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2026 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Product of the Year winners announced

Figure 1: Vertical electric inline fire pump and associated connections including bypass, backflow, jockey pump and control panels. Courtesy: Fitzemeyer & Tocci Associates Inc.

Fire and Life Safety

Getting to know fire pumps and their controllers

Consulting-Specifying Engineer 2026 May/June MEP Roundtable on data centers. Courtesy: Consulting-Specifying Engineer

Codes and Standards

Energy efficiency, safety are top priorities in data center design

St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nashua, New Hampshire. Courtesy: Fitzemeyer & Tocci Associates Inc.

Building Automation and Controls

Ways that data center building automation, controls are changing

St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nashua, New Hampshire. Courtesy: Fitzemeyer & Tocci Associates Inc.

Designing data centers for rapid growth and modularity

Figure 4: One-line power diagram of switchboard supplying power to 21 electric vehicle (EV) chargers. Courtesy: CDM Smith

Case study: How one facility chose its EV charging infrastructure

These winners know how to navigate excellence

Consulting-Specifying Engineer May/June 2026

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Figure 1: Existing open cooling tower located on building roof. Courtesy: HDR

Boilers, Chillers

Case study: Proposal can save money by using chillers for electric heating

Figure 1: Conceptual layout of campus fire water system for confidential data center campus. Courtesy: Stantec

Case study: Campus fire water system for new data center