Plumbing engineers | PM Engineer

Sidney B. Bowne & Son works on pump system for Long Island children’s spray park

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.

Value engineering survey reveals downside to cost-driven decisions

March 21, 2013

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.

How to Properly Size a Domestic Water Pressure Booster System

Accommodating the challenge of pumping water in high-rise buildings

Paul Larson P.E.

July 10, 2007

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.