Unreliable water pressure from a 1,000 gallons/minute pump serving an underground fire protection loop and connected to a 10-inch municipal water main precipitated the addition of a 250,000-gallon water storage tank to a research facility’s fire protection system.

The 65 MW Century Oak Wind agreement will generate the power equivalent to the annual electricity needs of more than 34,000 average U.S. homes.

High-expansion foam fire suppression systems are uncommon, so when one is being installed and tested, it is quite a spectacle. Read on to see how such a system is used to safeguard extremely expensive Army equipment.

The Virginia Commonwealth University opened its eight-story, 154,000-gross-square-foot College of Health Professions building in 2019. Read on to learn how Mueller Associates provided MEP and fire protection system engineering services for the health-care building’s design.