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Ed McMenamin

Ed McMenamin

Ed McMenamin was a former chief editor of PM Engineer magazine, which served specifiers and designers of plumbing, piping, hydronic and fire protection products and equipment. He served four years as an associate editor with fellow BNP Media publications Quality magazine and Appliance Design.

Prior to coming to BNP Media, McMenamin worked for 2.5 years at the Pekin Daily Times in central Illinois and spent three years at the Elmhurst Press/Downers Grove Reporter, both part of a chain of community-focused newspapers in the Chicago western suburbs.

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The newest commercial boilers

Tech Topic: Connected Boilers Seeing the future

The newest connected boilers anticipate problems before they occur
Edward
Ed McMenamin
May 20, 2019
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Commercial plumbing products are more connected than ever, offering remote monitoring and data collection that opens the door for predictive analytics. The newest commercial boilers demonstrate those advantages, with controls that provide information access via mobile apps and websites.


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American Fire Sprinkler Association President and CEO Debra McGuire

pmeProfile: American Fire Sprinkler Association looks towards the next generation

New president and CEO focused on education, recruitment.
Edward
Ed McMenamin
May 14, 2019
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Dallas-based American Fire Sprinkler Association named Debra N. McGuire as the association’s new president and CEO this year. Established in 1981, AFSA and its federation of 32 chapters serve as North America’s largest fire sprinkler industry organization.


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Edward

Ed McMenamin: Notre Dame Cathedral blaze underscores fire protection

Vigilance is required to protect what’s in our control.
Edward
Ed McMenamin
May 13, 2019
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Notre Dame Cathedral burned as I finished the Fire Protection & Design Special Section for this month’s magazine, a tragic coincidence.


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BYU’s Herald B. Lee Library

BYU upgrades fire protection system in its Special Collections vaults

Protecting the Priceless.
Edward
Ed McMenamin
May 8, 2019
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Below the normal stacks in BYU’s Herald B. Lee Library sit the Special Collections vaults, containing the university’s most valued and cherished historic texts, artifacts and film.


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Baltimore ASPE chapter hosts education event for high school students

Baltimore ASPE chapter hosts education event for high school students

Paving the way.
Edward
Ed McMenamin
April 22, 2019
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For every young person’s interest or hobby, plumbing engineers helped design a building or facility for it.


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pme profile: Moen

pme Profile: Moen

New shower from Moen-backed startup provides feeling of more pressure with less water.
Edward
Ed McMenamin
April 18, 2019
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Moen made a splash this winter when it announced an investment in Silicon Valley-based startup Nebia.


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Ed McMenamin: Understanding big plumbing issues one piece at a time

You have to eat a big meal one piece at a time.
Edward
Ed McMenamin
April 10, 2019
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There’s an old saying, repeated in the recent novel “Asymmetry” by Lisa Halliday, about how “the foreign journalist who travels to the Middle East and stays a week goes home to write a book in which he presents a pat solution to all of its problems.


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Seeing through the FOG

Seeing through the FOG

Proper grease interceptor use stops fat, oil and grease from wreaking havoc on sewer systems.
Edward
Ed McMenamin
April 10, 2019
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Scary descriptions of “monster fatbergs” that have blocked sewer water in Baltimore and the U.K. make for effective newswriting. But clogged-artery metaphors and gross-out tactics aside, fat, oil and grease (FOG) do pose an expensive threat to sanitary sewer collection systems.


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InSinkErator’s non-sewer-based Grind2Energy system

Consumer choices drive trends in grinder pumps and garbage disposals

All chewed up
Edward
Ed McMenamin
March 27, 2019
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Who knows what someone will put down a toilet or a sink?


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Central Florida chapter ambassador

Creative thinking helps Central Florida ASPE chapter build toward future, solve plumbing issues

Local hot-button topics include grease interceptor sizing and changes to the maximum length of hot water pipes in public lavatories code.
Edward
Ed McMenamin
March 19, 2019
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The Central Florida ASPE chapter likes to think outside the box.


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