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May/June 2005 Designing Winning Stadium Plumbing

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5 Features Cover Story 34 May/June 2005 Vol. 4 No Plumbing Practices on the International Space Station Winston Huff, CPD, LEED AP 34 Scoring a Successful Plumbing System John O. Bailey In the competitive world of professional and amateur sports, team owners are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into new stadiums and arenas to attract more and more fans. These facilities are decked out with entertainment venues such as restaurants and bars in addition to the numerous concessions, making plumbing engineers and designers vital members of the design team. Turn to page 34 to learn all about these facilities unique plumbing requirements. Cover photo by Ron Vesely/Chicago White Sox Inset photo by David Ropinski Continuing Education 56 Special-Waste Drainage Systems 69 Continuing Education Questions Published bimonthly by the American Society of Plumbing Engineers 8614 W. Catalpa Avenue, Suite 1007 Chicago, IL (773) , Fax (773) info@psdmagazine.org Publisher/Editor In Chief Stanley M.Wolfson Executive Publisher Tom Govedarica Editor J. Joe Scott II, CPD Managing Editor Gretchen Pienta Technical Editors Daniel J. Fagan, PE, CPD Jill J. Dirksen Graphic Designer David Ropinski East Coast Sales/Associate Publisher Thomas C. Meacham, CIPE (864) Continuing Education Answer Sheet and Application Form Plumbing Systems & Design is published bimonthly by the American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Inc., 8614 W. Catalpa Avenue, Suite 1007, Chicago, IL , ASPE, fax , psdmagazine@aspe.org, No charge for subscriptions to qualified individuals. Annual rate for subscriptions to nonqualifying individuals outside North America: $ USD. POSTMASTER: Change of address should be sent to Plumbing Systems & Design, 8614 W. Catalpa Avenue, Suite 1007, Chicago, IL Plumbing Systems & Design is an official publication of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers. Statements of fact, material, and opinion contained in contributed articles are the responsibility of the authors alone and do not imply an opinion or official position by the officers, staff, or members of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers. 2005, American Society of Plumbing Engineers. All rights reserved; material may not be reproduced without written permission. ISSN Plumbing Systems & Design May/June 2005

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7 May/June 2005 Vol. 4 No. 3 Getting Technical 10 Lessons Learned What Do Physics Have to Do With It? 14 International Digest From Turkey Documentation and Identification of Water Installation Systems in Ottoman Baths 28 Computer Corner Creating and Using a Fixture Unit Versus Flow Calculator 42 Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers Hydronic System Piping Alternatives Part 5 46 Focus on Fire Protection Marginal Water Supplies and Water-Based Fire Protection Systems 48 MCAA/PCA Quality Takes Time 49 Code Update Plumbing Engineers Get No Respect 50 Plumbing Design by the Numbers Give Me a Boost! 52 Designer s Notebook Choosing and Installing Trap Primers ASPE Report 72 From the President s Pen 73 Transitions 73 Meet PSD's New Executive Publisher 73 Palm Pilot Winners Announced 74 ASPE Design Standards Committee Technical Symposium 79 New ASPE Members Perspectives X6 From the Publisher X8 Speaking Out 12 Peer to Peer 54 The World of Design/Build 71 Inside the Industry 80 New Product Showcase 80 Advertisers Index Board of Directors President J. Joe Scott II, CPD Cannon Design St. Louis, MO Affiliate Liaison William M. Smith Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co. Montgomery, AL Vice President, Technical Julius A. Ballanco, PE JB Engineering and Code Consulting, PC Munster, IN Region 1 Liaison Donald Keith, CPD AKF Engineers Arlington, VA Region 2 Liaison C. David Hudson, CPD Fosdick & Hilmer Inc. Cincinnati, OH Vice President, Education Norman Parks, CET, CPD The Wooten Company Raleigh, NC 4 Plumbing Systems & Design May/June 2005 Region 3 Liaison David H. Anelli HLM Design Orlando, FL Vice President, Legislative Ray W. Moore, PE, CPD Professional Engineering Services Salt Lake City, UT Region 4 Liaison Stephen W. Shayler, CPD AE Associates Inc. Greeley, CO Vice President, Membership William F. Hughes Jr., CPD Robinson Green Beretta Providence, RI Region 5 Liaison Brian D. Salisbury, CPD Sebesta Blomberg Roseville, MN Secretary / Treasurer Jeffrey Ingertson, CPD Sierra Vista, AZ Executive Director Stanley M. Wolfson Chicago, IL

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