The design of a building’s plumbing system must go beyond Legionella mitigation and streamline compliance tasks for facility managers. ASHRAE Standard 188, Legionellosis: Risk Management For Building Water Systems, targeted those tasked with maintaining building water systems.

A pending federal copyright infringement lawsuit may be of particular significance for plumbing design professionals.

Design criteria for storage fire protection systems must consider a substantial number of variables: what is being stored and how, the height of the planned storage, how high the ceiling is above the storage, and what the water supply is.

As we continue this series, Ron George discusses thermal expansion tanks, temperature gauges, temperature effects on Legionella bacteria and hot water temperature maintenance cables.

For 40 years, fleet payments haven’t seen much innovation, but that’s begun to change.

A good public relations strategy can attract new employees, which continues to be challenging in the home services business. Your company culture, social media presence, digital reviews and the voices of current employees are used by prospective employees to vet your company.

Using automation to detect faults and diagnose building issues is evolving. However, it is not a substitute for facilities personnel engagement and a genuine desire to improve operations. Justin Bowker from TDIndustries explains how his company successfully uses automated facilities management processes.

As contractors juggle correct pricing, fair employee compensation, and personal salaries, it’s important to know and understand their business costs and how many tech hours they must sell to ensure the company is not losing money.

The type of pipe joint plumbing, heating and air system designers spec for modern commercial buildings can affect how simple or challenging installation, commissioning and maintenance will be. Part 1 focuses on grooved, welded and flanged joints.

The building industry has seen an increase in the development of zero net energy or net zero energy structures over the last decade. Behind these designs are building science and thermodynamic principles that allow such structures to consume the same amount of energy they produce in a year.