Monthly Newsletter FEBRUARY 2020

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IN THIS ISSUE

Board of Directors

♦ President Report

♦ VP Membership Report

♦ VP Technical Report

♦ Speaker Introduc!on

♦ Mee!ng Schedule

♦ AYP & Women of ASPE

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ASPE - DC CHAPTER P.O. BOX 812

PASADENA, MD 21123

UPCOMING MEETING

Date: February 25, 2020

Time: 5:30pm – 8:00pm

Loca!on: La Sandia at Tyson’s Corner Center

Speaker: Professor Kenneth Isman—UMCP

FORMAT

5:30pm-6:30pm – Social & check in

6:30pm-6:45pm – Tabletops

6:45pm-7:00pm – Dinner Served

7:00pm-8:00pm – Speaker

COST: $35

La Sandia at Tyson’s Corner Center

7852 Tysons Corner Center

McLean, VA 22102

h8ps://www.eatlasandia.com/tysons-corner

NEW MEETING LOCATION

Celebrate the Washington DC Chapters 50th Anniversary!

Order your Chapter’s Anniversary Apparel (order 14 days before mee!ng)

Send your size and color choice (Black or Gray) to:

d.keithcl@yahoo.com

COST: Dress Shirt—$45

Hat—$20 Sizes: Men’s or Ladies M-L-XL (XXL, $3 extra)

ORDER NOW! Pay and pick up at mee!ng

Dang! Those models look handsome ;-)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Joseph Niedzielski, CPD B A L A | M E T A e-mail: JN@balameta.com VP Technical Chuck Po&er, CPD, GPD Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. e-mail: cpo&er@gpinet.com

VP Legisla*ve Desmond Richelsen, CPD, GPD Ames, Inc. e-mail: DesmondR@amesinc.com

VP Membership Luis Heredia Villanueva Meta Engineers e-mail: abraham.heredia@live.com

Administra*ve Secretary Donald Keith, CPD, FASPE, MSS Cannon Design e-mail: dkeith@cannondesign.com

Treasurer Ma& Morris The Joyce Agency e-mail: Mmorris@thejoyceagency.com Corresponding Secretary Brandon Wood e-mail: brandonw@amesinc.com

Chapter Affiliate Liaison Jay O&o, Jr. Jay O&o Enterprises, Inc e-mail: jay@o&osales.com

Chapter AYP Liaison Bob Price Midatlan*c RepSouth e-mail: bob.price@midatlan*crepsouth.com

Chapter WOA Liaison Sam Givans Barger Agency e-mail: sam@barger.agency

Historian Robert Evans, Jr., CPD, GPD, LEED AP BD&C Strickler Associates e-mail: revans@stricklerassociates.com

Board of Governors Chair Desmond Richelsen, CPD, GPD Ames, Inc. e-mail: DesmondR@amesinc.com

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Please make checks payable to the DC Chapter of ASPE. Please contact the President (Joe) or Treasurer (Ma8) with any ques?ons. Send Payment to: ASPE — Washington DC Chapter PO Box 812 Pasadena, MD 21123 ATTN: Ma8 Morris Adver?sements and logos can be sent to Chuck Po8er and Brandon Wood.

Joe Niedzielski, CPD President

President Report Dear fellow ASPE members: I hope everyone enjoyed our meetings at Brio this year! To make the experience even better (and because the res-taurant suddenly closed the weekend after our last meeting), we are moving (1) restaurant over to La Sandia for the remainder of the year. It is still located in Tysons Corner Center, so there’s not a lot of difference for travel. This month we are pleased to have Kenneth E Isman, PE, Clinical Professor of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland, to instruct us on hydraulic calculations for sprinkler systems! If you haven’t been to a meet-ing this year, I think you should consider making it out this February 25. CPD exam registration is open. If you plan on taking the exam this year, please register as soon as possible. Remember that ASPE is your resource, and your responsibility. There is precious few organizations dedicated to the practice of Plumbing Engineering, and the opportunity to give and receive knowledge, as well as interact with indus-try peers, begins with our chapter. Your participation might impact the future of plumbing engineering in ways you cannot imagine. Respectfully, Joseph E Niedzielski, CPD Senior Plumbing & Fire Protection Engineer – Bala | Meta Engineers President – Washington DC Chapter, American Society of Plumbing Engineers

Abraham Heredia Vice President—Membership

VP Membership Report Dear fellow ASPE members:

Since many of you are considering to take the CPD examina?on this coming March 30-April 5, 2020, I would like to share with you some of

the helpful links:

Registra?on:

h8ps://www.aspe.org/educa?on-creden?aling/cpd/cpdexaminterest/

CPD Review Webinar Series:

h8ps://educa?on.aspe.org/products/cpd-review-webinar-series#tab-product_tab_overview Prac?ce tests:

h8ps://educa?on.aspe.org/CPDPrac?ceTests Find a tes?ng center near you:

h8ps://wsr.pearsonvue.com/tes8aker/registra?on/SelectTestCenterProximity/NES/1656527

What are the recommended publica?ons for exam prepara?on?

Plumbing Engineering Design Handbooks Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4

Prac?cal Plumbing Engineering

Domes?c Water Hea?ng Design Guide

Engineered Plumbing Design II

Plumbing Technology

CPD Review Manual

h8ps://www.aspe.org/educa?on-creden?aling/cpd/exam/openbookfaq/

We hope to see you at our next ASPE DC Chapter Mee?ng on February 25,2020 in Tysons Corners,

For more info check the link: h8ps://aspedc.org/mee?nginfo.php?id=11&ts=1578977859

Finally, We would like to welcome the following ASPE members to our DC Chapter:

Joseph Waterman, Mahallani Bandong and Michael Hedrick

Sincerely,

Abraham Heredia

Senior Plumbing & Fire Protec?on Designer – Bala | Meta Engineers

Vice President Membership – Washington DC Chapter, American Society of Plumbing Engineers 

Chuck Potter, CPD, GPD, LEED Green Associate Vice President—Technical

VP Technical Report Hello ASPE DC Chapter Members, Well, we had our mee*ng loca*on close down on us without much no*ce but thanks to our fearless leader/President we have secured a new loca*on just next door to Brio. Please join us at La Sandia Mexican Kitchen & Bar on February 25th! UPCOMING MEETING TOPICS: Feb 25, 2020: Importance of Fire Protec*on Hydraulic Calcula*ons – Professor Kenneth Isman - UMCP Mar 24, 2020: Water Heater Sizing, Construc*on, and Efficiency – PVI Apr 21, 2020: Cast-Iron Pipe – Charlo&e Pipe May 26, 2020: Automa*c Control and Pressure Reducing Valves – Wa&s

*Plenty of free parking and close to Metro!

5:30p-8:00p – Please REGISTER at www.aspedc.org!

5:30-6:30 – Social, Sign in

6:30-6:45 – Tabletops (contact Chuck Po&er if interested)

6:45-7:00 – Dinner served (cost $35)

7:00-8:00 – Technical session

NEW LOCATION: La Sandia at Tyson’s Corner Center 7852 Tysons Corner Center McLean, VA 22102

February 25, 2020: Importance of Fire Protec*on Hydraulic Calcula*ons. Presenter: Professor Kenneth Isman—UMCP Our speaker for February is Ken Isman, Clinical Professor in the Fire Protec*on Engineering department of the University of Mar-yland. Ken holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Protec*on Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Business Man-agement, both from the University of Maryland. ANer gradua*on, Ken worked for 28 years in the fire sprinkler industry helping to design water-based fire suppression systems, performing research in developing new products and design techniques for the fire sprinkler industry, and represen*ng the industry in the na*onal and interna*onal development of codes and standards that affect the industry. In 2014, Ken returned to the University of Maryland as a professor to teach classes in fire protec*on systems design, life safety analysis and entrepreneurship. He is a Professional Engineer (license in Connec*cut) and has been elected to the level of Fellow in the Society of Fire Protec*on Engineers. He has received both the NFPA Standards Medal, for life*me ser-vice to the NFPA Codes and Standards process and the SFPE Harold Nelson award for life*me service to the SFPE. Ken has served on one or more of the commi&ees responsible for NFPA 13 (Fire Sprinkler Systems), NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code) and NFPA 20 (Fire Pumps) since 1987 as well as 14 other NFPA commi&ees including the NFPA Standards Council (2000-2006). A noted author and lecturer, Ken co-authored the books Pumps for Fire Protec*on Systems (NFPA) and Layout, Detail and Calcula*on of Fire Sprinkler Systems (NFSA). He wrote chapters of both the NFPA Fire Protec*on Handbook and the SFPE Handbook of Fire Protec*on Engineering. HIs latest book, Standpipe Systems for Fire Protec*on has been called, "the most comprehensive book ever wri&en on that subject." (informa)on courtesy of ASPE Bal)more Chapter)

Mee*ngs have been selected in conjunc*on with the Bal*-more chapter (many thanks to the Bal*more Chapter for making my job a lot easier!) Date: Sept 24, 2019 Speaker: EJ Dywer & Co. Topic: Digital Thermosta*c Mixing Sta*ons Date: Oct 22, 2019 Speaker: Generac Topic: Natural Gas Sizing for Emergency Generators Date: Nov 19, 2019 Speaker: Viega Topic: Opportunis*c Pathogens 101 Date: Dec 14, 2019 Event: Holiday Party Loca*on: See flyer Date: Jan 21, 2020 Speaker: WSSC Topic: Cross Contamina*on Control Date: Feb 25, 2020 Speaker: Professor Kenneth Isman - UMCP Topic: Importance of Fire Protec*on Hydraulic Calcula*ons Date: Mar 24, 2020 Speaker: PVI Topic: Water Heater Sizing, Construc*on, and Efficiency Date: Apr 21, 2020 Speaker: Charlo&e Pipe Topic: Cast-Iron Pipe Date: May 26, 2020 Speaker: Wa&s Topic: Automa*c Control and Pressure Reducing Valves Have ideas for future topics that you would like to see? Send them my way (cpo!er@gpinet.com) and we’ll be sure to try to work them into future mee)ngs.

2019-2020 ASPE DC Chapter Mee!ng Schedule

Monthly Sponsorship Opportuni*es

The DC Chapter has the following sponsorship opportuni*es for each month: Tabletop Presenta*ons: $100 to provide a tabletop presenta*on of equip-ment or material rela*ve to the plumbing profession. The tabletops will be set up from the beginning to the end of the monthly mee*ng and provides the opportunity to provide a brief (under 5 minutes) presenta*on. Please make checks payable to the DC Chapter of ASPE. Contact Joe Niedzielski, Chuck Po&er or Jay O&o jniedzielski@metaengineers.com cpo&er@gpinet.com jay@o&osales.com

Invest in yourself, a>end the Washington DC ASPE mee!ngs for a chance at a $50.00 door prize for AYP Professionals and Female Engineers who invest in their own opportuni!es to learn in a relaxed environ-

ment from Our esteemed colleagues and the knowledge they share.

Sponsored by: Harry Eklof & Assoc.

Women Engineers! We do not have an official Women of ASPE Chapter in DC (yet!), however we do like to have a team bonding event once a year with the women engineers of Bal!more ASPE. If you are interested in par!cipa!ng, please email our Women of ASPE liaison, Samantha Givans (sam@barger.agency), and she will

reach out once 2020's event has been determined!

SAVE THE DATE! Joint ASHRAE /ASPE AYP event

It will be held at the Eleanor, April 8, 2020 5:30-8pm.

Two free drinks and appe?zers will be included!

h8ps://www.eleanordc.com/

SAVE THE DATE! Joint Bal!more/DC Women of

ASPE Cooking Class event

May 13, 200 More info to follow!