Providing equipment selection and pipe sizes that deliver adequate water flow to plumbing fixtures and equipment in tall buildings is an important design task of the plumbing design professional.

The design of the plumbing systems in a commercial kitchen is almost as complex as a hospital, but without the critical life support systems.

This article will discuss only the methods and criteria required for sizing medical gas piping distribution systems.

As the use of plastic piping (such as ABS, CPVC, PE and PVC) in construction gained popularity, considerable testing and research took place to address issues related to fire performance.

Both positive displacement pumps and centrifugal pumps have their uses in fire protection applications.

Parallel distribution piping systems overcome many of the limitations of simple series circuits.

The term "process piping" generally refers to piping systems that convey chemicals under pressure or vacuum, but also is used to describe utility piping systems such as plant water, and certain drainage piping systems.

The intent in designing and installing sanitary drainage systems is to ensure they will function reliably, are neither undersized nor oversized, and are constructed from materials, fittings and connections whose quality is regulated by codes and standards.

What is a jockey pump and why does it carry that title? This article explains.

When you introduce water, electricity and elevators together, the codes are challenged to join the three together without producing ill effects.