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Board of Directors

President Steve Ziga, CPD, SET, CFPS hpeGROUP 215-859-2939 [email protected] Technical Vice President Dawn Bishop Sargent & Lundy (302) 778-6682 [email protected] Legislative Vice President Clay Hathaway Furlow Associates 302-798-3515 [email protected] Membership Vice President Matthew Martin James Martin Company 215-669-2076 [email protected] Education Vice President Mike Panco Furlow Associates 302-798-3515 [email protected] Treasurer Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE PWI Engineering 215-241-9100 [email protected] Administrative Secretary James Eyrich L&R Associates 267-308-0500 [email protected] Corresponding Secretary David Smith 610-804-0069 [email protected]

We are online at www.AspePhila.org.

COMMITTEES Board of Governors Dave Holst Ernie Rink

Golf Committee Chair Bill O’Donnell, CPD, FASPE PWI Engineering 215-241-9100 [email protected] Product Show Chair Michael Panco Furlow Associates 302-798-3515 [email protected] Affiliate Liaisons Alex Barbieri Barbieri & Kline 215-885-0440 [email protected]

Hugo Gobbi James Martin Company 215-669-2076 [email protected] ASSE/ASPE Plumbing Design School Chair Mike Panco Furlow Associates 302-798-3515 [email protected] Social Activities Committee Dawn Bishop Sargent & Lundy 302-778-6682 [email protected] Newsletter Editor David C Smith, PE 610-804-0069 [email protected]

April Issue Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society

Earn CEU and PDH credit at each Dinner Meeting.

In this month’s newsletter, you will find all kinds of news:

This month’s Dinner Meeting Topic. Insightful news from the plumbing world. NATIONAL ASPE will begin electronic Membership renewal only soon, so please make sure your e-mails are up to date with them. Come join your friends and colleagues at the next dinner meeting. Feedback is always welcomed. ASPE Philadelphia is looking for someone to assist with the Website. Interested parties are to contact Steve Ziga at [email protected]

President’s Message .............. 2

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

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

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

Education Report ................. 10

Speaking Out ....................... 18

Affiliates Corner ................... 22

Last Month’s Attendees ....... 28

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April 2013

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE April brings much change to the year as the weather takes a turn for the better. We start putting the cold and dreary days into the rearview mirror and begin to look forward to firing up our BBQs and taking in the warm weather.

This month is very significant for our Chapter as we will be recog-nizing the students of our Plumb-ing Design School who com-

pleted the coursework over the winter. Philadelphia is rare in the fact that we have our Intro and Interme-diate plumbing design courses to offer and that many of our students (most of you who are reading this) have gone on to have great careers in the Plumbing Engineering industry. This school would not be possible if it were not for efforts of the school coor-dinator, Mike Panco and his predecessors. I’d also like to recognize the teachers who have participated in the classes as well: Jerry Oflazian, Dave Smith,

Dave Holst, Joe Layden and Mike Panco.

Keeping on the Education subject matter… Our very own Mike Panco and Jerry Oflazian will be presenting this Month’s dinner meeting technical topic. They will be speaking about Hot Water Return Systems. It’s not often we get the opportunity to have our peers pre-sent, so it should be a great opportunity to see what some of the other guys do and talk about it. The din-ner meeting will be held from 6-8pm on April 25th at Popi’s Italian Restaurant.

And for another education opportunity…ASPE and IAPMO announce two new design workshops in Phila-delphia.

Want to learn new design techniques while earn-ing CEUs and making new contacts? ASPE and IAPMO are joining forces to bring two one-day design seminars to the Philadelphia area: “High-Performance Hot Water Design” on May 21 and “Nonpotable Water Reclaim System Design” on

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Steve Ziga President

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April 2013

Dinner Meeting Announcement

THURSDAY, April 25th

DINNER TECHNICAL TOPIC

Hot Water Circulation

Presented by:

Jerry O’Flazian AKF

& Mike Panco

Furlow Associates

LOCATION: Popi’s Italian Restaurant 3120 South 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19145

215‐755-7180

Time: 6 - 8 PM

COST $25.00

PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS BY

TUESDAY BEFORE MEETING

FOR RESERVATIONS CONTACT:

Dawn Bishop 302.778.7404

[email protected]

Meeting qualifies for 1‐Hour Continuing Education Unit (No certificates will be provided)

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April is here…Happy Spring!!!

No article this month.

A reminder for the upcoming ASPE event this month:

Dinner Meeting: Thursday, April 25, 2013 @ 6pm

Technical Topic: Hot Hot WaterWater CirculationCirculation

Presented by: Jerry Oflazian & Mike Panco

Meeting Location: Popi’s Italian Restaurant

3120 South 20th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19145

Please RSVP by the Monday before the meeting to: [email protected]

(It is important that you RSVP by the Monday before as it is requested that we give a more accurate headcount to the restaurant. Thanks!)

TECHNICAL CORNER

Dawn Bishop Vice President,

Technical

Show ers-ADA,Commercial, Residential

Electric Tankless Water Heaters

Proceptor Grease Interceptors

Drinking Fountains&Safety Equipment

Drains & Carriers

China Fixtures & Whirlpools

Trench Drains

*Stocked in Philadelphia

Roof Pipe Support Systems

Acid Waste Piping Systems

Wall Hydrants, Brass products

Show ers & Faucets

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April 2013

Manufacturers’

Representatives

Hydro Heating and Cooling Systems CHG

Antimicrobial Protected Plumbing and Hardware Products

Thermostatic radiator, flow control, heating and mixing valves

Leakproof Motor Centrifugal Recirculation Pumps, for Residential and Commercial Use

Distinctive glass vessels and sinks. POWERS

Water Tempering Innovation since 1891

Hydroguard shower system, water tempering valves, industrial processing controls, self operating regulators, & pneumatic valves

Hydronic Heating Equipment - Boilers, Baseboard, Indirect Water Heaters, Kickspace Heaters, Commerical Fin Tube and Modular Boilers

Commercial and Residential Water Heaters, Parts and Accessories, Pump and Expansion Tanks

Insulation Products - Radiant Barrier rFoil; Concrete Barrier rFoil, Caulks, Sealants and Firestop

Commercial and Residential Water Heaters, Parts and Accessories, Pump and Expansion Tanks

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April 2013

“LEAD FREE OR DIE” Part II

“January 4, 2014.” This is an impor-tant date, as most of us already know, because it is the date that the Federal “Reduction of Lead in Drink-ing Water Act” goes into effect. Yes, less than a year away. The Lead-Out Plumbing Consortium stated it has implemented its indus-try wide edification and training ini-

tiative this past January stating with a free webinar to help further the understanding of this federal act. The program covered a range of topics including the new federal law and its background, interpretation issues pertaining to the law, issues involving the devel-opment of new lead free products, installation con-siderations, and preparation of implementation of the law. I know everyone reading this article saw this webinar and is complete versed and has a complete understanding of the new law and all the issues sur-rounding it. But, if you are like me, I don’t remember viewing any of it. However, don’t fret; apparently, the consortium will be making recordings of each we-

binar and a copy of the presentation available at their website (gettheleadoutplumbing.com).

The pros and cons to the contractors, wholesalers, and manufactures of this new federal law abound. Some of the common risks being non-competitive on quoted bids changed from higher priced, low-lead products to the inability to have these products avail-able in time. Some of the common pros or opportuni-ties are the raising of prices for increased profitability to the introducing new products or systems that re-duce overall job costs. But, what does this mean (the new federal law) to the engineer and plumbing de-sign professional? What are some of the issues and opportunities for plumbing design professional? If it hasn’t been done already, most if not all specifica-tions will have to be carefully reviewed and revised to incorporate the low-lead or lead free fittings and equipment requirements. Also, close attention will need to be paid to reviewing of shop drawing sub-mittals to make sure all the appropriate equipment and fittings are meeting the lead free requirements. Not doing so or being careless about it, could lead to


LEGISLATIVE NEWS

Clay Hathaway Vice President,

Legislative


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April 2013

MEMBERSHIP NEWSHow is it going? The year is starting to warm up! I am a big fan of the spring. It’s easier to travel and get around. Hitting balls on the weekends, and BBQ grills start to come out. A few things of note this month:

May 21-22 High Efficiency Hot Water + Nonpotable Water Reclaim

Presented by ASPE and IAPMO Philadelphia, PA

Want to learn new design techniques while earning CEUs and making new contacts? ASPE and IAPMO are joining forces to bring two one-day design seminars to the Philadel-

phia area: “High-Performance Hot Water Design” on May 21 and “Nonpotable Water Re-claim System Design” on May 22 at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center in Essington, Pennsylvania. One- and two-day registrations are available, including breakfast, lunch, and 7.5 PDHs each day. You can find out more on the ASPE Website. Register today!

May 21

ASPE Young Engineers Networking Event

6:00PM Clarion Hotel

76 Industrial Highway Essington, Pa

The AYE special interest group is designed for industry professionals under the age of 35 looking to meet with


Matthew Martin Vice President,

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UPCOMING EDUCATION EVENTS

Young Engineers have a great opportunity to get together this Spring and attend several work-shops presented right here in the Philadelphia area. Our Friends at the Clarion Hotel and Conference center (former Ramada Inn) will be hosting the two day event on May 21 and the 22nd.

Rain water or Nonpotable water is very important to fully understand the various components and how

the codes apply to these systems. I have designed several big rain water systems and many items must be considered before finishing the design.

The inlet filters to the below ground cistern should be self cleaning, less for the owner to worry about. The filter system should include filtration, ultraviolet purifi-cation, chlorine injection and finally the dye injection. This unit should be a pre-engineered skid mounted package, third party tested and all controls mounted on the same skid.

Next is the day tank, 1000 gallon minimum with indi-rect auto fill for domestic water make-up.

This tank should be after the filter package to allow the water to be stored for longer periods of time. Keep in mind that this tank is atmospheric which means a booster pump package will be required. Duplex should be sufficient but check with the owner before completing your design. Allow for a by-pass with a backflow preventer in the event of a major failure the building can continue to have water to all non potable fixtures.

One important item on the booster pump package is to provide a variable speed pump setup that can run with both pumps if the demand should rise, shortly after the system package I was involved with went into service an open house was underway and the pump system was not commissioned during a very high usage period and all the flush valves would not close, so remember to have the pump startup testing and commissioning accomplished during a period of high demand or fully occupied building.


EDUCATION REPORT

Mike Panco Vice President,

Education


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SPEAKING OUT Estimating for

Rainwater Reuse After reading the ARCSA/IAPMO/ASPE paper on “Rainwater Catchment Sys-tems”, I decided to work on a method to estimate the effective rainfall quantities for the eastern Pennsylvania

for rational storage and re-use. First I looked up the actual daily rainfall records for eastern PA. I decided to plot the rainfall for each month leading to the annual rain-fall rate of 43” per year. Last year we had a re-cord rainfall of nearly 60”. I discounted last year’s records for the months that exceeded the previous year’s monthly totals . I also discounted the very light rainfalls that are recordable but too small and often the rainwater evaporates be-fore being collected. Most design models also

delete the first flows to eliminate the collection surface contaminates.

Using the graph of the information, the average annual rainfall is approximately 36 inches per year after deductions. If we take a safety factor of 10%, that leaves an anticipated rainfall available at 32 inches per year, or 2.8 inches per month. Using a 100 square foot area for collec-tion, we can anticipate approximately 175 gallons per month for the 100 square foot area (1.75 gal/mo/sf). Using a typical office building with occu-pants, the average water consumption for toilet flushing could be 5 gallons per day (5 gpd x 22 day/mo = 110 gal/mo/person). Using the 175 gal/mo/100 sf of roof collection, we will need 63 square feet of roof collection area for each em-ployee in the facility. Applying this to a typical three story office building with a 100,000 sf area per floor and 200 square foot area per em-


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SPEAKING OUT

the obvious problems, such as angry clients, law suites, etc. Education is the key and one of the best opportunities for the plumbing design professional. A designer being knowledgeable and up to date on the new federal law will benefit their clients and will instill them with confidents as to current and contin-ued service. Besides keeping current by reading pro-fession publications on the subject, as noted before, the plumbing consortium website provides a great resource for the information. Change is inevitable, so let us march on, and stay on top of it.

An interesting note for manufacturer, engineers and users of plumbing fittings is that the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas (PMG) Listing Program will now list plumbing fittings (faucets, supply stops, etc.) to the requirements of

ASME A112.18.1, NSF/ANSI 61, NSF/ANSI 372 and the lead plumbing laws all under the same certification report. ICC-ES PMG can certify products to the re-quirements of ASME A112.18.1/CSA B125.1, NSF/ANSI 61, NSF/ANSI 372, and the lead laws all under one certification report. Per the ICC-ES, manufacturers who wish to do this and who are already certified by other entities can forward their current data and in-formation to ICC-ES PMG to receive a quick certifica-tion transfer. (For more information, please call ICC-ES at 1-800-423-6587, ext. 7643, or e-mail [email protected])

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ployee, we have 150 employees. The roof collec-tion area will be capable of providing all of the flushing water for the employees.

So now how much storage should we pro-vide? Looking a reasonable drought periods from the weather data (it’s a shot in the dark), we could assume 3 weeks in duration with no rainfall. This leaves us with 150 employees x110 gals/mo/emp = 16,500 gallons x 15/22 days/mo = 11,250 gallons needed to span the drought pe-riod. Since we cannot use 100% of the storage tank volume, we will need at least a 12,000 gallon storage tank. If the tank is any smaller, the re-use water may need significant city water as a back-up to make up the difference.

If this is all too much for normal compre-hension e-mail me. Don’t hold your breath for an answer. But I’d like to hear how you do it.

Dave Holst, MPLS in 2013



April 2013

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Chapter Presidents Since Inception:

Thank you to our 2012 Sponsors

Trophy Sponsor SPEAKMAN COMPANY

Corporate Sponsors BJ TERRONI

RICH TOMKINS COMPANY MIKE SNYDER & ASSOCIATES

FROET INDUSTRIES ROCKFORD SEPERATORS

LUBRIZOL JAMES MARTIN COMPANY

L&R ASSOCIATES UPONOR

SHERMAN ENGINEERING W&K ENVIRONMENTAL

MERION PUMP CLAPP ASSOCIATES

ROBERT BROWN ASSOCIATES MARTIN & SMITH BARBEIRI & KLINE

HIGHLAND TANK & MANUFACTURING SCALES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES

ROBERT BURNS ASSOCIATES ROI MARKETING

NIBCO

Hole Sponsors COPE WARDELL AMMON ASSOCIATES

VERNON BITZER WHEATLAND TUBE COMPANY

PENN PUMP

peers to share experiences, exchange ideas about the plumbing design industry, and network with other chapter members. The focus of AYE is to help young plumbing engineer and design professionals establish contacts and further the mission of the So-ciety.

Join your peers at one of these FREE social and net-working events exclusively for ASPE Young Engineers. Register today for these FREE events. These are open to ASPE Members that fall within the AYE criteria. At this free networking event you'll have the chance to meet other AYE members, sign up to join AYE on a national level and be a voice within the Society. Register today!


March’s Dinner Speaker

Thank you to Peter Gobis from Steve Ziga, ASPE Chapter President

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

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AFFILIATES CORNER

Spring has finally arrived. We look forward to seeing everyone at the upcoming April Technical Meeting. The Table Top Product highlight at our April meeting will be:

Zurn Engineered Water Solutions® is a recognized leader in commercial, municipal, and industrial markets. Zurn manufactures the largest breadth of engineered water solutions in the industry, including a wide spec-trum of sustainable plumbing products.

Zurn delivers total building solutions for new construction and retrofit applications that enhance any building’s environment.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the evening of Thursday, April 25th. .

Be sure to reserve a Table Top now for the 2013-2014 year. Please email us for more information.

Your Philadelphia ASPE Affiliate Liaisons, Alex Barbieri Hugo Gobbi [email protected] [email protected]


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L & R ASSOCIATES, INC. 2262 North Penn Road, P.O. Box 68, Hatfield, PA 19440

Phone: 267-308-0500 ♦ Fax: 267-308-0505 NJ & DE: 1-800-523-6810 ♦ www.landrassocinc.com

[email protected]

Plumbing

Encon Safety Products Evosolar Gastite Jomar Kingspan Lawler Manufacturing Moen Commercial PVI Industries SureSeal

www.enconsafety.com www.evosolar.us www.gastite.com www.jomar.com www.kingspan.com www.lawlervalve.com www.moencommercial.com www.pvi.com www.thesureseal.com

Safety Equipment Solar Thermal Products Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing (CSST) Ball Valves Solar Thermal Hot Water Thermostatic Mixing Valves Faucets / Flush Valves / Fixtures Water Heaters Inline Floor Drain Trap Sealers

HVAC

Crete-Heat Heat Link Laars Heating Systems Tjernlund

www.crete-heat.com www.heatlinkgroup.com www.laars.com www.tjernlund.com

Radiant Floor Foam Insulation Pex-A tubing for radiant and plumbing applications Hydronic Boilers and Water Heaters Ventilation Products

Other

Flexsure Solar Green Revolution Isimet JJM Boiler Works, Inc.

www.flexsure.net www.startthegreenrevolution.com www.isimet.com www.jjmboilerworks.com

Solar Tubing for Thermal Systems Energy Management Solutions Utility Controllers Condensate Neutralizer Tubes / Tanks

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

EDUCATION

If anyone would like to know the manufacturer of the system I selected please contact me, I will be happy to recommend this company. By the way I provided the total number of people to occupy the building and the vendor did the entire system sizing for me and also provided me with all equip-ment layouts, in today’s fast pace design schedules its important to have this very valuable service available.


May 22 at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center in Essington, Pennsylvania. One- and two-day regis-trations are available, including breakfast, lunch, and 7.5 PDHs each day. You can learn more about these exciting new workshops and register at: http://aspe.org/mayworkshop

ASPE will also be hosting an ASPE Young Engineers net-working event at 6pm on May 21st at the Clarion. This is a great opportunity for you young engineers (35 and under) to get together and discuss ways you can begin to take over the world. It’s also a great opportunity to chat with your peers who, just like you want to learn and get ahead. Why wait? Put yourself out there and make it happen! More information can be found at: http://aspe.org/youngengineers

I wanted to apologize to our advertisers that the March newsletter came out late. We’re striving to continue to improve our means of communications and hope that this will not happen again. We’re seeking a new web-site administrator… so if any of you out there have website building experience and want to help the Chapter out, please let me know!

That’s if for now… Have a great April. SZ


March’s Table Top

Joe Alahverde talking about Uponor Pipe and Products

THE BAASE COMPANY, INC. 140 RAILROAD DRIVE

WARMINSTER, PA 18974-0052 PHONE NO. 215-364-8855 FAX NO. 215-364-3050

WEBSITE: www.baaseco.com Lowell Musselman Joel Di Giacinto Dorothea Graham

Glenn Hall Chad Hayes

AERCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH EFFICIENCY

GAS FIRED WATER HEATERS AND BOILERS INDIRECT FIRED WATER HEATERS PACKAGED STEAM GENERATOR

CHROMALOX HEAT TRACING

FREEZE PROTECTION SNOW MELTING, ROOF & GUTTER DEICING

THRUSH COMPANY INC. INLINE ALL BRONZE PUMPS

PRESSURE BOOSTERS

WEIL PUMP COMPANY SUMP AND SEWAGE PUMPS

FIBERGLASS SUMP & SEWAGE BASINS

CANARIIS CORPORATION PACKAGED PUMPING STATIONS

UL LISTED – MULTIPLE PUMPS – VARIABLE SPEED


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MARTIN & SMITH, INC.

11 Vincent Circle ~Ivyland , PA 18974Tel: 215-956-9100 Fax: 215-956-9765

www. msrep.com

NEW

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ASPE 2012-13 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS April 25, 2013 Dinner Meeting: Hot Water Circulation

May 30, 2013 Dinner Meeting: Pipe Support Systems (Holdrite/Keystone)

June 2013 Special Meeting: To be announced

Newsletter designed by Helen Ziga—www.4PointsCreative.com—[email protected]

IN ATTENDANCE AT MARCH’S DINNER MEETING

George Agentis

Alex Barbieri

Jay Barbieri

Ed Breen

Scott Delany

Michael Dolan

John Edwards

Jim Eyrich

Bruce Falkenstein

Ana E.R. Feliciano

John Flaig

Mark Franklin

Hugo Gobbi

Clay Hathaway

Michael Hodlofski

Dave Holst

Jim Hughes

Sean Hughes

Will Kraenbring

John Lee

Eric Martin

Bob McCullen

Bryan Morrissey

Patrick Mullen

Sara Murphy

William O'Donnell

Mike Panco

Darren Sharp

Pat Shovlin

David Smith

Mike Snyder

Rich Tarr

Bob Van Etten

Ken White

Ryan Wolfe

Steve Ziga

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