Practical training and update for plumbing system designers, plumbers,

contractors, building operators and code officials…

29th Annual
Plumbing System Design
March 30–April 3, 2009
Madison, Wisconsin
Nonprofit
Organization
With 2-day and 3-day options… U.S. Postage
PAID
University of
Waste, Vent, and Water Piping Wisconsin

March 30–31, 2009

Department of Engineering Professional Development
432 North Lake Street Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Pipe and Equipment, Hospital
Piping, Green Plumbing
April 1– 3, 2009
Learn about
 Designing plumbing piping systems
 Selecting specific equipment and the
piping for it
 Specialized piping
 Hospital piping design
 Wastewater reuse and storm water
retention and use
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Pipe and Equipment, Hospital

March 30– April 3, 2009

Waste, Vent, and Water Piping

With 2-day and 3-day options…

n Learn how to select specific plumbing

n Improve your understanding of hospital

n Learn how to design domestic plumbing

n Learn about wastewater reuse and storm

Plumbing System
ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Plumbing System Design Plumber Recertification Optional Session
March 30–April 3, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin
Wisconsin and several other states Sunday Evening
approve this course for plumber’s CEUs
This optional session at The Lowell
for recertification. If you have questions
Center, 610 Langdon Street, will
about your state, please call Harold
Scope of Course Valuable References Olsen, program director, at 608-262-
serve as an engineering refresher for
•Practical, fundamental training You will receive the following graduate engineers or technicians and
2403.
references (for the course sections as an introduction to some of the basics
•Update for experienced plumbers, (that will not be covered later) for those
contractors, building operators and where used), pending their availability
code officials from the publisher as of course date: Partial List of Previously who do not have the fluid engineering
background. IPC (International
•Basic theory of wastes and vents, (first two days) Enrolled Organizations Plumbing Code) examples will be used.
storm water and water piping systems Engineered Plumbing Design, by Arnold and O’Sheridan
•Selection of water heaters, pumps, Dr. Alfred Steele Chicago Transit Authority
interceptors, other equipment
Course Outline
Wisconsin Plumbing Code Grissom Air Reserve Base
•Copper and plastic piping, double Wisconsin Plumbing Code Training Sunday Evening, March 29
containment piping, piping accessories Grumman/Butkus Associates
Manuals (Optional Session)
•Hand-operated valves Henneman Engineering
International Plumbing Code The Lowell Center
•Piping and equipment for hospitals Hooper Corporation 610 Langdon Street
(last three days)
•Gas piping Jay R. Smith Manufacturing Company 7:00 Theory of Waste and Drain Pipe
NFPA 54 (gas piping) Sizing
•Backflow prevention measures Kemin Industries, Inc. • Drainage systems
(for hospital session only)
•Wastewater reuse (optional) Kohler Company • Soil and waste stacks
NFPA 99 (hospital piping) • Storm water
•Storm water retention (optional) Mead & Hunt, Inc. • Piping layout suggestions
The speakers will use the latest All attendees will receive three-ring
binders of speakers’ handout materials. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Theory of Fixture, Waste and Vent
Wisconsin Plumbing Code for most Pipe Sizing
of the examples. There will, however, Moen, Inc. • Traps
be a discussion of the International CPE Recertification Progressive AE • Vent systems
Plumbing Code (IPC) at the optional Rohde Brothers, Inc. • Piping layout suggestions
Sunday Evening Session. Credit Harold L. Olsen
For more information on recertification 9:00 Approximate Adjournment
or the CPE program in general, Fluid Systems
Enrollment Options contact the Association for Facilities Monday, March 30
The sessions on Monday and Tuesday Engineering at 703-234-4123.
Engineering (FSE) 8:00 Registration
will focus on waste, vent and water The UW–Madison, College of The Pyle Center
piping. The sessions Wednesday Engineering, in cooperation with ASPE, 702 Langdon Street
through Friday will address pipe and ASPE Recertification offers a BS degree in civil engineering Madison, Wisconsin
equipment, hospital piping and green This course qualifies for recertification with an FSE option. The FSE option 8:15 Introduction and Course Overview
plumbing. Please see enrollment form. credit for CPEs and CPDs. For more includes studies in piping, pumping, Harold L. Olsen, Program Director
information, contact ASPE at heat transfer, and fluid control. For Engineering Professional Development
773-693-2773. information, contact Professor Jim University of Wisconsin–Madison
Benefits for… Park at jkpark@wisc.edu. Waste, Vent, and Water Piping
•Plumbing system designers
8:30 Private Sewage Systems
•Plumbers and contractors Note of Appreciation Plumbing Section
•Code officials We acknowledge the help and Wisconsin Department of Commerce
•Building operators cooperation of the Plumbing Review 9:45 Break
Section, Wisconsin Department of
Commerce.

Enroll online today! http://epd.engr.wisc.edu/webK427 Course outline continues…

 10:00 Sewers and Drains 3:45 Break Domestic Water Booster Systems • Fittings: types and assembly
Fixtures, Wastes and Vents 4:00 Water Piping Accessories and Their Dan Brusewitz • Codes and standard
• Waste and vent sizing (Wisconsin Selection Hydro-Flo Products, Inc. • Uses (systems)
Code) • T and P relief valves (Bell & Gossett) • Expansion and compensation
• Fixture diagrams • Pressure-reducing valves Brookfield, Wisconsin • Leak detection
• Methods of venting • Backflow prevention valve types Jamie Heinz
5:30 Adjourn
Plumbing Section • Thermal expansion tanks for water Spears Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin Department of Commerce heaters Colgate, Wisconsin
• Mixing valves Thursday, April 2
12:00 Lunch 4:00 Sump and Ejector Pumps
Richard Davison 8:00 Copper Tubing
1:00 Wastes, and Vents Practice • Types of tubing available • Types
Stickler and Associates
• Sample system layouts and sizing • Pressure and temperature ratings • Pump curves
Milwaukee, Wisconsin • Selection and applications
John Kollman • Weights and sizes
Plumbing Instructor 6:00 Adjourn/Homework • Sump sizes and accessories
• Fittings: types and assembly
Northeast Technical College • Codes and standards Bill Kanetzke
Wednesday, April 1 • Uses (systems) Weil Pump Company
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Pipe and Equipment, Hospital Piping, • Expansion and compensation Cedarburg, Wisconsin
5:00 The Green Home
Kohler Research Houses
Green Plumbing • Fluid friction charts or tables 5:30 Adjourn
7:30 Optional Homework Review • Erosion and corrosion factors
Phil Schrieber
Kohler Company John Kollman Mark Clark Friday, April 3
Nibco Inc. Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems in Health
Kohler, Wisconsin 7:45 Registration for those attending only
the last three days Elkhart, Indiana Care Facilities or Optional Green Sessions
6:00 Adjourn (see below)
8:00 National Fuel Gas Code 10:00 Plastic Piping for Waste, Vent,
Requirements: NFPA 54 Drains, Sewers, and Water (Interior 8:00 Source Equipment
Tuesday, March 31 and Exterior) • Bulk oxygen
Gas Piping
7:30 Optional Homework Review • Types of tubing available • Medical air compressors
• Pressure options
John Kollman • Pressure and temperature ratings • Medical vacuum producers
• Meter location and constraints
8:00 Theory of Domestic Hot and Cold • Weights and sizes • Instrument air systems
• Above-standard pressure customer
Water Piping Systems piping (2 lbs. and greater) • Fittings: types and assembly Piping Distribution Systems,
• Pipe sizing • CSST and copper piping • Codes and standards Manifolds
• Piping expansion • Pipe sizing using NFPA 54 • Uses (systems) • Valves, piping, outlets, alarm systems
• Shock absorbers Jim Shepherd • Expansion and compensation • Inspection, verification,
• Piping layout suggestions • Fluid friction charts or tables documentation
Alliant Utilities
Harold L. Olsen • Erosion and corrosion factors Tom Spremo
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Kurt Mast Medical Gas Solutions
9:00 Sizing Domestic Water Piping 9:15 Break
Systems Nibco Inc. Franklin, Wisconsin
• Sample system sizing 9:30 Water Treatment Elkhart, Indiana
• Softeners 12:00 Lunch
John Kollman 12:00 Lunch
• RO units 1:00 Design Techniques/Strategies
12:00 Lunch • Iron removal 1:00 Manual Valves (Iron, Brass, Plastic) • Common problems in systems today
1:00 Interceptors Lance Fitzgerald • Various types of valves available • Construction techniques
• Grease • Pressure and temperature ratings • Shut down/interruption planning
Commercial Training Manager
• Oil (WOG; other) • Pipe sizing exercise
Culligan Corporation • Codes and standards
• Other Tom Spremo
Northbrook, Illinois • Materials available
Plumbing Section
12:15 Lunch • Recommended uses Alternative Friday Sessions
Wisconsin Department of Commerce
1:00 Water Heater Loads • Leakage ratings and seals
2:30 Cross Contamination/Backflow Wastewater Reuse (morning)
Harold L. Olsen Charles Stutsman
Prevention Storm Water Retention Use (afternoon)
Nibco Inc.
• ASSE valve types 2:30 Converters and Storage Water
Elkhart, Indiana 8:00 Wastewater Reuse
Plumbing Section Heaters
3:00 Double Containment Piping Wisconsin Plumbing Code Com. 81 &
Wisconsin Department of Commerce Hot Water Circulating Systems
• Types of piping available 82 and Other Related Code Sections
• Pressure and temperature ratings • The study of reuse
• Weights and sizes – flow, loads, water balance, storage
conditions

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 Designing a Sample Water
Reuse System Four Easy Ways to Enroll Phone: Mail to:
State Registration and Inspection 800-462-0876 or Engineering Registration, The Pyle Center
Plumbing Section 608-262-1299 (TDD 265-2370) 702 Langdon Street, Dept. 106
Division of Safety and Buildings Need to Know More? Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Wisconsin Department of Commerce
Call toll free 800-462-0876 and ask for Internet:
11:00 Suggestions for LEED Points for http://epd.engr.wisc.edu/webK427 Fax:
Plumbing Projects Program Director: Harold L. Olsen 800-442-4214 or 608-265-3448
Sarah Balz Program Associate: Sandy Krentz n Course Information
Affiliated Engineers
Or e-mail custserv@epd.engr.wisc.edu
Madison, Wisconsin
12:00 Lunch General Information Please enroll me in Course #K427 in Madison, Wisconsin:
1:00 Storm Water Control Fee Covers Notebook, course materials and q Plumbing System Design March 30–April 3, 2009 Fee: $1395
Storm Water System Design references, break refreshments, lunches and
Calculations for Individual Building q Waste, Vent, and Water Piping March 30–31, 2009 Fee: $795
Sites
certificate.
q Pipe and Equipment, Hospital Piping, Green Plumbing April 1–3, 2009 Fee: $995
This session takes each attendee Cancellation If you cannot attend, please notify
q I will attend the optional Sunday evening session.
through the design of storm water reuse us at least 7 days prior to the first day of the
and infiltration management facilities course, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations q I cannot attend at this time. Please send me brochures on future courses.
for a small commercial site. The
session will include an examination of
received after this date and no-shows are subject
alternative approaches and the design to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a n Personal Information (Please print clearly.)
of the selected approach. substitute at any time before the course starts.
Specific topics we will cover include: Location The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Name_ ___________________________________________________________________________________
• Design requirements Madison, Wisconsin. Phone messages: 608-262-
• Collection 1122. Title______________________________________________________________________________________
• Treatments
• Infiltration and retention Accommodations We have reserved a block Company__________________________________________________________________________________
• Facility layout of sleeping rooms at a reduced rate for course
• Outlet structure participants at the Campus Inn, 601 Langdon Address___________________________________________________________________________________
(break around 2:00) Street, Madison, WI. To reserve a room, call
City/State/Zip_ _____________________________________________________________________________
Willie Gonwa PE, PhD 800-589-6285 or 608-257-4391 and indicate
Senior Project Manager that you will be attending this course under Phone ( ______ )______________________________Fax ( ______ )___________________________________
Triad Engineering, Inc. group code 80315. Room requests made later
Milwaukee, Wisconsin than March 8 will be subject to availability. Your E-mail____________________________________________________________________________________
Adjunct Professor enrollment confirmation will include other hotel/ n Additional Enrollee
Milwaukee School of Engineering motel information.
Course Changes We reserve the right to alter the Name_ ___________________________________________________________________________________
3:30 Final Adjournment
course schedule and substitute speakers when Title___________________________________________________________________________________
necessary.
Daily Schedule E-mail___________________________________________________________________________________
Earn Continuing Education Credits Attend
All times are approximate: March 30–April 3 and earn 4.0 CEU/40 PDH. n Billing Information
7:45 Coffee, juice and pastries Attend March 30–31 and earn 1.6 CEU/16 PDH. q  Bill my company q  P.O. or check enclosed (Payable in U.S. funds to UW– Madison)
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10:00 Coffee/soft drink break Please see options on enrollment form.
12:00 Lunch
Cardholder’s Name__________________________________________________________________________
3:00 Coffee/soft drink break
5:30 Adjournment Monday–Thursday Card No.__________________________________________________________ Expires__________________
3:30 Final Adjournment Friday n
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