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Two new working groups are now forming for the ASSE Series 12000, Professional Qualifications Standard for Water Management and Infection Control Risk Assessment for Building Systems.

The first working group will be tasked with drafting two new standards to add to the series for Air Quality Risk Management. There will be a standard for HVAC technicians (12051) and another for employers/contractors (12050).

A separate working group is forming to draft a standard for Construction Risk Assessment for Engineers, Designers & Commissioning Agents (12025).

If you are interested in participating on either, or both, of these working groups, please complete a working group application and return it to Marianne Waickman at marianne.waickman@asse-plumbing.org by May 14. If you have questions you can email Waickman or call her at (708) 995-3015.

Thomas (Tom) F. Walsh passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Licensed as a New Jersey Master Plumber in 1988, Tom entered the industry 10 years prior as an apprentice. After receiving his Master Plumbers license in March 1988, he began Walsh’s Plumbing & Mechanical, a New Jersey Corporation. He was Chief Plumbing Code Official for the Township of East Brunswick, NJ and a proud member of numerous plumbing associations across the state and country. Tom was highly supportive of and involved with ASSE and the IAPMO group in many ways. He served on ASSE's Cross-Connection Control (CCC) Technical Committee, CCC School/Instructor Committee, Backflow Advisory Committee, Residential Fire Sprinkler Technical Committee, and ASSE Series 5000 Working Group. He was was also an IAPMO and BPI instructor and proctor, and a member of the NSPC Training Committee. Tom played an important role in helping establish BPI classes in parts of New Jersey and helped set up the backflow wet lab at IAPMO's headquarters in Ontario.

He was a devoted father and enjoyed spending time with his family, playing the drums, and riding his motorcycle. He also served in the music and children's ministries at his church. Thomas is survived by his children, Rachel and Christian; and his siblings: Diane, Kathy, Kenny, Michael, and Scott. He is predeceased by his parents, Louise and Thomas; & a sister, Lisa Walsh.

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