrum. Computers now

control the fountain nozzles and are choreographed

to music.

The Main Fountains are great to see in the daylight

and spectacular at night. If you can, try to attend a

show on a Thursday thru Saturday night when there is

synchronized music.

See you in the Fall!

David Smith

President

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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LONGWOOD GARDENS TOUR

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TECHNICAL CORNER Happy Summer Everyone!!!

On Thursday, June 6th, you should have received an email for an ASPE Philadelphia Dinner

Meeting Survey from [email protected] via Survey Monkey. Your Philly ASPE Board sin-

cerely hopes that you’ll take a couple of minutes to provide us with your feedback about our

educational dinner meetings and venues. Please participate and provide us with your thoughts

and suggestions. Thank you!

Upcoming events and topics for your review:

Join ASPE for these upcoming online and in-person educational events and earn CEUs while

doing so. All webinars are at 2pm EDT and these one (1) hour webinars provide you with 0.1

CEU for your participation. The webinars are FREE for ASPE members. Visit www.aspe.org today to

sign-up.

- New Technologies for Legionella and Pathogen Control on June 19th. Basic Plumbing Deign I Two-Day Workshop is being offered in Rosemont (Chicago), IL on

June 27 – 28. During this introductory class students will start the design process by reviewing and

designing storm drainage systems, natural gas systems, domestic cold and hot water systems and sani-

tary sewer systems, along with reviewing how to properly coordinate these utilities with the architects

and structural engineers. Go to www.aspe.org/BasicsWorkshop and sign-up today.

Registration for the 2018 CPDT exam is now open: ASPE's Certified Plumbing Design Technician (Continued on page 26)

Ken Clark

Vice President,

Technical


http://www.aspe.org

http://www.aspe.org/BasicsWorkshop

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LEGISLATIVE NEWS Happy 4th of July! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. Have you read through the 2018

NSPC yet? You may want to review the changes from the 2015 to the 2018 code now, as the adoption

date will likely be announced very soon. Note, there will still be a grace period following adoption.

Check out the code here: http://epubs.iapmo.org/NSPC/2018/

For your convenience, I’ve listed a few notable changes:

1.2 – Revised definition of Drain Stack for additional clarity.

5.1(3) – Three-compartment sinks may be installed on one trap when the requirements of this section

are met.

7.11.5 – The requirements for sanitary floor sinks has been expanded.

7.22.2 – New Section Ultraviolet Lights has been added under the Water Treatment Systems section.

7.24(k) – Floor drains or other receptors (and all downstream drain piping) for emergency fixtures shall be sized based on GPM

discharge of equipment, but the DFU load on the sanitary system shall be zero (0) DFU.

11.3.1 – Minimum slopes for horizontal drain pipe sizes have been revised.

11.4.4 – New section on floor drain requirements has been added.

11.5.7 – New table has been added outlining drain pipe sizing for showers.

12.4.8 – New section prohibiting vent terminal covers has been added.

This is only a small sample of changes. Be sure to read through the code and check New Jersey’s amendments once adopted!

Marc Pisarek

Vice President,

Legislative

http://epubs.iapmo.org/NSPC/2018/


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MEMBERSHIP NEWS HeyHEY – two months ago was MAY! & what do we do every May during our dinner meet-

ing? We CELEBRATE the service & membership anniversaries of some very special folks.

Please join us in recognizing the following dedicated individuals on their milestone achieve-

ment:

15 Years Daniel DeDominic - Jack Dresser - William Gormley - Kenneth White

20 Years Eugene Gallagher - Mark Shulman - Michael Sidlo - Stephen Ziga

25 Years Jerry Oflazian - Michael Snyder - David Strunk

50 Years Larry Spielvogel

CONGRATULATIONS & WE GIVE THANKS!!

New Chapter Members – Welcome Aboard!

Daniel Moeller

Chuck Krohg

Steven Conway

What’s next? Visit us online & see http://www.aspephila.org/calendar.htm

James Wardell

Vice President,

Membership

http://www.aspephila.org/calendar.htm


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AFFILIATES CORNER Attention Affiliate members!

My project for the summer is to update the Affiliate Connection section

on our website (http://aspephila.org/affiliate.htm). Please take a moment

and visit the site. If there are any corrections that need to be made to

your listing please let me know, or if you need to be added, provide your

information as you would like it to be displayed and e-mail it to kev-

[email protected]. I appreciate your help in keeping our chapter’s

website up to date and a helpful tool for our engineering community.

Another reminder for the affiliate members, the Tabletop Presentations

are filled through Jan. 2020, leaving only 4 spots remaining for the next

year. If you have a new product or manufacturer you would like to promote, a Tabletop Presentation is a great

way to get your product in front of a room full of Plumbing Engineers and Designers. Please contact me if you

are interested in a Tabletop Presentation for next year.

Have a Great Summer!

Kevin Brace

Affiliate Liaison

Rich-Tomkins Co. Inc.

[email protected]

http://aspephila.org/affiliate.htm




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SPEAKING OUT

Steve Ziga

20 years ago, a gentleman (I use this phrase loosely) approached

me and suggested that I join the American Society of Plumbing En-

gineers because it is a great place to meet and network with peo-

ple like myself. I took that trifold application and filled it out thinking

“at the least I’ll get a book”. I stayed a member at a distance for

the first handful of years then after developing some confidence,

started to regularly attend meetings. After awhile the same gentle-

man who gave me the tri-fold application suggested I attend a

Board meeting. So I go nervously and I meet a great cast of people

who welcomed me and were encouraging of any ideas and feedback I had (I was a what

you call an AYP at the time). I was then asked to join the Board and as nervous as I was to

accept, I was equally excited because I truly realized the value in our Society. Fast forward

15 years to today I am still working with many of the same people to continue to promote

our industry.

I would like to recognize the following people who served the Chapter and were a friend to

me: Paul Silvestre, Bill O’Donnell, Dave Holst, Ernie Rink, Mike Panco, Dawn Bishop, Jerry Of-

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WOMEN OF ASPE

Laura Simons

Our first official WOA event was a huge success. I would like

to give a huge thank you to Delta for sponsoring our event! The

women had a great time at Kick Axe. There was some fun com-

pletion too. The party didn’t end after the activity – we all

stayed and socialized for over an hour afterwards. It was fun to

have such a diverse group together. We had senior plumbing en-

gineers, interns, reps and even a few women from the Local UA

690. Our chapter was represented well by our president Dave Smith. Please

continue to spread the word about the WOA Philly Chapter and please pass along

my contact information to anyone that you think may be interested in future

events!

For more information on WOA visit aspe.org/woa or email me at

[email protected].



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WOMEN OF ASPE - Kick Axe Event Sponsored by Delta

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PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER ASPE PLUMBING AND FIRE PROTECTION PRODUCT

EXPOSITION AND TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM

THURSDAY, OCTUBER 17, 2019 – 11:00 AM TO 6:00 P.M.

CLARION HOTEL, 76-INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY, ESSINGTON, Pa. 19029

The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers is excited to announce our

20thBiennial Plumbing & Fire Protection Product Exposition and Technical Symposium. There will be

over 74 table-top display booths representing over 150 different plumbing and fire protection prod-

ucts. This is an excellent opportunity to see the latest products and technology, to ask the manufac-

turer’s representative’s questions regarding the products we specify update catalog information

and renew acquaintances. Our Chapter will also be offering (3) 1-hour seminars starting at 11AM

with a 1 hour break between classes in which attendees can walk the show floor to review new

products. Attendees will be credited with PDH’s This is important for those with CIPE and/or CPD des-

ignations or any other professional registration requiring Professional Development Hours. The Phila-

delphia ASHRAE Chapter will also join us and will be offering (2) 1-hour seminars as well. Please visit

the ASHRAE web site for further registration on the Mechanical topics.

The Product Exposition will be held at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center (formerly Ramada

Inn) located on the Industrial Highway (Route 291) in Essington, Pennsylvania. This is just south of the

Philadelphia International Airport, off Routes 95 and 420. Parking is available at the front entrance to

the Clarion. There is no charge for parking. The exposition floor will be open from 11:00 AM until 6:00

PM, food and beverages will be served on the product show floor. Again this year we are going to

raffle off many door prizes like TV’s, Lap top, dinner certificates, and much more but you need to visit

vendor booths to confirm your visit and be present to win.

If you have not registered on our website (www.aspephila.org), please do so or fill out the Admission

Ticket when you arrive for the exposition so we will know who you are and receive you vendor stamp

sheet.

For additional information regarding the show and seminars, please contact Mike Panco at 610-497-

4480 or at email: [email protected]

Don Nowicke at 215-360-7411 [email protected]

Steve Ziga at 215-859-2939 [email protected]

Chris Eyrich at 267-328-7778 [email protected]

Sincerely,

Mike Panco, 2019 - 20th Biennial Chairman

Philadelphia Chapter Product Exposition Committee

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NOTICE TO ALL MANUFACTURER’S REPS

Philadelphia Chapter A.S.P.E

20th Biennial Plumbing Trades Exhibition

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Clarion Hotel and Conference Center Industrial Highway, Essington, Pa. 19029

Please take notice and mark the date for our one-day, table-top Exhibition. The event will be held again at the

Clarion formerly the Ramada Inn, Philadelphia Airport Essington, Pennsylvania.

The charge will be $650 per booth, $600 ea. 2 booths or more for ASPE Members, $800 per booth for non-members. An additional fee of

$40.00 per booth will be required if you need 120 volt electrical power.

This notice is for all Manufacturers’ Representatives who plan to participate in the Exhibition.

If you have not already reserved a booth space, please fill out the space below and send it to me by e-mail or to Chris Eyrich.

This year’s Exhibition will include again, at no additional cost, a Vendor parking space in the

secured rear drop-off parking lot. The arrangement shall be one (1) parking space per Exhi-

bition booth reserved. Keep watch in your Newsletter for any updated information regarding this Exhibition. If you have any questions, call Mike Panco, Exhibit

Chairman 215-341-7029 and email completed forms to [email protected] or the following Committee members;

Don Nowicke at 215-360-7411 [email protected]

Steve Ziga at 215-859-2939 [email protected]

Chris Eyrich at 267-328-7778 [email protected]

NAME:

COMPANY:

ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE NUMBER:

FAX NUMBER:

E-MAIL:

I would like to reserve booth/booths.





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American Society of Plumbing Engineers

Philadelphia Chapter

Technical Symposium

October 17th, 2019

Clarion Hotel and Conference Center

76 Industrial Highway Essington, Pa. 19029

Symposium Class Topics

11:00 AM Plumbing Hydraulics and Pumps

David Strunk, PE - Strunk-Albert Engineering

1:00 PM Plumbing Design in High Rise Buildings

Drew McFadden, CPD – Alderson Engineering

3:00 PM Intro to the New Philadelphia Plumbing Code

Walt Krzyzanowski – Philadelphia Plumbing Advisory Board

Register on-line at www.aspephila.org

For additional information contact Steve Ziga at [email protected]

Philadelphia Chapter Plumbing Education Program

http://www.aspephila.org


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(CPDT) designation recognizes out-

standing plumbing system designers

who are in the early stage of their career

and is intended as a precursor to the

Certified in Plumbing Design (CPD)

designation. The 2019 exam is being

held at testing sites around the world on

September 16–20, and registration is

now open at aspe.org/CPDT-exam. ASPE Tech Symposium Product

Show: This year's premier profession-

al development and technical education

event for plumbing system design pro-

fessionals is being held in Pittsburgh on

October 24-27. Early bird registration

ends on June 30th.

We hope to see you in the Fall for our next din-

ner meeting on Thursday, September 26th at

Maggiano’s Little Italy – 2000 Rt. 38 Cherry

Hill, NJ 08002 (856-792-4470). The topic for

the month will be on Vacuum Waste Water

Systems Design and be presented by Phillip

Crincoli and Rich Naret of Aqseptence Group.

Please make your reservation by 4pm on Mon-

day, September 23rd by emailing me at

[email protected]. This dinner meet-

ing qualifies for 1.0-hour CEU (please request

your certificates at the time you book your din-

ner reservation and certificates will be issued 1

– 2 weeks after the dinner).

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lazian, Ken Clark, Matt Martin, Scott Decker,

James Eyrich, Mike Snyder, Gary Dutton,

James Destefano, Joseph Small, Alex Barbieri,

David Smith, Clay Hathaway, Joe Adams,

Mitch Weiss, Marc Pisarek, James Wardell,

Bruce Miller, Hugo Gobbi, Dan Evans, Mi-

chael Yearian, Kevin Brace, Joe Alaverdi,

Laura Simons, Marianne Bjonnes, Don

Nowicke, Chris Eyrich…

Thank you for your service to our Chapter all these

years I have been a part of it. You all contributed to

our great success!

Have an AWESOME summer everyone! Looking for-

ward to reconnecting in September.

Steve Z.

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Chapter Presidents

Since Inception:

Dave Smith 2018-Current

Mike Panco 2016-2018

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 2018 Golf Outing Sponsors

Trophy Sponsor

ZURN/GREEN TURTLE

Lunch Sponsor

(SSI) SUPRESSION SYSTEMS INC

Happy Hour! Sponsor

L&R, PVI & TOTO

Corporate Sponsors

Hole Sponsors

MCHUGH ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES

WILLIAM BETZ COMPANY

JAMES MARTIN COMPANY

ZURN

GREEN TURTLE/ PROCEPTOR

RICH TOMKINS COMPANY

DELTA FAUCET

BRADFORD WHITE

TYLER PIPE

BURNS COPE ASSOCIATES

STANCOR PUMP & CONTROLS

BJ TERRONI

(SSI) SUPRESSION SYSTEMS VIEGA LLC

HYDRO SERVICE & SUPPLY

MARITN & SMITH

DELVAL EQUIPMENT

CLAPP ASSOCIATES

BARBIERI & KLINE

M&H SALES

LUBRIZOL

MIKE SNYDER & ASSOCIATES

FROET INDUSTRIES

CHARLOTTE PIPE

ROBERT BROWN ASSOCIATES

L & R ASSOCIATES

HIGHLAND TANK

ROBERT BURNS ASSOCIATES

NIBCO

SHERMAN ENGINEERING

VICTAULIC

VERNON BITZER

COMBUSTION SERVICE & EQUIPMENT

SLOTDRAIN


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COME AND JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES

AT THE NEXT MEETING!

ASPE 2019-20 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Technical Dinner Meetings Dates Topic Location

Thursday, September 26th Vacuum Waste Water Systems Design Maggiano's - Cherry Hill, NJ

Thursday, October 17th Biennial Product Show Clarion - Essington, PA

Thursday, November 21st Oil Separation Code Compliance TBD

Thursday, December 5th Holiday Party Sugar House Casino- Philly

Thursday, January 23rd Balancing Hot Water Circulation Systems Sugar House Casino - Philly

Thursday, February 27th Physical Water Conditioner Maggiano's - Cherry Hill, NJ

Thursday, March 26th The History of City (Philly) Sewer System Sugar House Casino - Philly

Thursday, April 23rd High Efficiency Gas Water Heaters Fegley's Brew House - Allentown, PA

Thursday, May 28th Prevention of Disease/Injury Associated Fisher's Tudor House - Bensalem, PA

with Building Water Systems

MAY MEETING ATTENDEES

Ken Clark

Rick Coppola

Geoffrey Fountain

Matt Jenschke

Eric Martin

Bill O'Donnell

Tyler O'Donnell

Joe O'Leary

Mike Panco

Paul Silvestre

Larry Spielvogel

James Wardell

Ken White

Kevin Brace

Matt Parke

David Smith

Jim Dooley

Bryan Berkley

Laura Simons

Don Nowicke

Sean Thompson

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