Suppression Systems
Pipe systems and materials: Design considerations
Choosing the right pipe system and design is essential to ensure excellence in mechanical, plumbing, fire protection and beyond
Piping details
Understand the various types of pipe and their applications
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: August 9-August 15
Read the best articles from the past week. MEP Giants revenue increase, MEP Giants mergers and acquisitions, modern codes and mass timber buildings, 2019 MEP Giants and technologies to watch in fire and life safety.
Dewberry project profile: Marriott Headquarters
Marriott Headquarters, Bethesda, MD
Focus on specialty structures: Fire and life safety
Sports arenas, historical buildings, theaters and other specialty buildings require unique engineering design, especially in facilities with a lot of people
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: August 2-August 8
Read the best articles from the past week. HVAC and fire suppression piping, Standard 189.1, technologies to watch in fire and life safety, codes and standards in health care facilities and nuanced design strategies for senior living facilities.
Modern codes and mass timber buildings
Building codes and construction techniques have evolved since the 850-year old Notre-Dame was built, leading to a recent resurgence of mass timber buildings
What is a unified mass notification ecosystem?
Fire and life safety professionals need to leverage notification assets to get the emergency message out to the affected group as soon as possible
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.