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1 The American Society of Plumbing Engineers NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER P. O. Box 2571 Columbus, OH Chapters are not authorized to speak for the Society January 2015 VP Technical Tony Furst We are firmly in the grips of winter although we haven t been hit as bad this year with the cold and snow as we were last year. It appears that the work outlook is picking up as everyone within the design community I have talked with is busy. Earlier in January I had the opportunity to attend a seminar in Dayton on Legionella and the impacts of ASHRAE 188P, which is out for its fifth public review. What I learned is that there are lots of changes coming and we will all need to be aware of what is required. I already have this as a program topic for the program year. We will have a very special guest here in February as our guest speaker, Mr. Mitch Clemente the newly elected President of ASPE will be here to share his vision for the future of ASPE. Please make sure you are here for this very special meeting to welcome our new president and show him how great the Central Ohio Chapter is. The upcoming program year looks to be an exciting one and I hope that everyone is enjoying the variety of technical topics we are (Continued on page 3) February Lunch Meeting 11:30 AM-1:00 PM $20.00 per meal February 9, 2015 Spaghetti Warehouse 397 West Broad Columbus, OH SUBJECT: The Future of ASPE SPEAKER: Mitch Clemente, ASPE President PLEASE REMEMBER, if you make a reservation, you are expected to pay, whether you attend or not. Cancellation deadline it 5:30pm the Thursday before the meeting. Reminder We will be taking reservations for lunch meetings only via . Prior to each meeting you will receive an from me with details of the meeting. Please me your reservation for the meeting by simply clicking on the reply button. Type YES if you are going to attend or NO if you can t make it. Then SEND your reply. If you have a guest, send his/her name and company in the body of the response. Donald E. Konkle Page 1

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3 VP Legislative Bill Deardurff Reminder We should all be using the 2011 Ohio Plumbing Code including Amendments Group 88 (effective July 01, 2014). Please see attachment for a summary of the latest changes to the Ohio Plumbing Code. Here is a link if you need to see or print the changes. It is not the complete Ohio Plumbing Code. However, it does contain a complete copy of each chapter that is affected by the recent changes. dico_ohioplumbingcodeamendmentseffjuly pdf Note that I saw one on-line source for 2011 OPC which included 2012 Amendments but not the 2014 amendments. Bill Deardurff Vice President Legislative (Continued from page 1) covering. I would love to hear from you our members on any specific topics you would like to see covered please drop me an to tfurst@brunercorp.com. Tony Furst Vice President Technical 3

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5 William Smith, FASPE, Named ASPE s New Executive Director/CEO Chicago, Illinois (January 28, 2015) The American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) is pleased to announce the appointment of William M. Smith, FASPE, as the Society s new Executive Director/CEO. Smith joined the ASPE staff last year as the Society s Senior Director of Technical and Regulatory Affairs, serving as the Society s main liaison with the plumbing industry s code writing and standards developing organizations. In his new role, Smith will be responsible for the administration, management, and financial operations of the Society, as well as implementing the policies and procedures established by the ASPE Board of Directors. He will provide professional administrative and management support and financial expertise to ASPE s local Chapters and for all Society activities and programs. In addition, Smith will continue to represent the interests of ASPE and the plumbing engineering community in code and standards activities as well as serve as a technical resource for the ASPE staff and membership. He will continue to build and maintain relationships with other industry organizations to ensure that the public s heath and safety are kept at the forefront of legislation and regulations regarding plumbing system design, installation, inspection, and maintenance. Smith joined ASPE in 1993 as an Affiliate Member and is currently a Full Member of the Society. He assumed a leadership role in 2002 when he was appointed to the ASPE Board of Directors as Society Affiliate Liaison, and during his tenure the position evolved into Vice President, Affiliate. Smith also served as Chair of ASPE s Exhibitors Advisory Committee for several years. He was elected to ASPE s College of Fellows in 2012 and received ASPE s Distinguished Service Award that same year. Mr. Smith has served ASPE for a very long time in many different roles and is well known and respected in the industry. He is very knowledgeable and dedicated, and this has been proven many times through his tireless efforts to ensure the continued success of this Society, says ASPE President Mitch Clemente, CPD. I am looking forward to working closely with him and am confident that our members will be just as excited as I am to have Mr. Smith as our new Executive Director/CEO. William M. Smith, FASPE Smith began his plumbing industry career in 1981 as a Plumbing Product Designer for Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co., a leading manufacturer of quality engineered plumbing and drainage products. He subsequently served as a Senior Sales Engineer and then was promoted to Engineering Manager and finally Regional Sales Manager covering both Jay R. Smith and Acorn Engineering product groups. In addition to his involvement with ASPE, Smith has actively participated in the codes and standards development activities of other industry organizations, including the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, ASSE International, ASME International, ASTM International, CSA Group, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, International Code Council, and Plumbing and Drainage Institute. I would first like to express my gratitude to the Society Board of Directors for appointing me as ASPE s Executive Director/CEO. This is a great opportunity that I humbly accept, Smith says. I m extremely excited to have the chance to continue working closely with the Society s Board of Directors, our talented staff, our membership, and the industry as a whole particularly to ensure that the public s heath and safety are kept at the forefront of our respective collaborative efforts. #### ASPE is the only professional organization devoted to the training and certification of plumbing engineers and designers. ASPE and its 6,000 worldwide members are dedicated to protecting the health, welfare, and safety of the public through the dissemination of technical data and information to expand the base of knowledge among plumbing engineers, designers, contractors, code officials, inspectors, and manufacturers. For more information, visit ASPE.org. 5

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8 VP Membership Chad Dupler Greetings Membership, Hey, don t forget the 2015 Alfred Steele Scholarship deadline is January 31. You, your spouse, son or daughter can earn up to $3,000 in scholarship money. It s available for qualified applicants through ASPE's Alfred Steele Scholarship. The scholarship is limited to ASPE members and their immediate family members who are pursuing a degree in engineering. Gotta hurry though. Go to for all the details. Take a guess how many ways you can stay in touch with ASPE? Would you believe seven! My lucky number. Seven different ways to learn, interact, research, collaborate, get ahead, etc. the list goes on and on. Check one of them out and discover a whole new way utilize ASPE THERE S ROOM FOR YOUR AD RIGHT HERE! FOR YOUR ADVERTISING NEEDS, CONSIDER ASPE 2014 / 2015 Advertising donation: 11 issues One Issue 1/4 page ad $ $ /2 page ad $ $ Full page ad $ $ We ll be announcing a couple new members in next month s edition. The applications are being finalized as we speak. Are you reading this and not a member? Why not? Join and be a part of a growing number of hip, cool and just otherwise outstanding bunch of people. Lots of perks, including the latest one. As a member, when you attend our monthly lunch meeting your automatically entered into our Win a Free Lunch drawing. You could win a FREE lunch at a future meeting. Is that cool or what? Who doesn t like a F.L.? Win twice throughout the year and you ve almost paid for 25% of your associate s membership. Join online or drop me an and I ll get you an app. Yours in Membership, Chad Dupler Vice President Membership 8

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11 Region 2 Affiliate Liaison - Dann Holmes ASPE Region 2 Affiliate Liaison Report Santa was certainly kind to me this year! Anytime I can witness the excitement on the faces of young children opening gifts they weren t expecting is a blessing to me. I must have been a good boy in 2014 to be able to experience such happiness. I shouldn t tell you but it s what I ask Santa for each & every year. Here s wishing a successful and prosperous New Year to you, your families and your employer. Without this combination working like a well designed plumbing system, life becomes too stressful. Make 2015 better than any year before it. As always, please feel free to contact me at: Dann Holmes ASPE Region 2 Affiliate Liaison NSF International Business Development Manager dholmes@nsf.org or (734) I trust the recent holidays and this past year were good to you too. I plan to continue with the same positive attitude that I had in 2014 throughout I m starting out my New Year by attending as many ASPE Chapter meetings as I can. A well presented subject offers so much education. But, as much as I plan to attend any ASPE Chapter meeting in Region 2, there always seems to be other industry events calling me away. January 19 th 23 rd sends me to Las Vegas for KBIS 2015 (booth N1649), followed by the AHR Expo 2015 in Chicago the 25 th 29 th (booth 1470). If you happen to be attending one, or both of these events, please stop by so we can visit. I ll recap these trade shows in my next article. This is the time of year when we update our files, file folders and mark all our s read. If you re like me, I tell myself I ll stay current with this day-by-day. Yeah right. That s wishful thinking. 11

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18 Officers President Mark G. Simpson, CPD Kohrs Lonnemann Heil Engineers, PSC Two Miranova Place, Suite 280 Columbus, Ohio Fax: Vice President, Technical Tony Furst Bruner Corporation 3637 Lacon Road Hilliard, Ohio Fax: Vice President, Legislative Bill Deardurff, CPD Dynamix Engineering 855 Grandview Ave. Columbus, Ohio Fax: Vice President, Membership Chad Dupler Campbell Equipment Co. P.O. Box 493 Millersport, Ohio Fax Treasurer Hanse Cromer Steffens-Shultz, Inc. 525 Industrial Mile Road Columbus, Ohio Fax: Administrative Secretary Brad Fitzsimmons Bruner Corporation 3637 Lacon Road Hilliard, Ohio Fax: Corresponding Secretary Greg Hochstetler, PE, LEED AP Speer Mechanical 5255 Sinclair Road Columbus, Ohio Fax Affiliate Liaison Thom Rauenswinder Spears Manufacturing 590 Industrial Drive Lewisberry, PA ASPE CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER MEETING and EVENT SCHEDULE September 8,2014 ASSE Standard October 8, Joint ASPE/MCACO/ASHRAE/SFPE Meeting November 10, 2014 Domestic Water Booster Systems December 8, 2014 CPVC Piping Systems VE Decisions January 12, 2015 Seismic Restraint and Vibration Control February 9, 2015 ASPE President March 9,2015 Sump Pump and Pit Sizing and Selection April 13, 2015 Backflow Prevention Devices May 11, 2015 Elections TBD June 16, 2015 ASPE Golf Outing The Central Ohio chapter of ASPE newsletter is published as a forum for its members. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the society, the Central Ohio chapter or its editors. THERE S ROOM FOR YOUR AD RIGHT HERE! FOR YOUR ADVERTISING NEEDS, CONSIDER ASPE / Advertising donation: 11 issues One Issue Business 1/4 page ad card size $ $ /4 1/2 page ad $ $ /2 Full page ad $ $ Full page ad $ $ Page 18