Just under a year ago, Plumbing Engineer magazine was among 45-plus professionals from the plumbing, heating, cooling and piping (PHCP) community that attended manufacturer Watts Water’s annual Healthcare Symposium.

This spring, McGuire Manufacturing launched its new integral check valve, the ICV Defender. The valve was designed to address the growing concern and challenges related to cross connection and reverse flow at the fixture, which can contaminate potable water supplies and systems.

Gary and I have covered a lot of ground in our last six articles in this magazine. We focused on transforming high performing building hot water systems fired with hybrid solar thermal and heat pumps.

Laura Loziuk is one of the Women In PHCP who PHCPPros will be spotlighting in ongoing support of AB&I’s celebration of women in the industry. 

In celebration of women in engineering, manufacturing, and the skilled trades, the company has developed an iron woman character named “Rose."

While the firefighting foam showed great promise, reports of groundwater contamination resulted in legislation banning or restricting its use.

Air-source geothermal heat pumps are absolutely necessary to help us attain the goal of zero on-site admissions. They provide a terrific amount of site-sourced energy from the ambient air and the earth beneath our buildings.

A continued summary of significant revisions of the International Plumbing Code to be published in the 2021 edition.

The 2020 competition focused on building a new 17,500-square-foot document storage and archive center in Mumbai, India.

HermsenWhite is currently studying mechanical engineering at Iowa State University with plans to graduate in December 2020.