2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
Held in Pittsburgh, the 2019 ASPE Tech Symposium attracted 567 participants from across North America, which makes it the highest attended ASPE Tech Symposium since the 2007 Tech Symposium in Atlanta.
Posted: December 18, 2019
2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
Held biennially, ASPE’s Tech Symposium focuses on education, professional development, and networking for plumbing engineers and designers.
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2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
The event incorporates in-depth technical education sessions, expert speakers, CEUs, a product show, parties and other special features to help attendees learn, make new connections and grow their careers.
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2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
The “Hands On Workshop for Using Multi Story Fittings in Construction” education session took a slightly different approach than the other sessions. Video clips are available on PME’s Facebook Page.
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2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
Many of the sessions were packed, with standing room only.
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2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
Zurn announced the winner of its Specifier of the Year contest: David Texter, CPD, Southwestern Ohio. For a video of the award presentation, visit Facebook.com/PMEngineer/videos.
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2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
Each night highlighted a different event. The first being a product show, the second an ASPE Welcome party and the third an AYP networking event.
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2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
This KOHLER Modflex Adjust-A-Bowl toilet, one of the many products displayed at the product showcase, allows for wall-mount to floor-mount conversion for existing and new construction applications in less than an hour.
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2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
“Seeing old friends and meeting new colleagues is an important part of attending the ASPE Technical Symposium,” said Julius Ballanco, PME columnist and past president of ASPE. “I enjoyed meeting many younger engineers who were attending for the first time. They are the future of our profession. We look to be in good hands.”
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2019 ASPE Tech Symposium
The schedule included: a number of committee meetings each morning, a green plumbing design workshop, an ASPE Young Professionals leadership academy, medical tracks, hydronic tracks, a track on seismic bracing, many tracks that focused on code compliance as well as Legionella, and many others.
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