Welcome to the 50th anniversary issue of Plumbing Engineer! Serving engineers in the PHCP industry has been and continues to be an honor.

Looking back to a case from 1973, Steven Nudelman explains this negligence claim where a contractor was forced to pay for additional materials and labor because of an architect’s errors and omissions.

Current codes call for the installation of fire sprinklers in many instances in new construction, but there are still many cases where sprinklers are not required. 

Read this month’s BF Nagy column to learn about ASHRAE Standard 241, Control of Infectious Aerosols (in Buildings) to reduce the risk of airborne disease transmission, such as SARS-COV-2 virus, the flu virus and other pathogens in buildings. Also, discover heat batteries and how they can help with decarbonization. 

As this publication celebrates 50 years of educating plumbing professionals about codes and standards, Ron George focuses attention on how five decades of those codes and standards have shaped the plumbing systems we have today.

New rating system focuses on setting existing buildings on decarbonization path and addresses equity, health, ecosystems and resilience.

AFSA42 attendees were spellbound this year as the American Fire Sprinkler Association presented its Annual Convention, Exhibition, and Apprentice Competition in Orlando, Florida, Sept. 6-9.

UES reports will be listed in a special LA Code Report Directory for easy access.

Embodied carbon and operational energy were the focus of the 2023 ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference held recently in Austin, Texas.