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OFFICERS-DIRECTORS 2013-2015

President PAUL HELLICKSON

c/o McClure Engineering 4545 Oleatha Avenue St. Louis, MO 63116

Phone (314) 645-6232 E-mail: [email protected]

Vice President Technical JOHN FISCHER, JR, PE, PLS


Vice President Legislative NICHOLAS J. HIPP

c/o Aedifica Case Engineering 796 Merus Court

St. Louis, Mo. 63026 Phone (636) 349-1600

E-mail: [email protected]

Vice President Membership RANDY A. KLEINHEIDER, CPD,

LEED AP c/o Ross &Baruzzini 6 South Old Orchard St. Louis, MO 63119


Treasurer KEVIN PATE

c/o Gateway Representatives 572 Leffingwell Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63122 Phone (314) 835-1818


Administrative Secretary DON SULLIVAN

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

Ballwin, MO 63021 Phone (636) 386-6800


Corresponding Secretary NICHOLAS J. HIPP

c/o Aedifica Case Engineering 796 Merus Court

St. Louis, Mo. 63026 Phone (636) 349-1600


Newsletter Editor MIKE GIANINO

c/o Wholesale Plumbing Supply 2080 Exchange Drive

St. Charles, Mo. 63303 Phone (636) 916-4430


Education Chairman DAVE BUJNAK


AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLUMBING ENGINEERS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION

ST. LOUIS CHAPTER 572 Leffingwell Avenue - Kirkwood, MO 63122

www.aspe-stl.com

Local Chapters Are Not Authorized to Speak for the Society

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, con-

tractors, journeymen and the general public

January 2016 Volume 40, Issue 6 President’s Report

By Paul Hellickson

Hoping that you and yours have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

40TH ANNIVERSARY

That’s right it is time to celebrate our chapters 40th Anniversary. We will have a special speaker coming in and a cake to help us celebrate this special time. I hope to see everyone there.

Revit MEP Training

The deadline for the early bird discount has been extended until January 1ST.

This is going to be a great event for those of us that are working in Revit. The training is geared specifically towards Plumbing so make sure you Register TODAY

Charlie Gittos Gift Card

You still have more chances to win the Charlie Gittos gift card, valued at $140.00. Come ready to purchase your tickets on January 5th. This is also the day we will have our drawing, so make sure you get your tickets before it’s too late.

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HELP WANTED

Heideman Associates, Inc. is a consulting engineering firm located in Fenton, Missouri. Our engineering disciplines include Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing / Fire Protection, Structural, and Civil. We have a broad base of experience and repeat client business. We are searching for an experienced Plumbing Designer.

Qualifications: 1. Minimum 5 years Plumbing Design experience.2. Must be proficient with AutoCAD.3. Experience with REVIT is desired.4. Prefer design experience for healthcare projects but other commercial/industrial design

experience will be considered.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: ● Design

Perform necessary design functions required for the project while coordinating with all teammembers. This includes field investigation, load calculations, equipment selection, riserdiagrams, layouts, and specifications. Review drawings for proper practices, quality, andconsistency with office design standards.

● Construction AdministrationParticipate in pre-bid and construction meetings, review shop drawings, resolveconstruction issues, review construction costs, perform construction progress andpunch-list inspections.

Prospective candidates should send their resume to: [email protected].

Heideman Associates, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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Be sure to register soon to ensure you get the Early Bird Discount. Also a special rate of $450.00 has been worked out with ASPE for

non-members who would like to attend the workshop and also includes a one year ASPE Membership.

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VP Technical Report By John Fischer Jr.

CHAPTER MEMBERS

Congratulations on 40 years.

Thanks to those who way back in 1975 signed the Petition of Charter. They included: James G. Govaia, P.E., Augustine Zuniga, , Leslie E. Heideman, P.E., Jeffrey A. Weintrop, Del Williams, Gary Ward, P.E., George H. Paubel, P.E., Jack J. Nienhaus, Gary B. Darby, Leonard D. Gray, Roscoe B. Tallman, Jr., Norman Merlo, Bob Philippi

Our thanks also, to those who signed the Charter on January 31, 1976, which hangs on the wall of this facility. They included:


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VPLegislativeReport,

Nicholas Hipp

St. Louis County Plumbing Code Review

The St. Louis County Plumbing Code Review Committee finishing up chapter 10 of the UPC and County Ordinances Traps and Interceptors. So far this has been an interesting and much debated topic. The next meeting should be the start of chapter 11 if all goes well. The next St. Louis County Plumbing Code Review Committee meeting is to be determined, in the 6th Floor Training Room, 41 S. Central Ave., St. Louis, MO 63105. The 6th Floor Training Room is located in the southwest corner of the building immediately adjacent to both the elevator lobby and the restrooms. We will keep you posted when more information becomes available.

2015 Edition of ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000 Now Available

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000-2015: Cross-Connection Control Professional Qualifications Standard provides minimum performance and testing requirements for backflow prevention assemblies and establishes minimum requirements for various backflow prevention and cross-connection control professionals. To purchase ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000 visit the ASSE International Webstore at stores.assewebstore.com. The cost of the 2015 edition is $90.

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V. P. Membership,Randy A. Kleinheider, CPD, LEED®AP

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Wishing you and yours the most joyous Christmas and

happiest New Year!!!

With the holiday season is upon us, I’m sure many of you will be taking some time off and perhaps traveling to visit and celebrate with family and friends, so please travel safely!

As we will be celebrating our 40th anniversary as a Chapter this coming January:

ASPE StL Chapter history . . . part 3

Some things we’ve done: Tennis teams Racquetball teams Christmas Dinner / Dance Legionella Seminar Bissel Point Excursion Geyer Fountain Excursion Nuclear Plant / Labadie Power Plant excursion Golf outing(s) Charity donations / locally Conventions (St. Louis has missed only 2 of 38 (as of 2015) conventions with no

St. Louis attendance Tabletop / ASPE Chapter / joint effort with MAPHCC & PHCC St. Louis County Seismic Code seminar (April 2006) Cerro Copper plant excursion (Oct 2012)

Other notables:

1. ASPE Symposium / St. Louis - Host Chapter (2001).ASPE Symposium / St. Louis - Host Chapter (2015).

2. ASPE Region 5 President’s meetings held in St. Louis 3 times (last held in StLouis in 2012

3. ASPE Society Past President is member of St. Louis Chapter (Joe Scott).

4. ASPE Chapter member Joe Scott inducted into the Kenneth G. Wentink College ofFellows on October 28, 2008.


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Sponsors!

Be Sure To Send Your New Business Card To:

[email protected]

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ASPE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS!

Thank you for all the young professionals that came to the networking event at The Urban Chestnut in “The Grove” last Wednesday. It was a blast and we had a great turn out. It was good seeing all the faces and the conversations were great. Even though at the end of the event we were getting over run by a different event (20-30 meet up) which was a tad strange but the overall event was a success.

Special thanks are in order for Victualic for sponsoring the event. Their generosity is greatly appreciated.

To all those who couldn’t make it to this past event. Don’t worry there will be more events as we try to have events every quarter. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like more information about the group.

Hope to see you at the next event and have a great holiday

AYP Liaison Report By Nicholas Hipp

50/50 Drawing

$9.00 Aaron Backs $8.00 Bob Fanning $6.00 Tim Biscan

Attendance Prizes Gift Cards

Eric Stanton Deborah Carnes Nicholas Hipp

Jackpot Drawing, Worth $20.00

No Winner, names drawn were Ray Kleinsorge, Brandon Kotyk and Anthony Hickman

Next Month’s drawing will be worth $30.00

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LUNCH MEETING SCHEDULE 11:30 AM Networking-12:00 PM Introductions/ASPE Business 12:15 PM Lunch 12:15 PM Tech Session-1:00 PM Meeting Adjourned

Tech Sessions only: MEMBERS: FREE NON MEMBERS: $25.00

LUNCH: MEMBERS $18.00 NON-MEMBERS: Included with tech session fee

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

ASPE General Meeting Dates for 2015-2016

Next Meeting is January 5, 2016

Meeting schedule

February 2, 2016 March 1, 2016

Menu: Hunters Chicken

SPEAKER: Bryan L. Hutton, our Region 5 Regional Director ASPE.

TOPIC: Brief update on ASPE Followed by a discussion on value engineering vs. cost reduction.

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It’s not too late to get in on our raffle for a $140 Gift Card to Charlie Gitto’s (from the hill)!!!!!

Chances are $5.00 ea. or 5 for $20.00. Get yours today!

We will be drawing the winning ticket at our Anniversary meeting on Tuesday January 5th, 2016.

Tickets will be available at our January Chapter meeting or contact any ASPE StL Board Member for tickets and see our flyer in this newsletter for more info as well!

Please don’t forget to check your emails while you’re enjoying the holidays for your invitation to our next Chapter meeting.

See you all next year at the Engineer’s Club for our next Chapter meeting on January 5th, 2016, as we celebrate our 40th Anniversary as a Chapter!!!

‘twas the night before Christmas . . . . .

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V. P. Membership,Randy A. Kleinheider, CPD, LEED®AP

January Birthdays:

Milton Canizares G.E. Jeff David Kiefer Robert J. Krull P.E. Milt H. Loft Mark Thomas Miller

January Anniversaries:

Ross A. Blanchard Jr. 33 yrs Richard John Potvin 27 yrs Michael J. Costello 18 yrs Dwaine S. Bagby CPD 8 yrs Charles D. Batson P.E. 8 yrs Adam Forest P.E. 5 yrs Patrick Garner P.E. 3 yr Christine Ray 2 yr Alyssa M. Packard 1 yr

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My special thanks to Bill McKanna, one of the signers of the charter, who provided the information that allowed me to put this list together, and to Stacy at ASPE who provided the names of those who signed the petition. Anybody that is aware of any misspellings on the above lists please let me know. Some of the signatures were hard to decipher.

Members, these are the people who are responsible for this celebration. If you know of any on the list who are retired or you do not see as regulars at the meetings, please contact them and invite them to join you at this special meeting.

Our presenter this month will be Bryan L. Hutton, our Region 5 Regional Director ASPE. His presentation will consist of a brief update on ASPE followed by a discussion on value engineering vs. cost reduction. He will also participate in our 40th anniversary celebration.

I am still looking for meeting presentation suggestions for this year and next year. It is not too early for me to work on getting acceptance from your suggestions Suggestions for meeting presentations this year and next would be very much appreciated..

Continuing education certificates will be available for this meeting and several certificates remain for other months that were not previously retrieved.

See you at the 1st meeting of 2016. I hope you had a great Holiday

President: Ed Montgomery Third Vice Presi-dent:

Augustine Zuniga

First Vice President: Leslie E. Heideman Secretary: Del Williams Second Vice President: A Russell Maier Treasurer: Oliver F McLafferty Walter W Brodz Ronald C Downer Glenn Vineyard Frank M Church Jerry B Dickey Jack J. Nienhaus Peter R Serve Norman Merlo Donald Falk

Leonard D Gray Jr Harlan Gordon Dana D Tennell Robert W Suntrup Robert J Philippi Frank R WinstroerRobert V Holladay Al Cornwell A Russell Maier William H McKanna Ed Schwiekart Stiles A Singleton James G Berne Raymond R Koziatek Andrew M Romano Peter Eler Gary D Ward Russell Ely Ralph Gaebler Ronald B Larson James G. Govaia Dickie B Moore Glen H Gaskill Raymond F Matthage Andrew R Garth Jr Karl R Norman Frederick J Paubel Jr Robert G Gainey Ralph Dames David S Biggs C E Costello Walter J Heinkel

VP Technical Report By John Fischer Jr.

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New Board Member

I would like to officially welcome Nicholas Roberts to our Chapters Board. Nicholas will be filling the position of Affiliate Liaison. His responsibilities will be many but his main focus will be to work on events for our chapter. When you see Nicholas please welcome him to our board.

That’s all for now… See you all on January 5th……

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President’s Report By Paul Hellickson

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING YOUR ORGANIZATIONTHE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ATTENDED LAST MONTH'S LUNCH MEETING

Aaron Backs Murphy CompanyBill McKanna Murphy CompanyBob Fanning M/R AssociatesBob Thomason Albert ArnoBrent Bischof VictaulicDavid Notheis Ross & BaruzziniDeborah Carnes Smith Seckman Reid Inc.Dennis CallahanDon Sullivan J.W. SullivanEric Stanton Corrigan CompanyGeorge Paubel Finch PlumbingGreg Friederich Corrigan CompanyJeff Coulson Corrigan CompanyJohn FischerKelly Sulwer IPEGKevin Pate Gateway RepresentativesLisa Reihold CSA Group (speaker)Mark Carnoali McQueeny LockMike Costello American SalesMike Gianino Wholesale Plumbing SupplyNicholas Hipp Aedifica CaseRamiro Mata CSA Group (speaker)Randy Kleinheider Ross & BarruzziniRandy Birkenmeier RLS LLC (Cirro Flow)Ray Swafford AtlasRobert Linzmeier Cannon DesignSteve Rosen Schaefer Water/CulliganSteven Vitale Aedifica CaseTim Biscan SFETony Lagrotta RLS LLC (Cirro Flow)Vince Amador Woolpert

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We will be having the drawing at the upcoming meeting on January 5th but tickets will still be on sale prior to the meeting.

All proceeds for the raffle will go towards sending a Chapter Member to the 2016 ASPE Convention in Phoenix Arizona.

GOOD LUCK !!!!

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