MNS, ECS
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles July 26-August 1
Read the best articles from the past week. Managing an engineering career, electrical and power design in government facilities, generators as an alternative power supply, HVAC and plumbing in government facilities, and fire alarm notification design best practices.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles July 19-25
Read the best articles from the past week. Generators as an alternative power supply, implementing NFPA 99-2018, electrical and power study results, five design concepts for laboratory success and best practices for fire alarm notification design.
Government facility design: Fire and life safety
Consulting engineers are working on government, state, municipal, federal, correctional and military buildings
Automatic air venting valve
This patent-pending, one-piece isolation valve with strainer and purge with hose thread is designed to allow for the rapid purging of air from the pipes as the system is filled and the venting of excess air once the system is filled.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles July 12-18
Read the best articles from the past week. Considerations for electrical testing and commissioning, sprinkler installations and obstructions, best practices for fire alarm notification design, integrating direct digital controls and technologies to watch in fire & life safety.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles July 5-11
Read the best articles from the past week. Electrical systems design to commissioning, resiliency and climate change, sprinkler installations and obstructions, best practices for fire alarm notification design and the 2019 lighting and lighting controls study.
Three technologies to watch in fire, life safety
While some of these systems have been available for some time, they are not yet readily accepted by fire and life safety experts
Retail, restaurant and mixed-use facilities: Fire, life safety
What are the trickiest aspects of retail, restaurant and mixed-use projects and what trends lie ahead? Read on for solid advice from experienced professionals.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, June 14 to June 20
Read the best articles from the past week. Engineers and building professionals clicked on: smoke control approaches in high-rise buildings, 2019 Product of the Year Finalists, sprinkler installation and obstructions, electrical system design and commissioning and the new norm of energy efficiency.
World-class biomedical neuroscience research facility
The Porter Neuroscience Research Center co-locates researchers from nine NIH Institutes in an innovative setting, launching an initiative to increase the pace of discovery in all areas of neuroscience in a sustained effort to understand the human brain.