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

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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

Nov. 2017 Volume 42, Issue 4 President’s Report

By John Fischer

Recently I was reading one of the many trade magazines that I subscribe to and read through. No, I do not have an unlimited budget to subscribe, believe it or not these magazines are happy to have me on their list of subscribers, not that I am noteworthy or famous, just a number that ads to their subscriber list so that they can obtain and charge foradvertising in their publication. It only takes a few minutes to look at a table of contents for those moments when you pursue personal needs. Look at the end of this column for a lead to such a subscription.

Engineers Week this year is February 18-24, 2018. Does your child attend a local grade school, high school or university? Society has asked that we visit these schools and present a program that introduces them to the Plumbing industry as a career. We of course are the engineering side of the equation, however there are many sides including installing mechanics, positions on a contractor’s staff both in design and in project management, representing and selling plumbing products, and owners of contracting entities that would benefit from our backgrounds and education. We need to sell our profession and now is a great time to get the word out, especially to our young people. Please let a board member know and provide names and contact information so that we might visit these facilities to explain what we do and the benefits of our profession. I and other board members would welcome an e-mail with contact information so that we can make arrange-ments to deliver our message, that Plumbing is a great career.

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VP Technical Report By Nicholas Hipp

Good day everyone!

The next presentation on November 7th will be by Jody Samuel with Caleffi about “Domestic Hot Water Recirculation”. His presentation will be most educational in explaining how to size and engineer a proper domestic hot water recirculation system. I hope to see you all there.

In October we had a very interesting presentation on centrifugal pumps. We went over a lot of different types of pumps and the applications that best suit each pump.

I apologize for the delay in getting the technical credit certificates to you sooner. The certificate generator on ASPE’s website is undergoing maintenance and will be ready on October 20th. I really appreciate your patience as we are going through the growing pains of a new system.

If you wish to receive a certificate for this meeting please provide your e-mail address on the sign-in sheet provided and one will be emailed to you.

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VicePresidentLegislativeReport

Paul Hellickson

Hello St. Louis ASPE Members, For your information the St. Louis County Plumbing Code Review Committee meets monthly to discuss various code changes. The meetings are open to the public and the times and dates can be found at the following link: St. Louis County Plumbing Code Review Meetings. No meetings are scheduled at this time. IAPMO solicits proposals for the 2021 UPC and UMC Formal code proposals toward the development of the 2021 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code and Uniform Me-chanical Code will be accepted until March 16, 2018. More>> The Chicago Chapter of ASPE has made me aware of a change to the Illinois Plumbing License Law that I think will be important for those of us doing work in Illinois. “AN ACT concerning safety. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by changing Section 35.5 as follows: (225 ILCS 320/35.5) Sec. 35.5. Lead in drinking water prevention.

(a) The General Assembly finds that lead has been detected in the drinking water of schools in this State. The General Assembly also finds that infants and young children may suffer adverse health effects and developmental delays as a result of exposure to even low levels of lead. The General Assembly further finds that it is in the best interests of the people of the State to require school districts or chief school administrators, or the designee of the school district or chief school administrator, to test for lead in drinking water in school buildings and provide written notification of the test results. The purpose of this Section is to require (i) school districts or chief school administrators, or the designees of the school districts or chief school administrators, to test for lead with the goal of providing school building occupants with an adequate supply of safe, potable water; and (ii) school districts or chief school administrators, or the designees of the school districts or chief school administrators, to notify the parents and legal guardians of enrolled students of the sampling results from their respective school buildings.

(b) For the purposes of this Section: "Community water system" has the meaning provided in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 611.101. "School building" means any facility or portion thereof that was constructed on or before January 1, 2000 and may be occupied by more than 10 children or students, pre-kindergarten through grade 5, under the control of (a) a school district or (b) a public, private, charter, or nonpublic day or residential educational institution. "Source of potable water" means the point at which non-bottled water that may be ingested by children or used for food preparation exits any tap, faucet, drinking fountain, wash- basin in a classroom occupied by children or students under grade 1, or similar point of use; provided, however, that all (a) bathroom sinks and (b) wash basins used by janitorial staff are excluded from this definition.

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(c) Each school district or chief school administrator, or the designee of each school district or chief school administrator, shall test each source of potable water in a school building for lead contamination as required in this subsection.

(1) Each school district or chief school administrator, or the designee of each school district or chief school administrator, shall, at a minimum, (a) Collect a first-draw 250-milliliter sample of water, (b) Flush for 30 seconds, and (c) collect a second-draw 250 milliliter sample from each source of potable water located at each corresponding school building; provided, however, that to the extent that multiple sources of potable water utilize the same drain, (i) The foregoing collection proto-col is required for one such source of potable water, and (ii) only a first-draw 250 milliliter sample of water is required from the remaining such sources of potable water. The water corresponding to the first-draw 250-milliliter sample from each source of potable water shall have been standing in the plumbing pipes for at least 8 hours, but not more than 18 hours, without any flushing of the source of potable water before sample collection.

(2) Each school district or chief school administrator, or the designee of each school

district or chief school administrator, shall arrange to have the samples it collects pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection submitted to a laboratory that is certified for the analysis of lead in drinking water in accordance with accreditation requirements developed by a national laboratory accreditation body, such as the National Environmental Labora-tory Accreditation Conference (NELAC) Institute (TNI). Samples submitted to laboratories pursuant to this subdivision (2) shall be analyzed for lead sing one of the test methods for lead that is de-scribed in 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1). Within 7 days after receiving a final analytical result concerning a sample collected pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the school district or chief school administrator, or a designee of the school district or chief school administrator, that collected the sample shall provide the final analytical result to the Department. submit or cause to be submitted (A) the samples to an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency-accredited laboratory for analysis for lead in accordance with the instructions supplied by an Illinois Envi-ronmental Protection Agency-accredited laboratory and (B) the written sampling results to the Department within 7 business days of receipt of the results.”

You can read the full section with all of the changes at the following link: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/100/PDF/100-0103.pdf The basic change noted above is the procedure on how schools will deal with the water samples collections and where to send to be tested. The Illinois EPA will no longer be involved with the test-ing but will be handled by the NELAC. With all of the concerns of public safety, especially after Flint, MI, and the CPS school lead findings, we need to be aware and open with these testing agencies to insure that public health remains at the forefront of our designs.

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VicePresidentLegislativeReport

Paul Hellickson

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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 jnagel@meadobrien.com 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 2017

Next Meeting is Nov. 7, 2017 Speaker: Jody Samuel with Caleffi

Topic : Domestic Hot Water Recirculation

2017 Meeting Schedule Dec. 5, 2017 Jan. 2, 2018

Menu for November 7, 2017 Open Face Turkey w/white wine gravy Whipped Red Potatoes, Homemade Dressing Mayfair Salad

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Sponsors!

Be Sure To Send Your New Business Card To:

mikegianino@gmail.com

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Jackpot Drawing $10.00 Names drawn were Rick Bradbury

Brett Rossomanno. Tim Kiepe None were present to win. Next month’s drawing will be worth $20.00

Attendance prizes $25.00 gift cards Ian Farache Deborah Carnes Keith Mann

50/50 Drawing Bob Fanning $12.00 Jack Bruns $9.00 Mike Beckerman $7.00 Everyone donated back to the chip in fund (Salvation Army)

The Following People Attended Last Month’s Lunch Meeting Thank You for Supporting Your Organization

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ASPE members and attendees, The following is a list of upcoming webinars, events, and classes that might be helpful for your professional careers. At the meeting I mentioned a webinar titled “ECM – Separating the Fact from the Fiction” that appears to no longer be available on the PM Engineer Magazine website so that is not included on this list. I have reached out to them to see if this webinar was discontinued and will send out the information for it once I have verification that the class is available. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.

David Notheis WEBINARS DOE Commercial & Industrial Pump Regulations and Labeling. Webinar presented by PM Engineer Magazine sponsored by Taco on October 25 from 1pm - 2pm CT

This webinar will be covering:

Understand the scope of products covered under the DOE rulemaking Pump Energy Index (PEI) is the new DOE metric - what it means and how it’s applied Learn the compliance timelines See what the new pump label looks like and how it will help effect purchases of higher efficient equipment

Here is a link to register. Cost: Free NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, Medical Gas Changes for 2018 Webinar presented through ASPE on November 1st from 11am-12pm CT

Content Outline:

Major Changes and what they mean Some background on why that change has been made How the change may impact the present or future design of medical gas and vacuum systems Notes on implementing the change.

Here is a link to register. Cost: ASPE Member: $70 Non Member: $130 Earn Continuing Education Credits: This one-hour contact program awards 0.1CEU or 1.0PDH. Holdrite University Webinar series partnered with ASPE CEU Provider. Courses cover the following topics:

Firestopping of Horizontal Plumbing Penetrations Pipe Hangers and Supports Plumbing Acoustic Isolation

Here is a link that will allow you to take these webinars.

Earn Continuing Education Credits: These provide CEU or PDH hours. Grundfos Webinar series partnered with ASPE CEU Provider. Content:

22 ASPE CEU approved webinars. Other webinars that also cover the HVAC industry.

Here is a link the catalog of available webinars.

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Earn Continuing Education Credits: These provide CEU or PDH hours. CLASSES CPD Review Class This is at the ASPE headquarters in Rosemont, IL Here is a link for registration and other information on this class.

Cost: ASPE Member:$450 Non Member: $650 Basic Plumbing Design Two-day Workshop This is at the ASPE headquarters in Rosemont, IL Here is a link for registration and other information on this class.

Cost: ASPE Member:$500 Non Member: $700 Outside Events Construction Layout using the Revit Model This event is being hosted by the St. Louis Revit Users Group at KAI Content:

Using the Revit Model, BIM 360, Autodesk Point Layout and a Total Station to derive layout points from any element contained within a model and demonstrate how that information can be sent directly to the field and used for Construction layout on site

Here is a link to this event. Scroll down on the page for event details.

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November Membership Anniversaries: Keith Mann CPD, LEED AP 36 yrs Mike Gianino 23 yrs Jeff Kiefer 7 yrs David Ruckman 6 yrs Ray Swafford 6 yrs Keith Adams 4 yrs Owen McQuiston Fall 3 yrs Nicholas Roberts 2 yr

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ASPE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS! The St. Louis Chapter AYP have scheduled its fall networking event. We will be having a

happy hour at the Start Bar on Spruce Street downtown. This will be a fun time to tap into your inner child and play some arcade games and have a few tasty beverages.

The networking event is for the young professionals in the plumbing engineering industry

under the age of 35 years old. These events provide an excellent opportunity to meet one another, network and to create more interest in being a member of, or joining ASPE. Feel free to bring interested guests from your company to this event as well, we would enjoy having them.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend as soon as possible so we can have a head count. Feel

free to email me any questions you may have at nhipp@aedifica.com. The event information is below.

I look forward to seeing you. Spread the word!

Drinks Sponsored by: ASPE St. Louis Chapter Date: Friday October 27th, 2017 Happy Hour Location:

Start Bar 1000 Spruce St. Saint Louis, MO 63102 Happy Hour Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

November Birthdays: Cody Buck Deborah Carnes CPD Jeffrey Coulson Clarence Dula Robert Lilge Keith Mann CPD Donald Sullivan Phillip Zimmer

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President’s Report By John Fischer

It has been suggested that our affiliates who are in an engineering or contractor’s office for a presentation, take five minutes at the end and inquire how many of the people in the meeting are ASPE members and highlight the benefits of becoming a member to those who are not and ask if they would like to discuss becoming a member. Ask them to contact our VP membership or any of the Board Members and we will assist them. ASPE is looking to award an Engineer of the Year. The deadline extended for submittal has been extended to October 20, 2017. Email sha-ron@tmbpublishing.com and use ENGINEER OF THE YEAR in the subject line and tell her why a person or firm should be recognized as the 2017 Engineer of the Year. The December issue of Plumbing Engineer will highlight the Engineer of the Year and ASPE would like to feature an engineer, or firm, that has gone above and beyond to meet challenges, whether on a project, or by ways of forward-thinking in business. I am sure we have Engineers and or firms from StL ASPE who might qualify. Do not hide your light under a basket. If you think you or your firm qualifies give me a call and I will help tell the story. The ASPE Disaster Relief Fund is up and operational. There are some questions to be clarified such as, will there be reports showing funds available and distribution (accountability)? I have my own reservations since I thought this fund was to aid members and there is some indication that providing aid to others such as providing filtering straws for water or filtration devices for those affected that need clean water is under consideration, in addition to helping members. I may have misunderstood the target for this aid, since if it was helping our members under duress because of recent natural disasters I would be in favor. I think we need to address the need of our needy members with this fund. What do you think? Let me know and I will pass it on. The ASPE Fellows Nomination Form Deadline is January 31, 2018. For qualifications consult the website for further information. The 2018 Convention and Exposition is September 28-October 3, 2018 in Atlan-ta. Now is not too soon to think about attending. The associated trade show is considered one of the best held in our industry. Speaking of trade shows the Plumbing Suppliers Products expo will be held Nov 2, 2017 again at the River City Exposition area. You can learn a lot in a visit. Please check the flier in this newsletter.

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President’s Report By John Fischer

A publication titled “Engineered Systems”, a BNP publication, while catering to mechanical and facility Engineers, always contains items of interest across the MEP spectrum. Worth a look. No charge for subscriptions to qualified individuals. For information about the magazine enter this in your browser: https://www.esmagazine.com/contactus For a subscription application this should work: https://bnp.dragonforms.com/init.do?pk=WCNTCT&omedasite=BNP6059_JKNew or try https://www.esmagazine.com/contactus#Subscription Questions After obtaining a subscription you can review current and former digital editions by entering this in your browser: https://www.esmagazine.com Certificates for CEU’s through the May 2017 meeting will only be available on request. Let me know what you need and I will try to accommodate you. I hope to see you at the November 7th meeting at the recently remodeled “The Engineering Center of St. Louis” formerly called The Engineers Club as you benefit from your organization.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Hugo Aguilar

(909) 472-4111 hugo.aguilar@iapmo.org

IAPMO Solicits Proposals for 2021 UPC, UMC

Ontario, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2017) – The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), publisher of the Uniform Plumbing Code® (UPC) and Uniform Mechanical Code® (UMC), is calling for formal code proposals toward the development of the 2021 editions of these American National Standard designated model codes. The code proposal form, as well as proposal instructions and background on IAPMO’s ANSI-accredited consensus process, may be found at http://codes.iapmo.org/form_proposals_upc_umc_2021.aspx. All proposals recommending new text, revised text or the deletion of text must be written in legislative format and clearly state the reason behind the recommendation. No proposals will be accepted after the 5 p.m. PST deadline on March 16, 2018. Introduced in Los Angeles in 1928 and formally published as the Uniform Plumbing Code in 1945, the UPC is developed to govern the installation and inspection of plumbing systems as a means of promoting the public’s health, safety and welfare. Later published by IAPMO in 1967, the UMC provides the same governance for mechanical systems. Developed and subsequently republished at the conclusion of each three-year code cycle, the UPC and UMC are designed to provide consumers with safe plumbing, heating and mechanical systems while, at the same time, allowing latitude for innovation and new technologies. IAPMO employs a voluntary consensus development process accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), gathering the largest assembly of plumbing and mechanical experts in the world at its annual education and business conference and technical committee meetings, enabling anyone — members and non-members alike — to have a voice on proposed changes to the code. The 2021 editions of the UPC and UMC will mark the seventh time these codes have been developed in this manner and the fourth time they have been developed pursuant to IAPMO’s status as an ANSI Audited Designator. IAPMO urges its members and other interested parties to get involved in the code development process to ensure effectiveness in preserving the public health, safety and welfare through fair and balanced development of the Uniform Codes. Installers, plumbing and mechanical officials, the construction industry, engineers and manufacturers all benefit from a cooperative effort in developing codes. For questions about submitting proposals for either code, please contact Enrique Gonzalez at (909) 230-5535 or by email at enrique.gonzalez@iapmo.org.

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Sponsor of the Uniform Codes, IAPMO – The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials – works in concert with government and industry for safe, sanitary

plumbing and mechanical systems. Learn more about IAPMO at www.iapmo.org.