New NFPA Study Indicates Strong Support for Home Fire Sprinklers November 28, 2016 A new study by the Fire Protection Research Foundation highlights positive opinions of home fire sprinklers by homeowners and most...Read More
PIPETECHS Plumbing Technology Earns 2016 PHCC Safety Award November 3, 2016 The 10th annual Safety First! Contractor of the Year Award was presented to PIPETECHS Plumbing Technology, a Raleigh, N.C., business....Read More
Illinois Plumbing Contractor Placed on OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program October 12, 2016 Og Plumbing ignored three OSHA warnings in one month. Less than three weeks after being cited for exposing workers to...Read More
FPE Corner Fire Safety Requirements The final rule was recently adopted for the health care industry as it relates to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. October 7, 2016 Samuel S. Dannaway Those of you involved in the U.S. health care industry are probably aware that on May 3, 2016, the Centers...Read More
Kansas County Approves Second Plumbing Code Despite Plumbers' Safety Concerns October 6, 2016 Officials in Sedgwick County voted 4-1 to approve a new dual code system, which means two plumbing codes – the...Read More
EMCOR Government Services Presents 10-Year Project with CDC to Combat Legionnaires’ Disease October 6, 2016 Alan Spence, PE, RPA, CIT, director emeritus of Emcor Government Services, served on a select committee with the CDC in...Read More
New Hospital Study Says Heat Exchangers May Act as Legionella Reservoir September 28, 2016 Heat exchangers installed in a hospital to conserve energy promoted growth of Legionella pneumophila in the hot water supply, according...Read More
Alaska Firm to Challenge $560,000 State Fines Over Death of Worker Killed While Laying Sewer Pipe September 22, 2016 An Anchorage construction firm is contesting more than half a million dollars in fines levied against it by state officials,...Read More
Study Says $9 Billion in Medicare Costs for Infections Linked to Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens September 15, 2016 A new analysis of 100 million Medicare records from U.S. adults aged 65 and older reveals rising healthcare costs for...Read More
Ice Machine, Sinks Linked to Legionnaires’ Cases at University of Washington Medical Center September 15, 2016 Second death linked to Legionnaires’ at center. A second death of a University of Washington Medical Center patient has been...Read More
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