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BIM Coordination for Plumbing Design

Design quality and model quality are not competing objectives. To achieve quality design, you also must have a quality model.
September 5, 2022
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Building information modeling is the preferred design and coordination method for all aspects of construction, including mechanical, electrical and plumbing plans. 


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Collaborative Health Care Design

The Mindful Designer

New tools for the new-age designer and how to use mindful awareness to bring creativity, perspective and curiosity to your designer’s toolbox.
September 5, 2022
John Gregory
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A more mindful approach to health-care design can help you gain a new perspective about the client you are working with. 


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Code Classroom

How to Size a Boiler Blowdown System and Drains, Part 2

Boiler effluent is scalding hot and can severely injure plant engineers and other workers.
September 5, 2022
Ron George
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Read on for step-by-step instructions on sizing drainage systems, including how to determine the flow rate of boiler effluent and cooling water, as well as the required pipe sizes.


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Contractor Stories

Mod-Cons and Cast-Iron Radiators

Put in the work to ensure it’s the proper design for the application long before you pick up the first wrench.
August 5, 2022
Stephen Minnich
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For a hydronic system to provide the efficiency promised, it is crucial to put in the work and ensure the design is proper for the application. 


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Product App

99 Problems but a Pitch Ain’t One

The siphonic drain design eliminates air from entering the pipework, which, in conjunction with the negative pressure, pulls the water off the roof.
August 5, 2022
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Designing to Combat Legionella

Proper design of domestic water systems and use of standards are key to mitigating Legionella bacteria in facilities.
August 5, 2022
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Code Classroom

How to Size a Boiler Blowdown System and Drains, Part 1

Boiler effluent is scalding hot and can severely injure plant engineers and other workers.
August 5, 2022
Ron George
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After a renovation project, a physical plant stationary engineer fell into the overflow of scalding hot boiler effluent; he eventually died of his injuries.


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Contractor Stories

Siggy Strikes Again

The technology in our industry is moving forward at a brisk pace, and I want to move forward with it.
July 4, 2022
Stephen Minnich
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John Siegenthaler’s “Modern Hydronic Heating” is now its fourth edition, with 867 pages describing the cutting-edge technology found in the industry today. 


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Underground Pipe Insulation Failures I Have Seen

Tips for designing and installing these types of piping systems.
July 4, 2022
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Indoor Ice Rinks: Design Considerations for High-Performance Ice
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Indoor Ice Rinks: Design Considerations for High-Performance Ice

A strategy to reduce convective heat transfer at the ice surface for hard, fast and energy-efficient ice.
July 4, 2022
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Maintaining high-quality ice in an indoor ice rink can be challenging. 


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