California community lightens its delta water dependence with expanded recycled water system.
February 27, 2014
Jaclyn Yee hit a home run in her first at-bat. Yee, an associate civil engineer in Dublin, Calif., a community 45 minutes southeast of San Francisco, got the rare opportunity to lead a major project as the local water district expanded its recycled water system to retrofit potable water irrigation at parks and schools.
Without question, this winter is the most brutal I’ve experienced
February 27, 2014
Greetings. I’m coming to you from my well-heated bunker, better known as my condominium on the North Side of Chicago. Without question, this winter is the most brutal I’ve experienced.
Local engineering firm works through low water table to give community’s kids the water spray park they desire.
December 2, 2013
Kurt Dietrich is not a stranger to designing water spray parks for the Town of Babylon, N.Y. Over the past few years, Dietrich, an associate partner with the Mineola, N.Y.-based Sidney B. Bowne & Son engineering firm, designed two other spray parks for the Long Island community.
A Charlotte Pipe survey of plumbing engineers finds 73% of value engineering changes have had a negative contribution to the quality of the finished project.
Few people ever think about how the water gets to the top floors of high-rise buildings for everyday living purposes. Yet each high-rise building’s plumbing design is just as important as any other aspect of construction. No matter how big and beautiful the building, it’s uninhabitable without water.