There are four remaining state-written plumbing codes used in the United States. You could say that the remaining four states are just stubborn. Maybe they think they do it better than the model plumbing codes, but they don’t.
Ten years ago, I wrote a column that I entitled “No lead is good lead.” The column raised a number of eyebrows and is still quoted today. Actually, that column was written well after my first involvement with lead. I first got involved with lead in drinking water concerns in the early 1980s. I was interviewed for the Chicago local news in 1986 regarding lead in the Chicago drinking water.
During the 2018 ASPE Convention and Expo in Atlanta, Zurn debuted its new software tool, inSpec, Powered by Zurn, which is designed to simplify the submittal process for commercial plumbing engineers.
Recently, pme headed down to Ashland City, Tennessee, for a visit to A. O. Smith’s residential water-heater facility where it chatted with Vice President of Marketing David Chisolm and Senior Manager, Commercial New Product Development Matt Schulz.
High efficiency boilers and water heaters, and pumps — and products designed to avoid bottlenecks caused by the skills gap — were the name of the game at AHR Expo in Atlanta this week.