1 President’s Report September 2019 The American Society of Plumbing Engineers NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER www.central-ohio.aspe.org P. O. Box 2571 Columbus, OH 43216-2571 Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society Page 1 Hello to all ASPE Members and friends, 2019 ASPE Tech Symposium Do not miss the 2019 ASPE Tech Symposium in Pittsburgh on October 24-27. All full registra- tions include the technical education ses- sions of your choice, CEUs/PDHs, the Product Show and welcome party, committee meetings, and breakfast and lunch events. If you can’t make it for the whole weekend, one-day options are also available to attend education sessions and earn CEUs. You can find everything you need to know to plan your trip at aspe.org/2019tech. Caution – there have been scam promotions about Hotel Rooms. Only register your room through the ASPE website. There is a product show on Thursday 4-8 PM (though not nearly as big as at the conventions). Then Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning there are eight hour and a half time slots for your choice of 40 different topics. We can car pool from here to Pittsburgh – No need to wait at Airport Security. CPD Review We are starting to plan the next round of Review sessions for the next CPD Test (Certified Plumbing Designer). Please reply to me with some of your thoughts; 1. Just one 8 hour session, two or three 4 hour sessions, vs. four or five 2 hour sessions? Morning, Afternoon, or Evening preference (if not the 8 hour session)? Plumbing systems commissioning webinar is being held on September 25 Bill Deardurff President Septembert Lunch Meeting September 9, 2019 Spaghetti Warehouse 397 West Broad Columbus, OH 43215 11:30 AM-1:00 PM $20.00 members; $30.00 non-members SUBJECT: City of Columbus—Building and Zoning Services SPEAKER: Jim Richardson, City of Columbus Building and Zoning Services Jim Richardson is the Plumbing Inspection Supervisor for the City of Columbus with 28 years of experience in the plumbing and construction industry. Jim has experience working for non-union and union contractors, and as a plumbing inspector for a Health Department and currently a Building Department. He has Ohio Board of Building Standards Plumbing Inspector and Plumbing Plans Examiner Certifications. At our next webinar, instructor Paul E. Petrilli, PE, BCxP, LEED BD+C, of H.F. Lenz Compa- ny will help you understand the differences between start-up and commissioning, the roles of all parties in the process, and the plumbing systems that should be commissioned. By the end, you will be able to complete commission- ing documentation and test requirements. Registration is open. Looking forward to seeing you next Monday at the meeting, September 9, 2019.
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President’s Report
September 2019
The American Society of Plumbing Engineers
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER www.central-ohio.aspe.org
P. O. Box 2571 Columbus, OH 43216-2571 Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society
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Hello to all ASPE Members and friends, 2019 ASPE Tech Symposium Do not miss the 2019 ASPE Tech Symposium in Pittsburgh on October 24-27. All full registra-tions include the technical education ses-sions of your choice, CEUs/PDHs, the Product Show and welcome party, committee meetings, and breakfast and lunch events. If you can’t make it for the whole weekend, one-day options are also available to attend education sessions and earn CEUs. You can find everything you need to know to plan your trip at aspe.org/2019tech. Caution – there have been scam promotions about Hotel Rooms. Only register your room through the ASPE website. There is a product show on Thursday 4-8 PM (though not nearly as big as at the conventions). Then Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning there are eight hour and a half time slots for your choice of 40 different topics. We can car pool from here to Pittsburgh – No need to wait at Airport Security. CPD Review We are starting to plan the next round of Review sessions for the next CPD Test (Certified Plumbing Designer). Please reply to me with some of your thoughts; 1. Just one 8 hour session, two or three 4 hour sessions, vs. four or five 2 hour sessions? Morning, Afternoon, or Evening preference (if not the 8 hour session)?
Plumbing systems commissioning webinar is being held on September 25
Bill Deardurff President
Septembert Lunch Meeting
September 9, 2019
Spaghetti Warehouse
397 West Broad
Columbus, OH 43215
11:30 AM-1:00 PM
$20.00 members; $30.00 non-members
SUBJECT: City of Columbus—Building and Zoning Services
SPEAKER: Jim Richardson,
City of Columbus Building and Zoning Services Jim Richardson is the Plumbing Inspection Supervisor for the City of Columbus with 28 years of experience in the plumbing and construction industry. Jim has experience working for non-union and union contractors, and as a plumbing inspector for a Health Department and currently a Building Department. He has Ohio Board of Building Standards Plumbing Inspector and Plumbing Plans Examiner Certifications.
At our next webinar, instructor Paul E. Petrilli, PE, BCxP, LEED BD+C, of H.F. Lenz Compa-ny will help you understand the differences between start-up and commissioning, the roles of all parties in the process, and the plumbing systems that should be commissioned. By the end, you will be able to complete commission-ing documentation and test requirements. Registration is open.
Looking forward to seeing you next Monday at
the meeting, September 9, 2019.
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VP Technical—Mike Nickoson
Mike Nickoson Vice President Technical
We are starting the new ASPE year off great with a fantastic speaker. Jim Richardson with the City of Columbus Building and Zoning Ser-vices will be speaking. Jim has 28 years of ex-perience in the plumbing/construction industry. His experience includes working as a contrac-tor, being a plumbing inspector and a plans ex-aminer. He has certifications from the state of Ohio as both a Plumbing Inspector and a Plumbing Plans Examiner. Jim will talk about indirect drainage and upcoming code changes. Jim last spoke at an ASPE meeting a year and a half ago and it was one of my favorites. Jim’s presentations are interactive so please come prepared with any questions you may have about the Ohio Plumbing Code. He is an excel-lent resource. As a reminder, below are the other speakers and topics that we have to look forward to this year. October: Craig Boyce with Kemper Water Con-trol Systems. Craig’s talk will cover Legionella Control thru water flow and temperature using Venturi valves. *Tuesday October 8
th will be the Joint ASPE,
ASHRAE & MCACO dinner meeting. November: Chuck Blythe with Environmental Comfort. Chuck will cover Domestic Water Heating thru a Variable Refrigerant Flow sys-tem. December: David Chrien with SSECO Solu-tions. Dave will give an overview of Fuel Oil System design. January: Ryan Pfund with Bradley Corp. Ryan’s presentation will be the Basics of Safety Showers and Eyewashes. February: James Montgomery with Elkay. James’s talk is Accessibility for All (ADA Guide-lines for Plumbing Fixtures).
March and April: TBD May: Jim Richardson from the City of Columbus will come back to cover topics of our choice (through a future survey). As always, if there is a topic that you would like to see covered, please let me know.
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VP Legislative—Mike Spengler
Updated BBS Memo - Storm Shelter Morato-rium The Board of Building Standards has updated its BBS Memo regarding the moratorium for storm shelters in Group E occupancies to in-clude the following: August 2019 Update: HB 166 adopted by the Ohio General Assembly on July 17, 2019, amended R.C. 3781.1010 to extend the storm shelter moratorium to September 15, 2020. Ad-ditionally, the Ohio Attorney General has issued Opinion 2019-027 in response to the Board’s request for guidance on the meaning of “financing has been secured” in R.C. 3781.1010. If you have questions related to information con-tained in the Memo, please contact the Board’s technical staff at 614-644-2613. USGBC opens call for proposals for the next version of LEED On July 9, 2019, the U.S. Green Building Coun-cil (USGBC) announced a call for proposals to solicit feedback and concepts for the next version of LEED. USGBC created the LEED green building program 20 years ago to measure and define green building and to provide a roadmap for developing sustainable buildings. LEED is updated through a continu-ous improvement process and with each new version USGBC is evolving LEED’s approach and challenging the building sector to be more resource efficient and sustainable.
The USGBC community can participate in the call for LEED proposals session. Industry leaders can also join USGBC at the annu-al Greenbuild International Conference and Ex-po, taking place in Atlanta, Nov. 19-22, 2019, for the “Future of LEED” education session, which will review market feedback and provide up-dates on performance-based outcomes, trans-parency and continuous improvement to future versions of LEED.
(https://new.usgbc.org/leed-v41#join) 2019 Residential Code of Ohio At its meeting on December 14, 2018, the Board of Building Standards adopted the 2019 update to the Residential Code of Ohio (RCO) based on the 2018 International Residential Code effective July 1, 2019. A free view of the electronic version of 2019 RCO is now available on Ohio’s bookshelf on the International Code Council’s website: https://codes.iccsafe.org/public/collections/OH The 2019 RCO in rule form with a detailed sum-mary is also available on the Board’s website: Residential Code of Ohio Effective July 1, 2019 If you have questions regarding the new resi-dential code, please contact the Board Office at (614) 644-2613 or [email protected]. ASME launches a new automated Standards Update Notifications system Through the system, subscribers will be in-formed via email when an update to an ASME standard has been published. The system will not provide a copy of the standard, only notifica-tion that it has been updated. Users can sign up for specific updates by copy/pasting the follow-ing link into your browser: (https://www.asme.org/shop/product-update-notifications). 2019 Ohio Fire Academy Course Catalog Now Available The 2019 Ohio Fire Academy Course Catalog is now available online. More than 100 on-campus offerings are current-ly available for 2019, including 23 fire service courses for firefighters, fire inspectors, and of-ficers; eight EMS courses to help meet Ohio EMT and paramedic renewal requirements; 63 professional development courses; 26 fire pre-vention courses, and more.
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Mike Spengler Vice President Legislative
The Ohio Fire Academy (OFA) offers various ways to deliver high-quality training and educa-tion, including on our main campus, by request and through the Close to Home program. Since the start of 2018, the OFA has provided 1,177 separate course offerings, training 8,524 firefighters both on and off campus. Our educa-tors trained more than 17,000 firefighters through our online programs in 2018, as well. To see our entire course calendar for 2019, copy and paste the following link into your browser: (https://www.com.ohio.gov/documents/fire_ofacoursecalendar2019.pdf) For more information, or if you have questions regarding any of our 2019 course offerings, visit the Ohio Fire Academy Website (http://www.ofots.com/), email [email protected] or call 888-726-7731.
Ohio Board of Building Standards Code Classes
On January 26th, 2018, The Ohio Board of
Building Standards sponsored training on the 2017 Ohio Building, Plumbing and Mechanical Code Updates. I have very helpful literature from the classes, including a PDF of the signifi-cant changes presentation so please contact me if you would like a copy and were unable to attend the classes.
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VP Education—Brad Fitzsimmons
ASPE Book of the Month
From September 1–30, 2019, you can purchase
the PDF version of the Illustrated Plumbing
Codes Design Handbook for 35% off the regu-
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Check ASPE Pipeline, social media, and your
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discounts. Upcoming Webinar – Plumbing Systems Commissioning September 25, 2019 2:00 PM (EDT)
This one-hour webinar provides an overview in-to the process for commissioning plumbing sys-tems for new construction. The webinar will re-view the basics of the commissioning process as applied to plumbing systems.
Content Outline:
• ASHRAE Standard 202-2013 and ASHRAE Guideline 0
• 2015 International Energy Conservation Code Requirements
Brad Fitzsimmons Vice President Education
• ASHRAE Standard 188-2018
• Determining which Plumbing Systems to Commission – 10 minutes
• Commissioning Workflows – 10 minutes
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ASPE CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER 2019-2020 MEETING and EVENT SCHEDULE
September 9, 2019 Upcoming changes and Indirect
Connections
October 8, 2019 Joint ASPE/MCACO/ASHRAE/
SFPE Meeting
October 14, 2019 Legionella Control thru Water Flow and
Temperature (Venturi Valves)
November 11, 2019 Domestic Water Heating using VRF
December 9, 2019 Fuel Oil Systems
January 13, 2020 Basics of Safety Showers and Eyewashes
February 10, 2020 Accessibility for All (ADA Guidelines for
