It seems many cities and towns have gone to extreme measures to stop students from smoking in school by locking and eliminating toilet rooms.

It may be a guiding principle that keeping one's professional activities separate from one's home life is a good idea.

Due to some controversial responses to Julius Ballanco's May Codes Column, we've decided to print some comments and replies from interested parties in the July PME Letters section.

John introduces a new positive air pressure attenuator to the American engineering community.

From Harold Kestenholz's first days of teaching the IBR courses, he has been reminded that few suppliers or contractors really want to put in a small boiler and minimum baseboard.

One of the issues that this column has addressed is the need for an interface between designers, practitioners, product manufacturers, code and governmental organizations, end users and research organizations.

For many years, NFPA safety codes and standards have played an important role in protecting people and property around the world.

History is full of examples of venerable committees who refused to accept new paradigms simply because those departures conflicted with their pre-conceptions of what was or could be possible.

The concept that it could actually rain more and that this should be the driver for a government invitation to universities to consider how research programs in the built environment should respond may appear somewhat bizarre.

The codes aren't always clear when it comes to installing metering faucets, but this article will attempt to make some sense out of the confusion.