Engineers & Specifiers

Copper piping resolves fabrication challenge for children’s hospital

By Andy G. Kireta Jr.

March 9, 2016

Hospitals can be scary places for both children and families. In efforts to be the exception, the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont...

Froedtert Hospital adds  Center for Advanced Care

By Brian Tym, P.E., GPD, CannonDesign

March 9, 2016

Froedtert Hospital is the medical affiliate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, and is a level-one trauma Center serving the...

Best ideas in solar combisystems

March 9, 2016

Bristol Stickney

In this column, I will presented a wide variety of issues related to the design and installation of solar heating...

Firestopping, Part 2

March 9, 2016

Samuel S. Dannaway

The design of firestop systems is quickly becoming a highly complicated and highly specialized area. A particular building design may...

Update on the Flint crisis

March 9, 2016

Ron George

The city of Flint, Michigan has been all over the news. I listened to the Congressional hearings, and the information...

Failed faucets and relationships

March 9, 2016

Timothy Allinson

Some of you readers know that I am separated and in the process of divorce. Separation and divorce create a...

Hydraulic Institute names Paul Ruzicka its 2015 Member of the Year

March 8, 2016

The Hydraulic Institute named Paul Ruzicka, global COE residential, commercial waste water and chief engineer, Xylem Inc. - Applied Water...

American Standard introduces a pint urinal to its commercial Decorum fixture collection.

March 3, 2016

In addition to its aesthetically-pleasing design, this new pint urinal showcases environmentally-sustainable qualities. Meeting the 2016 California water restriction regulations,...

BlazeMaster Sprinkler Head Adapters Seal The Deal

March 3, 2016

NIBCO BRASTIC sprinkler head adapters are corrosion free and improve torque resistance. Large brass starter thread prevents cross-threading and removal...