Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: January 21-27, 2022

Read the best articles from the past week. Fire pump system design, BAS replacements, lighting controls and limiting COVID-19 infections and hospital fire life system design.

By Chris Vavra January 28, 2022
Courtesy: WSP USA

Consulting-Specifying Engineer‘s top 5 articles online over the past week covered fire pump system design, BAS replacements, lighting controls and limiting COVID-19 infections and hospital fire life system design. Were you out last week? Catch up with a link to each article below.

1. Fire pump systems design and coordinationLearn about the details of fire pump design and interdisciplinary coordination throughout the design process.

2. Five steps to BAS replacements Replacement of building automation systems can follow the process and precision of medical surgery.

3. How to use sequence of operations for lighting controls Sequence operations provides a clear, concise and client-friendly method of communicating lighting design intent.

4. Engineering mitigations limit infection from COVID-19 Ultraviolet germicidal irradiance (UVGI) has the ability to make buildings and indoor spaces healthier for their occupants by significantly reducing the spread of COVID-19 and future airborne respiratory viruses.

5. How are hospital fire and life safety systems being designed differently? Hospitals and health care facilities are changing and their fire and life safety systems must transform with them.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is senior editor for WTWH Media LLC.