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ASPE PE Working Group: An Update on ASPE's Effort to Give Plumbing Engineers a Test for Their License (And Why it Didn't Exist Before)

June 04, 2024 • IAPMO • Season 4 • Episode 9

In this episode, we welcome David Dexter, a professional engineer with over 40 years of experience in the plumbing trade. Dexter discusses his transition from a master plumber to a professional engineer and his active involvement in the ASPE Professional Engineering Working Group. They highlight the importance of a specialized plumbing engineering exam under the mechanical discipline to ensure the verification of expertise and enhance public safety. The conversation emphasizes the collaborative efforts between ASPE and NCEES to develop this exam, which is expected to take two to three years to finalize.

Episode links: Water: A Balancing Act: https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/blog/water-a-balancing-act The Greatest

Existential Threat to Our Planet: Spoiler Alert … It’s Not Climate: https://www.greenbuildermedia.com/blog/the-greatest-existential-threat-to-our-planet-spoiler-alert-its-not-climate

Fix A Leak Week:
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/fix-leak-week