Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, November 20-26: Positive Salary Survey responses, designing medical buildings, changes to NFPA fire pump standard, and more

Positive Salary Survey responses, electrical lighting in medical buildings, designing medical buildings, changes to NFPA fire pump standard, and fire and life safety were Consulting-Specifying Engineer's five most clicked articles from last week, November 20-26. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.

By Sierra Grayson, CFE Media November 27, 2017

Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s top 5 most read articles online, for November 20-26 covered positive Salary Survey responses, electrical lighting in medical buildings, designing medical buildings, changes to NFPA fire pump standard, and fire and life safety. Link to each article below.

1. Salary survey responses remain positive

Job satisfaction is up while company training programs are down. Read this year’s salary survey to find out where you and your company stand against others in your field.

2. How to design medical buildings: Electrical, lighting, and power

Hospitals and health care buildings have become very sophisticated. Coordination among all parties, special attention to codes and standards, and a focus on patient comfort have each become highly important to engineers. Electrical and power system design are highly sophisticated.

3. How to design medical buildings

Hospitals and healthcare buildings have become very sophisticated. Coordination among all parties, special attention to codes and standards, and a focus on patient comfort have each become highly important to engineers.

4. NFPA 20: Changes to the fire pump standard

Regardless of whether the 2016 edition of NFPA 20 will be applicable to the next nonresidential building project, fire protection engineers need to be aware of recent changes to the standard.

5. How to design medical buildings: Fire and life safety

Hospitals and health care buildings have become very sophisticated. Coordination among all parties, special attention to codes and standards, and a focus on patient comfort have each become highly important to engineers. Fire and life safety systems are crucial for patient care.

This list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on www.csemag.com, November 20-26, for articles published within the last two months.

Sierra Grayson, Production Coordinator, CFE Media, sgrayson@cfemedia.com.