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2015-2016 OFFICERS PRESIDENT

Ryan P. Mullen, P.E. The Rock Brook Consulting Group

20 South Middlesex Avenue, Suite B Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831

[email protected] P: 732-438-1600 x172

VICE PRESIDENT- TECHNICAL

David J. Scofield Johnson & Urban Consulting Engineers

295 Highway 34 Colts Neck, NJ 07722

[email protected] P: 732-772-1500

VICE PRESIDENT- LEGISLATIVE

Karl E. Yrjanainen, P.E., CPD HDR Inc.

1000 Lenox Drive Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2312 [email protected]

P: 609-791-7296

VICE PRESIDENT- MEMBERSHIP Brendan Dowd

Synergy Process Solutions [email protected]

P: 973-975-5044

TREASURER Bob Copeland Cullen Assoc.

10 Memorial Dr. Neptune, NJ 07753


EDUCATION CHAIR Dan O’Gorman CPD

Professional Building and Safety Consulting Services

10 Albany St. Edison NJ 08837 P:732-661-1935

[email protected] danogorman.net

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY

Noel F. Crespo Johnson & Urban Consulting Engineers

295 Highway 34 Colts Neck, NJ 07722


CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Terrence Moore Maloney & Curcio

P.O. Box 1490 Linden, NJ 07036


AFFILIATE LIAISON

James Farrell Conroy and Griese Sales Inc.

1951 Old Cuthbert Rd. Unit 307 Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 [email protected]

P: 908-889-4459

Local chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society.

September 2015 Volume 42, Issue 6

Inside this issue:

From the Presi-dent’s Desk

1

On the Legislative Side - V.P.

6

Advertising Rates 6

Let’s Get Technical - V.P. Technical Report

9

Meeting Schedule 14

NEXT MEETING

Date: September 15th, 2015 (Tuesday)

Topic: Hydraulic Analysis of Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems

Speaker: Mr. Alan G. Johnston, HYDRATEC, Inc.

Time: 5:30 p.m. Social Hour, 6:30 p.m. Dinner/Speaker

Where: Dominic’s R-C

453 Avenel Street Avenel, NJ 07001

(732) 988-9600

Cost: $30.00 Pre-Register / $35.00 At the Door

The start of the 2015-2016 ASPE-NJ chapter season is here and I’d like to welcome all of you back from the break with an update where the Chapter is looking to go this season. I have been voted in to take over as the new President. Dave has stepped down as president and has agreed to take over the roll as VP Technical. Thank you Dave for your

hard work over the past few years. Your dedication and ef-forts are appreciated. The remainder of the board is un-changed. And please take a moment to thank them for their time in the past years and for the upcoming seasons. The Chapter board is a group of plumbing engineers, designers and salesmen, who work on their own time, to make this chapter possible. Because of their efforts we have a chapter that serves as a resource of talented individuals in the plumb-

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From the President’s Desk By Ryan Mullen

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ing field. These resources are valuable for our profes-sion and there is some danger that this chapter may not exist in the future. As you have heard our membership is on a slow decline and one of the goals for the board this year is to stop the decline and maintain a healthy meeting attendance. We will be instituting some new programs this year to help with this goal. One example is the Ambassador Program, which should attract a more healthy attendance at these meetings. The pro-gram consists of a board member or a regular attendee of the monthly meetings communicating directly with new or absentee members and attending the meetings with them. To make this program a success we need to be encouraging, engaging and inviting of the attendees. Please provide any feedback you have on this. Upcoming ASPE events include the Technical Symposi-um which will be held on October 1-4, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency in St. Louis, MO. Our New Jersey Chapter is looking to have a 40th Anniversary celebration some-time in Late fall, more details to come. I look forward to seeing everyone at our September meeting.

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From the President’s Desk


On the Legislative Side By Karl Yrjanainen, P.E., CPD, LEED AP BD&C

Welcome back to the start of the new

ASPE year, I hope you had a good sum-

mer. Things were happening over the

summer, the 2015 National Standard

Plumbing Code was listed on the register

as being proposed to be adopted. You

can review the proposal at this link and submit com-

ments by October 16th. We plan to discuss any com-

ments people have at our September meeting.

Be aware that even though we did not officially adopt the

2012 edition those changes are incorporated into the

2015 code and are not highlighted anymore. So read the

2015 version carefully or get a copy of the 2012 or 2009

to compare the text to see the revisions since the 2009

edition.

If you have been reading the news in New York City

they have had a Legionella outbreak in the Bronx due to

contamination at a cooling tower. 12 people have died

and 115 people have been sickened. Testing of build-

ings in the area has shown 11 of 39 buildings testing

positive for legionella. Due to the severity of the out-

break the City of New York enacted a new law requiring

building owners to register new and existing equipment

and to annually certify that the equipment has been in-

spected, tested and remediated. The NY City Buildings

Department has a website for more information. The NY

Department of Health issued a mandatory order to have

cooling systems inspected and remediated within 14

days of receipt of the order. The website lists a number

of vendors that can assist building owners to comply.

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Let’s Get Technical By Dave Scofield

Welcome back, as per Labor Day summer is unofficially over. Our next monthly meeting is Tuesday Sep-tember 15th at Dominic’s. The speaker will be Alan Johnston from Hydratec, Inc. Presentation is. Hy-draulic Analysis of Fire Protection

Sprinkler Systems. I am VP Technical now and I am looking for Topics for future meetings. Please send me topic you are interest-ed in and we will try our best to have them. We want you all to come to at least 3 meeting a year. Please visit our NH ASPE Chapter website. www.new-jersey-aspe.org New Jersey posted the review for the 2015 codes wait-ing to see what will be adopted and when. New York has new edition 2014 Plumbing code starting January 1, 2015. Make sure you are up to date. Our Monthly Newsletter is now posted on our NJ ASPE website. For those who missed the past few monthly newsletters, they are available on our website. As I mention every month. I would just like to put out a request for More ASPE members to attend OUR month-ly meeting and share any interesting information you may have with others. See how others are designing and completing successful projects. I am always inter-ested in how we solve problems that occur during de-sign, construction and inspection. We can learn a lot from our very knowledgeable membership. Hope to see you at a meeting or two you will not be disappointed. Any comments or questions email me at [email protected].

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