Plumbing Design for Today’s Complex Buildings
Today’s highly complex commercial and industrial facilities are engineering marvels. Smart technology, energy-efficiency initiatives, and regulatory compliance requirements all provide challenges to system designers and engineers. Plumbing systems are no longer simple...Fire Protection Design
Commercial fire protection systems involve a lot more than just sprinklers. A properly designed fire suppression system is a sophisticated, multi-layered environment tailored to a specific structure, taking into account the building’s size, purpose, occupancy, and...Heat Pumps: The Alternative to Natural Gas
Natural gas has been in the news a lot recently, and much of the coverage has been less than positive. The widespread failure of the natural gas system here in New England’s Merrimack Valley due to over-pressurization led to explosions and fires in multiple homes in...Complying with NFPA 110 in mission critical facilities
For those who might not be familiar with it, or just need a quick refresher, NFPA 110…
Revised Energy Codes
Despite all the technological advances in energy efficiency over the last few decades, as a nation..