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LiquiTech Webinar

LiquiTech to Sponsor, Present PHCPPros Webinar: "Plumbing Design in the Age of Sustainability — A Better Way Forward"

September 7, 2022
The webinar, featuring speakers Jay Egg, CMC; Kristy Egg BSPH, RN; and LiquiTech CEO Tory Schira, will take place on Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. CDT.
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Cannabis Grow Facility Design 101, Part 3: HVACD and Air Distribution

A detailed discussion with the owner’s lead grower or cultivation team is the first step in understanding how to properly size and select equipment.
September 5, 2022

Part three of a four-part series on cannabis facilities design. This article describes heating, ventilation, air conditioning and dehumidification systems and air distribution, with a focus on the cultivation side of an indoor facility. 


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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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