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Winning the battle for mechanical square footage requires smarter plumbing solutions for restaurants.
Nicholas Hipp explores how collaborative engineering is solving the challenge of shrinking restaurant footprints through space-saving wall-mounted booster pumps and creative water volume solutions.
Early planning, understanding staff workflows and coordinating with clients, architects and vendors are critical for sizing source equipment and meeting evolving standards.
Aaron Bock, PE, breaks down the complex plumbing demands of hospital Sterile Processing Departments, emphasizing why precision in water purity, temperature, and system redundancy is vital for supporting life-saving surgical workflows.
Plumbing engineers must take a more active role in documenting control expectations and integrating plumbing systems with building automation, ensuring clarity, reliability and reduced risk for building owners.
Integrated automation is shifting plumbing design from simple equipment selection to a vital role in building intelligence, requiring engineers to bridge the gap between mechanical layouts and digital control strategies.
Jill Imig draws on lessons from her grandfather’s Dairy Queen corner booth to illustrate why meaningful human connection and visibility remain the most powerful tools in a leader’s arsenal.
Use only compatible products, offer proper contractor training and maintain strict adherence to manufacturer guidelines to ensure long-term system performance and safety.
Lici Resch explores the 50-year legacy of CPVC in fire protection, debunking flammability myths while highlighting the critical need for chemical compatibility and expert installation to ensure system longevity.
This article explores how modular design, hydraulic separation, and advanced controls can transform geothermal systems from incremental efficiency gains into scalable, high-performance solutions for commercial and residential buildings.
Control sequences should evolve based on lessons learned, feedback from commissioning and operational realities. When well written, they reflect your team’s values: clarity, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Clear, well-written HVAC control sequences are the critical link between design intent and real-world system performance, ensuring DDC programming, commissioning, and long-term building operation succeed as intended.
The standard helps plumbing engineers design one of the most critical water systems in a hospital.
This article explains why ANSI/AAMI ST108:2023 has become a de facto enforceable standard and offers practical design guidance for plumbing engineers to ensure compliant water systems in hospital sterile processing departments.
High-piled storage protection is an intimidating task. However, by breaking it down into simpler steps, it becomes a much easier path to a confident, accurate design.
This in-depth guide breaks down NFPA 13 requirements for high-piled storage, helping fire protection designers confidently select the right sprinkler systems for complex storage occupancies.
Public, private or combined water sources require careful evaluation and maintenance to meet the flow, pressure and quality demands of a fire sprinkler system.