ASPE was organized to serve as a medium in the solution of professional problems pertaining to plumbing engineering as it affects the profession, community and the general public.

Advance the general scientific interests of the plumbing engineering profession and to inculcate the desire of scientific achievement in the field among the members of the Association.

Bring about greater cooperation and understanding between the members of the association and plumbing officials, contractors, journeymen and the general public

Oct 2012

Volume 37, Issue 3

American Society of Plumbing Engineers A Non-Profit Corporation • Chapters Are Not Authorized To Speak For The

Society. • St. Louis Chapter • www.aspe-stl.com

WOW! What a great way to start our new year. Thanks to everyone who attended our September luncheon meeting. Our speaker was Jim Kendzel, ASPE Executive Director speaking to us about ASPE’s past, present and future. Jim was also present to congratulate McClure Engineering on being added to ASPE’s Employer Honor Roll. If you were unable to attend, please read Paul’s report to find out some of the ideas ASPE is doing to support the chapters. October is Convention and Engineered Plumbing Exposition month. I hope all of you that are attending took advantage of the discounts that were available and have registered and made your reservations, they are filling up fast. I hope to see many of you in Charlotte, NC. Your delegates are busy preparing for the business meetings, by-law amendment discussions and the election of ASPE Society’s next Board of Director’s. Please be thinking about attending, there is a lot of information on-line at http://aspe.org/, be sure to check on the first time attendees discounts. I’m sure that Mike Gianino will have some information later on in this newsletter. If you have any questions about the convention, please contact me or any of the board members, Make your plans to attend November’s PSC Tabletop, which will be at the Ameristar in St. Charles on Thursday November 1st. More information regarding classes and show times will be forth coming. This year we will not be having our luncheon meeting to start the event like last year. As I mentioned in my last report, I know elections aren’t till May, but it’s not too early to think about running for a Board position, please contact a current board member about getting your name on the list. We welcome your participation! At our September meeting, I mentioned that we have 2 full sets (volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4) of the latest ASPE Plumbing Design Handbooks. If anyone is interested in one of these sets, please contact me or any of the Board Members. Our next chapter meeting is October 2nd at the Cerro Copper manufacturing plant. Please see Paul’s report for more information. I Hope to see you all then.

President’s Report By: R. Dennis Callahan

OFFICERS-DIRECTORS 2012-2013

President DENNIS CALLAHAN

c/o Murphy Company 1233 North Price Rd.

St. Louis, MO 63132-2303 Office (314) 692-1572

Fax (314) 692-1584 E-mail dcallahan@murphy-stl.com

Vice President Technical

PAUL HELLICKSON c/o McClure Engineering

4545 Oleatha Avenue St. Louis, MO 63116

Office (314) 645-6232 Fax (314) 645-4128

E-mail phellicksons@mcclureeng.com

Vice President Legislative RANDY A. KLEINHEIDER,

CPD, LEED AP c/o Henneman Engineering

One City Place Drive, Suite 282 St. Louis, MO 63141

Office (314) 432-2113 Fax (314) 432-2176

E-mail: rkleinheider@henneman.com

Vice President Membership MIKE TODD

c/o Behrman Company 9783 Green Park Industrial Drive

St. Louis, MO 63123 Office (314) 631-4400

Fax (314) 638-5609 E-mail: miket@behrco.com

Treasurer

KEVIN PATE c/o Gateway Representatives

572 Leffingwell Avenue St. Louis, MO 63122

Office (314) 835-1818 Fax (314) 835-1888

E-mail: kpate@gatewayreps.net

Administrative Secretary DON SULLIVAN

c/o J.W. Sullivan Company 628 Waterford View Court

Ballwin, MO 63021 Office (636) 386-6800

Fax: (636) 386-6801 E-mail: sully0317@earthlink.net

Corresponding Secretary

/Newsletter Editor MIKE GIANINO

c/o Wholesale Plumbing Supply 2080 Exchange Drive

St. Charles, Mo. 63303 Office 636-916-4430

Fax 636-255-9700 E-mail mgianino@gmail.com

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VP Technical Report By: Paul Hellickson

October 2, 2012 Special Factory Tour at Cerro Copper

Manufacturing Plant

If you were unable to attend the September meeting you really missed something special. Jim Kendzel (ASPE Executive Director and CEO) was on hand to present Keith Cooper (McClure Engineering) with the Honor Roll of Employers award “In recognition of continued and outstanding support of its employees’ continuing participation in the programs and activities of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers.” If you are fortunate enough to be working for an employer that supports and encourages your involvement in ASPE, I would highly recommend that you check with ASPE to see if your employer meets the criteria to receive this award. Jim also spoke to us about some of ASPE Nationals recent accomplishments as well as some things they have in the works for the future. The following is a brief summery of these items.

• Signed MOU (Memo of Understanding) with CIPH (Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating, NSF International and a consensus standard for Rainwater Catchment Systems with ARCSA (American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association)

• ASPE has been approved by ANSI to be coming an accredited standards developer.

• ASPE has joined with ASSE to form a joint plumbing dictionary. • Joined with TMB Publishing to produce the Plumbing Engineer

magazine. This increases the readership to over 25,000 subscribers. • Signed agreement with IAPMO for “Green Plumbing Design”

certification. • ASPE is developing a research protocol to evaluate the impact of

faucet design (both manual and electronic) on biofilm development. • Joined with UCLA Extension in producing online courses in Plumbing

design.

MEMBER Since

Tim Biscan 2011

Darrell Case, P.E. 1991

Bob Fanning 2004

Jack Fischer 1998

Ray Kleinsorge, P.E. 1999

Mark Lukens 1995

John Newman 1985

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VP Legislative Report By: Randy A. Kleinheider, CPD, LEED®AP

Sponsors!

Be Sure To Send Your

NEW Business Card To:

jmccarty@aecrepair.com

or

mikegianino@gmail.com

IAPMO has recently released the second edition of the Green Plumbing and Mechanical Code Supplement. This is a result of two tears of work by the IAPMO’s Green Technical Committee which makes the GPMCS the most comprehensive green construction code in the country for plumbing and mechanical systems. Also, IAPMO has issued a call for proposals toward the development of the 2015 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC). Background on the code development process, full proposal form and instructions can be found at: http://www.iapmo.org/Pages/CodeDevelopement.aspx. Any questions regarding submitting proposals for the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) should contact Matt Sigler, UPC liaison, at (909) 230-5535 or matt.sigler@iapmo.org. Questions regarding submitting proposals for the Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC) should contact Hugo Aguilar, UMC liaison, at (909) 472-4111, or hugo.aguilar@iapmo.org. World Standards Week, 2012 is going to be held October 9 - 12 in Washington, DC. This annual event, which is hosted by ANSI (American National Standards Institute) is where all of the folks involved with standards and conformity issues get together and discuss and collaborate about this and where we’re headed in that regard. Other than that, all is quiet on the home front. Till next time . . .

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I HAVE GREAT NEWS, if you have never been to an ASPE Convention and Exposition, there is a program this year to encourage those who have never been, to attend! Straight from National:

First-Timer Program Details

A first timer is defined as a member or nonmember who has never attended an ASPE Convention & Exposition and is not attending as a delegate.

Each first timer recruited by a chapter will receive 50% off the registration fee. The discount rate does not apply to Guest Registration.

To receive the 50% discount, the registrant must fill out the special registration form, which reflects the reduced rate, and the chapter must submit a chapter check or credit card to Society for processing. Online registration is not available for this program.

Since these need to go through the chapter, I’ll act as the clearing house for the applications so please contact me at miket@behrco.com or call at 314-631-4400 if you’d like to take advantage of the program, and we’ll work through the details

First Time Attendee Info

ASPE will host a free webinar, tentatively scheduled for October 2, 2012. The purpose of the webinar is to explain to attendees how to get the most out of their experience in Charlotte!

Also, to recognize first timers, ASPE will host a First Timers Breakfast on Monday October 29, 2012. Each first time attendee will be provided with an entrance ticket to the event, where they will have the opportunity to network with other first time attendees and meet Society Leadership.

The Convention and Expo is an excellent means to get in contact with other industry professionals of all levels. SIGN UP TODAY!

VP Membership By Mike Todd

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And finally Jim spent a few minutes really encouraging us to attend the 2012 ASPE Convention on Charlotte, North Carolina – a couple of brief notes on this.

• First time attendees receive a 50% discount on registration. • Attending the Exposition is FREE. If you just want to come and talk with hundreds of manufactures and see

the most current products on the market, you can do that for FREE. The October meeting is going to be at the Cerro Copper manufacturing plant in Sauget, Illinois. If you have not already responded regarding your attendance please do so ASAP. Finally for our November meeting we will be visited by a member of IAPMO who will be presenting on the IAPMO Green Building Code. Not only will the speaker be providing us with valuable information regarding the code and where things are heading but he will also be providing our members with a one year membership to IAPMO, this is a $75.00 value and our members will be given this for FREE, so you don’t want to miss this meeting. If anyone has suggestions for future programs, please contact me or any of our board members. I look forward to seeing you all at the October meeting.

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ASPE General Meeting Dates for 2012-2013

Topic: Factory Tour at Cerro Copper Manufacturing

Make Reservations With Mike Todd at miket@behrco.com or call 314-631-4400

LUNCH MEETING SCHEDULE: 11:30 at the Factory or 11:00 at the Engineer Hall for carpooling Tech Sessions only: MEMBERS: FREE NON MEMBERS: $25.00 LUNCH: MEMBERS $18.00 NON-MEMBERS: Included with tech session fee

November 6, 2012 Speaker: Member of IAPMO Topic: IAPMO Green Building Code Free 1 yr membership in IAPMO will be offered to our members Cash or Check Only-No Credit Cards Affirmative response or self registration prior to meeting is considered a positive reservation for food and attendance. Should a NO SHOW occur, you will be billed for the dinner Location Engineers Club of St Louis 4359 Lindell Boulevard St Louis Mo 63108 314-533-9333

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New Advertisement Rates 2012-2013

Support Your Local Chapter With A Business Ad New Rates

¼ page ad reduced to $250.00 per year ½ page ad reduced to $350.00 per year

Full page ad reduced to $450.00 per year

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Steve Rosen

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Steve Stilwell

Aaron Backs Murphy Company Bill McKanna Murphy Company Bob Luce Comfort Sales Agency, Inc Dan Goellner Viega Dave Ruckman IPEG Dennis Callahan Murphy Company Don Behrmann Behrmann Company Don Sullivan J.W. Sullivan George Paubel Kyhl Plumbing J.J. Nagel Mead O'Brien John Benz Dworkin Company John Fischer St Louis County Keith Cooper McClure Engineering Kelly Dedeke Kuhlman Design Group KDG Kelly Sulwer Industrial Process Equipment Ken Hancock Kuhlman Design Group KDG Kevin Pate Gateway Representatives Mark Carnoali McQueeny Lock Mark Miller National Sales Matt Power Nibco Mike Todd Midwest Machine Paul Hellickson McClure Engineering Phil Zimmer Cannon Design Randy Kleinheider Henneman Engineering Ray Swafford Atlas Robert Thomason Albert Arno Ron Jansen Mead O'Brien Steve Heitert Armstrong International Steve Rosen Schaefer Water

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING YOUR ORGANIZATION THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ATTENDED LAST MONTHS LUNCH MEETING

Jackpot Drawing Worth $10.00

Ray Kleinsorge Randy McCoy Dana Tennill None Were Present to Win, Next Month's Drawing will be worth $20.00

50/50 Winners Dennis Callahan $10.00 Matt Powers $10.00 Donated back to the Chip in Fund Bob Thomason $10.00

Attendance Prizes Gift Cards Don Sullivan Bob Luce Kelly Dedeke