Just a few months back, Zurn introduced its Specifier of the Year contest for the American Society of Plumbing Engineers. The contest recognizes professionals applying digital tools to streamline plumbing specification process workflow, scheduling and project sharing. 

I’m a solar engineer – not a mechanical one. That’s one reason that I found out the hard way that designing domestic hot water (DHW) production and distribution systems for multifamily buildings is a lot harder than designing a single-family residential system. 

This month Scott Futrell, president of Futrell Fire Consult & Design Inc., joins this column to take a closer look at acceptance testing and the numerous requirements that are part of the process.

A simple solar domestic water heater can easily be switched into solar-only mode by turning off the conventional (backup) heat source.

Science tells us that time is relative. I’m not going to do a deep dive into why this is true, but do yourself a favor and check out some YouTube videos on this topic.

My last two columns have, instead, reviewed the critical modern technologies shaping our 2010s and 2020s built environment. It’s time to return to some actual projects.

This is the continuation of a series of columns covering only the code changes that were approved as submitted from 2018 to the 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) change hearings.

That $9 billion figure is just enough to replace 25 percent of Massachusetts’ aging natural gas infrastructure — and expected to take two decades.

The project increased the number of student beds at the residence hall from 693 on four floors to 756 on five floors, while preserving a significant amount of the structure's historic Georgian Revival-style exterior.

The event marked the beginning of the renovation on a two-story, 66,700-square-foot building located in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.