President s Message: Daniel Leos

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1 October 2016 Chartered July 10, 1968 President s Message: Daniel Leos Meeting notice October is now upon us and even though the weather is still as hot as ever we are definitely nearing the end of We only have two more general meetings left in in the year so be sure to RSVP on our website so you don t miss out on either one of them. This month Froet Industries, Inc. will be holding a technical presentation on Roof Drains. They will also be sponsoring lunch for designers/engineers and contractors. Thank you to those that participated in our September AYP Event at Bowlmor. It was definitely a good night of networking, bowling and beer! Everybody had a good time despite the Texans putting up a goose egg against the Patriots that night. Congratulations to Jeff Dierschke, from DBR, for recoding the highest score of the night and winning a $100 giftcard in the process! Thanks to Jesse Bain, AYP Liaison, for organizing another successful AYP event. Keep an eye out for future AYP events by checking the calendar on our ASPE Houston website. Something that we re going to continue to remind everybody about is that the 2017 Product Show will now be held at the Sam Houston Race Park on April 5 th. Planning has begun for the 2017 Product Show as the Product Show Committee has already completed their first official planning meeting. Thanks to Park USA for letting the committee meet at their offices. For those that have exhibited in the past we will be contacting you with all exhibitor information, including the new booth layout, by the end of October. For all inquiries about our Product Show please contact our Product Show Chair, Brandi Baker, at productshow@aspehouston.com or (713) As always if any vendors or manufacturers are interested in presenting as a technical speaker at the Product Show or at our General Meeting please be sure to contact our VP Technical, Dave Clark, at dclark@ianaman.com. Rood Drains, the Hole story Craig Froeter, Froet Industries Wednesday October 7 11:30 am HESS Club President Daniel Leos president@aspehouston.com VP Technical David Clark, PE vptechnical@aspehouston.com VP Legislative Freddie Landaverde vplegislative@aspehouston.com VP Membership Christopher Ennis, CET vpmembership@aspehouston.com Treasurer Geoffrey Moore treasurer@aspehouston.com Administrative Secretary Donald Taylor, CPD, GPD administrativesecretary@aspehouston.com Corresponding Secretary Jeremy Charmchizadeh EIT correspondingsecretary@aspehouston.com

2 ASPE HOUSTON CHAPTER VP Technical: David Clark, PE COMMITTEE POSITIONS Board of Governors Chairman Anthony Jaspal, PE, CPD Social Director Vic Schneider, Jr. Affiliate Liaison Sean Smith, CPD 2016 Product Show Chairman Brandi Rocha usa.com Education Committee Chairman David Clark Construction Industry Council Delegate Freddie Landaverde Roster and Product Directory Chairman Christopher Ennis, CET Newsletter Editor Curtis Dady Historian Christine Moseley, CPD, LEED AP NATIONAL POSITIONS HELD BY HOUSTON CHAPTER MEMBERS Region 5 Affiliate Liaison Dave Cropper dcropper@park usa.com Chair Legislative Committee, Chair College of Fellows, Region 5 Representative Nominating Committee Cyril Unger, FASPE, CPD cyril.unger@att.net Attendance was fantastic at our first meeting back from the summer! Thanks everyone for coming out. Remember to RSVP online and it will make the sign in process much smoother. You can also pay online and get an immediate receipt as well. I want to thank Mr. Jim LeStage and Holdrite for a great presentation last month on Design Solutions for Piping Supports and Restraints and for sponsoring lunch to the engineers and contractors who were in attendance. Hopefully it s not often we see some of the nightmare bailing wire and 2x4 solutions that Jim showed us last month. Our next ASPE Houston General meeting will be held on October 5, The Presentation will be: Roof Drains The Hole Story. Mr. Craig Froeter with Froet Industries will be here to discuss roof drainage design. Mr. Craig Froeter spent 25 years as a roofing contractor and throughout that time dealt with many roof drain issues. He invented and developed the Bi-functional drain. Mr. Froeter is the founder and President of Froet Industries LLC. He was on the founding committee for the ASPE/IAPMO Z1034 Standard for roof drain flow performance and is presently on the working committee of the revision for the ASME A Standard for roof drains. Froet Industries will be sponsoring lunch for all engineers, designers, contractors and City official in attendance. The ASPE National Symposium is fast approaching. Registration is now open for the 2016 ASPE Convention and Exposition which is being held in Phoenix, Arizona from October 28 November 2 nd. Go to for more details. We re still looking for a November 2016 Lunch speaker. Please remember that ASPE is a great way to obtain CEU s and network with many of the most knowledgeable people in the plumbing industry. If there is a topic you would like discussed please let me know and I will try and set something up. There are openings available to be a presenter at one of our upcoming lunchtime general meetings. I m still looking for a November presenter at this time. If you are interested in presenting at any of these events please contact me at dclark@ianaman.com, or at

3 VP Membership: Christopher Ennis, CET The summer of 2016, rainy, HOT, vacations, the beach, great ASPE friends not bad, not bad at all. While we all anticipate the arrival of Fall and since Houston doesn t really have spectacular leaf changing season, (we do go from green to brown grass..) - we really just hope for lower humidity. We hope to see you at the upcoming National Convention and Expo in Phoenix. Houston has a great group of Delegates going, in addition to our representative to the first WOA meeting. A BIG thank you to everyone helping us promote ASPE as our growing membership shows. We all know it s a GREAT organization. Check out following NEW Houston Chapter members. If you know them give them a call to welcome them to their wonderful organization. If you don t know them get ready to meet them at our October meeting!! WELCOME NEW HOUSTON CHAPTER MEM- BERS Alfred Mazzocchi Southwest Sales Inc. - Houston, Texas Ciera Ward Telios - Houston, Texas James Hewitt, P.E. WC Engineering - Houston, Texas Dues Notice - National will send reminders and the actual month of your expiration I will send an reminder. If you have already renewed please my apology for the notice. To renew it easy!! Go to enter your member number and your last name; verify your information, click submit; click on the applicable membership classification and any additional contribution you my desire, complete the credit card information, submit and you re done!! It is very important to do this prior to your expiration date. After this date you may have to go through the process of completing a new application and receiving a new member number losing any official tenure you may have had. If you need any help please let me know. Thank you for your continued support of our great organization. Membership delinquent list: If you are on this list, or know you haven t paid your annual dues get ready to receive a phone call from one of the Board members. We don t want to see you go!! If there is an administration problem with the National office let us know and we ll help facilitate straitening that up. See you October 5th. Think DOOR PRIZES!!!!!!

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6 OCTOBER calendar 7th Monthly Meeting HESS Club 13th Jeremy Blackhurst Birthday 14th Edwardo Lopez Birthday 14th BOD Meeting Pappadeaux s 16th Bryan Thomas Birthday 17th Jesse Bain Birthday 17th John Nadon Birthday 18th Michael Green, PE, LEED AP Birthday 19th Timothy Zacharias Birthday 21st Damien Ruth Birthday 23rd Roger Clemes Birthday 28th Benjamin Baker, EIT, CPD Birthday

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8 BOD Meeting Minutes: Donald Taylor, CPD, GPD Daniel Leos (DL), President, called the Houston Chapter BOD meeting to order at 11:40 a.m. on September 16th 12, 2016 at Pappadeaux s restaurant at I-10 and the Beltway. Also present was David Clark (DC), Donald Taylor (DT), Jeremy Charmchizadeh (JC), Brandi Baker (BB), Geoffrey Moore (GM), Jim Ivey (JI), Dave Cropper (DAV) and Christine Moseley (CM). A motion to approve the August BOD meeting minutes as published in the newsletter was passed. DL informed the delegates, for the 2016 Expo & Convention, that the delegate website is up and to review information in the link that Stacy Kidd provided via . DL informed the board that Curtis Dady (CD) has re- ceived some advertising request that is outside the policies our chapter has currently in place. It was decided by the board that no decisions will be made for changing advertising policies in the newsletter without CD being present at the BOD meeting. DL presented to the board changing the current policy of advertising the top Houston Product Show sponsors. This change would provide advertising at every meeting, event, newsletter and correspondence for the entire year in-lieu-of only providing advertisement at the product show. DC updated the BOD possible presenters at future general meetings. DL announced that the chapter s active membership went from 197 down to 193; however, 2 new Cont d Page 10 BOD SLATE FOR ASPE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The ASPE Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the candidates for the ASPE Board of Directors. Every two years, all board positions are open for re-election, and any ASPE member meeting the bylaws requirements for a board member may stand for nomination and, if approved, be considered for election to the board. During the ASPE Business Meeting, which will be held October 29-30, 2016 in Phoenix AZ, ASPE chapter delegates will be responsible for electing the next ASPE Board of Directors. The candidates running this year are: President: Mitchell J. Clemente, CPD Vice President, Technical: David E. DeBord, CPD, GPD, FASPE, ARCSA AP, LEED AP & Jeffrey L. Ingertson, CPD, FASPE Vice President, Education: Chris L. Graham, CPD, FASPE Vice President, Legislative: Carol L. Johnson, CPD, LEED AP, CFI Vice President, Membership: Kelvin H. Kennedy, CPD, GPD, FASPE & Vincent Falkowski, PE, PMP, CCM Vice President, Affiliate: Vincent J. Scriboni & Dann E. Holmes & Grant B. Brekke Treasurer: James T. Zebrowski, PE, CPD, FASPE & Paul Eric Freeman, PE, LEED AP Region 1 Director: Rui Paulo Silvestre Region 2 Director: Keith D. Bush, CPD, GPD, CSI Region 3 Director: Steve E. Mastley, CPD, FASPE Region 4 Director: Donald L. Strickland, Jr., CPD, GPD

9 ASPE CLASSIFIEDS DBR Engineering Consultants is always looking for innovative and dedicated professionals to join our team. We offer career opportunities at every level in areas ranging from MEP engineering to administration. Currently, we are seeking candidates for the following positions: Electrical Designer/Engineer mid to senior level Mechanical Designer/Engineer mid to senior level Plumbing Designer mid to senior level Technology Consultant mid to senior level We provide: Competitive salary Medical/Dental/Life/Disability Insurance 401(k) with match PTO and holidays Fast paced energetic work environment with growing firm Please submit resume to Shaunda Betts, CISR, Human Resources Manager. or Fax Telios: Are you a plumbing designer looking to: Utilize your experience to be a plumbing leader for the Houston office Work in a dynamic, visionary firm with a great culture Work with great clients on exciting projects? With: 5 10 years of experience in plumbing design Full experience in all phases of plumbing design An understanding of applicable design codes and specification requirements Healthcare experience a plus REVIT experience a plus As a firm on the rise, TELIOS is one of Houston s leaders in MEP engineering and commissioning. You will be a great fit with our culture when you share our core values of dedication, improvement and character. At TELIOS, we strive to make a positive impact on our employees, clients and industry. If this sounds like your kind of place, we want to meet you. How to Apply: To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to Houston@teliospc.com BOD cont d from Page 9 members were added to bring the number back up to 195. (DAV) notified the BOD that someone attending the September s CIC meeting stating the case for eliminating break tanks for fire protection in the city of Houston. This has not passed and additional information will be forthcoming. It was brought to the board by DL asking if the chapter should ask for sponsorship to the AYP events. DL will start mentioned this at the general meetings. BR informed the board that the product show committee will be sending info out to vendors participating in the show shortly. Since BR is the Houston Product Show Chair and for her to get a better understanding of how a large product show is put together, the board voted and approved for the chapter to pay for BR s flight to the 2016 Expo & Convention. Meeting was adjourned at 1:08 p.m.