PM Engineer articles from July 2005

PM Engineer archives from July 2005

Looking for cheaper, better piping.(PME Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2005... The quest for cheaper, better piping goes on. All materials have their time and their advantages and disadvantages. The Romans used lead pipes, which might have accelerated their decline. Cast iron piping came in to use when that technology was...

Show off your stuff in PME's design contest.(PME News)
July 1, 2005... The PME "2005 Excellence in Design Awards" contest is now accepting entries. The winning design will be featured in the Nov. 2005 PME. To nominate your company, visit www.pmengineer.com or contact: Kelly Johnson, 1050 Rt. 83, Suite 200,...

BNP Media.(PME News)
July 1, 2005... Visitors to the Illinois session of BNP Media's seminar series, Modern Engineering Concepts for Hydronic Heating Design, learned about the latest concepts in hydronic heating design, while earning continuing education credits. Pictured from the...

Bradford White buys Laars Heating Systems.(PME News)(Bradford White)(Laars Heating Systems)(Acquisitions In Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Industry)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Bradford White has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Laars Heating Systems from Water Pik Technologies for $24.3 million. Laars Heating Systems will continue to operate under that name and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of...

GAMA.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... GAMA is sponsoring a mission to China in conjunction with the China Council for the "Promotion of International Trade." It will span. July 30 through Aug. 6, with stops in Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong for various meetings with government...

Crane Co.(News Briefs)(www.crane150.com )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Crane Co. has launched its 150th anniversary Web site at www.crane150.com (also available through www.craneco.com). Founded in 1855, Crane Co. turned 150 years old on July 4, 2005. The company has planned a full year of events for employees to...

Alsons Corp.(Appointments)(Kevin Buckner )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Alsons Corp. named Kevin Buckner executive vice president and Leanne King vice president of human resources/administration.

Bradford White.(Appointments)(Joseph Boscoe retires)(Herbert Foster appointed )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Bradford White has announced the retirement of Joseph Boscoe after 33 years of service with the company in marketing, sales, customer service/warranty and, for the last 13 years, as vice president of administration. Herbert Foster, a Bradford...

Delta Faucet Canada.(Appointments)(Vasken Altounian resigns)(Rod Pullen appointed)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Vasken Altounian, president of Delta Faucet Canada, has left that post to become Delta Faucet's executive vice president--sales and marketing, based in Indianapolis. Rod Pullen assumed Altounian's role, in addition to serving as president of...

Uponor Wirsbo.(Appointments)(Wade Peterson)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Uponor Wirsbo has named Wade Peterson its new vice president of sales and marketing. In addition, Jay Gullickson, previously Uponor Canada's executive coordinator, has been named that unit's office manager and will report to Peterson.

Urinals and AAVs hound IAPMO: the IAPMO Plumbing Technical Committee meeting discussions turn to AAVs, non-water-supplied urinals, storm drainage and single stack venting.(Air Admittance Valves)(International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials)
July 1, 2005... It seemed like the IAPMO Plumbing Technical Committee meeting went from breathing air to air admittance valves. If you liked breathing air, chances are you hated air admittance valves. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While breathing air is...

Fielding questions at the engineers inquisition: here are more e-mails from readers asking the question, "what's the story on safety?".(Fire Protection)
July 1, 2005... Q. There will be a large swimming pool in our new park district headquarters. For some reason, our local fire official is insisting that the fire sprinkler system also be installed above the pool. While I cannot follow his logic, I was...

Sustainable design for plumbing engineers: here's a review of what a plumbing engineer/designer needs to know to successfully implement and promote a sustainable plumbing design.
July 1, 2005... As our industry changes and grows with the 21st century, it is the responsibility of every member of a design and construction team to embrace and promote new technologies, methodologies, and most of all, paradigms. A paradigm is defined by...

Changes follow infamous fire outbreaks: the sad truth is corrective safety measures have historically been set into motion following some of the most notable fires.
July 1, 2005... Any discussion of "famous" fires would be incomplete without the observation that corrective safety measures have historically been set into motion following terrible tragedies. Dramatic examples of this were seen following the deadly Iroquois...

Equipment overview: backflow preventers.
July 1, 2005... PME offers this Equipment Overview for use as a reference guide to help our readers identify manufacturers of specific products and compare their models and features. This month's Equipment Overview features information on backflow preventers....