Simpson joins the Viega executive team with experience in complex, global business, having worked previously at Baker Hughes, General Electric, and most recently as chief financial officer of Nexus Controls.

ASSE International is forming a working group to develop a professional qualifications standard for inspectors of cured-in-place-piping (CIPP) systems, a process for in-place pipe rehabilitation.

This packed symposium will explore design concepts, tools, and approaches for fire-safe buildings, and highlight the role of fire safety in sustainable design and education.

The enhanced BEST 6.2 focuses attention on energy use, including up to four selected systems in one life-cycle comparison report.

John Siegenthaler, P.E., a favorite to the webinar series, will discuss design details, challenges and lessons learned from a from a recent project profile of a modern hybrid approach.

Americans continue to have elevated expectations for washroom cleanliness and maintenance. Touchless fixtures are a must as people; all-in-one handwashing systems fulfill that requirement and reduce maintenance.

The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute estimated that high-efficiency, gas-fired appliances expel an astounding 9 billion gallons of acidic condensate annually in this country. This substance can harm infrastructure, the local sewage system and the environment.

This case deals with arbitration and interprets certain provisions of a standard contract document published by the American Institute of Architects. While it involved a construction contract, the principles are also applicable to design professional contracts.

A geo-exchange system either extracts energy from the ground for heating or pumps it back into the ground for cooling. Energy companies and large construction firms can use this technology to help decarbonize our buildings and remain profitable. BF Nagy describes a few such North American projects in this month’s column.