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Plumbing Design Considerations for Digestive Health Scope Reprocessing Centers — Part 2

Scope reprocessing areas are very plumbing-intensive and require considerable design planning.

January 3, 2022

Plumbing engineers should get involved as early as possible to understand equipment requirements, staff workflows, needed source equipment and space considerations.

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Touch-free Hygiene Best Practices for Restrooms in Education Facilities

American Rescue Plan funding facilitates many improvements in school restrooms to reduce the spread of illness.

November 1, 2021

Lowell Manalo

American Rescue Plan funding facilitates many improvements in school restrooms to reduce the spread of illness. The Healthy Schools, Healthy People initiative cites comprehensive data proving that proper hand hygiene is key to good health for the whole school community.

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Plumbing Design Considerations for Digestive Health Scope Reprocessing Centers — Part 1

Designing plumbing systems for these facilities, particularly their scope and instrument reprocessing areas, can be a daunting task.

November 1, 2021

Designing plumbing systems for these facilities, particularly their scope and instrument reprocessing areas, can be a daunting task even for designers familiar with them.

Collaborative Health Care Design

The MRI Room

Some facilities are performing medical procedures with magnetic resonance imaging equipment, which affects the medical gas systems.

September 3, 2021

John Gregory

For a long time now, medical professionals were straightforward in what they could provide to patients via an MRI.

SafeTraces Launches HVAC Safety Verification Service With EHS, IAQ and Engineering Leaders

July 16, 2021

UL, Tetra Tech, RHP Risk Management, Citadel EHS, and Universal Engineering Sciences will be flagship partners in delivering the first safety verification service of HVAC system performance focused on airborne pathogens.

Collaborative Health Care Design

Time for Reflection, Part 2

What have we learned from COVID-19 to retrofit existing facilities and design new ones and be better prepared for future pandemics?

July 2, 2021

John Gregory

Older existing facilities can be complex in the way they have expanded over the years — piping systems exceeding their limits, adding valves for bypass abilities, replacing and updating equipment. The list goes on.

Young Professionals + Integrated Design

One Year Ago Today

Reflecting on how the Milwaukee design and construction community pulled together to build alternative care facilities for COVID-19 patients.

May 7, 2021

Cory Powers

If you’re paying attention to the news — and I wouldn’t blame you for turning it off and listening to some music — but if you are, you’ve noticed a theme of “One year ago today.”

W.D. Manor Partners with Whitehall Mfg. on W.D. Manor Dialysis Box

May 3, 2021

In addition to its manufacturing prowess, Whitehall contributes the product sales and marketing expertise needed to get the dialysis box into the hands of more engineers and facility owners.