After a long day hiking Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park, all any of the guests at nearby Ruby’s Inn want is a nice hot shower. The problem for managers of the 700-room resort was everybody wanted to take that nice hot shower at the same time.

A collaborative effort spearheaded in part by McKinstry Co. and Comfort Systems USA Northwest has published a free download designed to improve safety within the mechanical contracting industry.

Electrification of buildings has become a policy imperative of numerous states concerned about climate change. They are implementing policies that aim to de-carbonize electricity production by greater reliance on renewable energy sources.

The Heights is a state-of-the-art, 775 seat, 180,000 square foot public school located in densely-populated Arlington, Virginia.

There are many equations for determining the flow in natural gas pipes and the pressure drops associated with those flows, or vice versa. Our intent is to determine the validity of each equation with respect to flow rates that might be encountered by a plumbing engineer.

The Wholesaler reached out to wholesale distributors from coast to coast to tell us what was happening in their areas and what to expect down the road. Here is what each had to report.

That’s a key point that Gina and Rodman Schley want others to take away from their home. Their remodeled old farmhouse in the Denver, Colorado, suburbs is beautiful, functional and sustainable.

My last two columns have, instead, reviewed the critical modern technologies shaping our 2010s and 2020s built environment. It’s time to return to some actual projects.

This is the continuation of a series of columns covering only the code changes that were approved as submitted from 2018 to the 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) change hearings.

The annual competition recognizes excellence in design and execution; wood tones, sculptural elements and textural accents were among the elements featured in this year's winning designs.