Please join us for the first Chapter meeting of the new ASPE season! We have teamed up with ASHRAE to delivery a join webinar. We have a member of the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force joining us to provide a webinar update on the situation at hand and how we can we best apply the knowledge gained for new designs and reopening existing buildings.

Background, Basics, Evolution of COVID-19 and Effects on Communities

COVID-19 is an evolving disease with evolving scientific papers that are currently published at about 1000 per week.  The SARS-CoV-2 virus comes "packaged" in hard to understand forms and has been shown by the National Academy of Science to be a potentially airborne disease. ASHRAE's response was to form an Epidemic Task Force with a core team and support from many technical committees. The first charter requested of ASHRAE leadership was to produce guidance documents, which can be viewed on the ASHRAE website and are being actively viewed domestically and globally. This presentation looks at basics, significant scientific papers, and ASHRAE's response through the Epidemic Task Force, and why the guidance reads as it does.

Speaker:

James F. Ridenhour, Jr., Retired PE

Jim is a voting member on the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force (ETF) which was created this past spring in response to the Coronavirus. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from NC State University and an MBA from Clemson Furman. Jim worked for Fluor for 34 years--the last 25 years focusing on Advanced Technologies & Life Sciences.

Professional/Expertise Experience:

Forty years of design experience in varied process and industrial facilities including hot synthetic fibers, pulp and paper, plastics, commercial, military, laboratory, food, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, micro-electronics, and X-Ray film industries. Completed Clean Room design expertise includes rooms from ISO 14644 Classification 9, 8, 7, 5 and ISO Class 1. Lead engineer in responsible charge for eight Bio-Technology projects. Four of these projects are FDA-cleared to produce therapeutics in the market to treat Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus, Osteoporosis, and Gastrointestinal Illness. These validated facilities were taken from a clean sheet of paper state to constructed and operational. Four of the eight projects included front end and preliminary engineering activities only. Technical Consultant or performed significant work on seven other Biologics manufacturing facilities. Design experience with Pharmaceutical Powder Containment booths and Bio-Safety Level 1 and 2 Hoods. Building Management Systems and Network expertise includes integrated process air handling systems with control networks monitoring pharmaceutical validated systems, cold rooms, bio safety

cabinets, storage freezers, and electrical power systems. Experienced in high dispersion fans and Bladder airflow control valves in Biotechnology and Laboratories. Custom air handling unit design including prototyping and testing of novel component arrangements, zero HEPA filter by-pass schemes,

air blending, and high-pressure fans. Experienced in various in-duct flow measuring technologies. Extensive experience working on International Projects and working across languages in technical information sharing sessions. Fluor corporate subject matter expert for Air Handling Systems design.

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