Aaron Bock, P.E.

Aaron Bock, P.E., is a licensed senior project plumbing engineer at ERDMAN and has designed more than 300 healthcare projects since 2007. He holds a Certification in Plumbing Design (CPD) from the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE). He also serves as the vice president-technical for the Wisconsin chapter of ASPE.

Medical gas: What’s required vs. what’s desired

Anticipating your client’s needs.

Aaron Bock, P.E.

May 13, 2019

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Minimum requirements for medical gas services and outlets have, for a long time, been confusing to plumbing designers.

Follow this chart to understand the process for implementing a water management program

ASHRAE 188 – compliant water management plans – Part 2

How to develop a water management program.

Aaron Bock, P.E.

March 26, 2019

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Implementing a water management program is probably the most daunting and crucial task of ASHRAE 188. Fortunately, there is a formulaic process for doing so, illustrated below.

Using ASHRAE 188: Compliant water management plans - Part 1

Plumbing engineers must understand the requirements of ASHRAE 188 to prevent Legionnaires’ disease.

Aaron Bock, P.E.

February 18, 2019

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Most plumbing engineers involved in healthcare design who I’ve talked to have said their foremost design concern is waterborne bacterial control in general, and legionella in particular.

Jurisdictions are adopting the International Building Code 2018 edition and the 2018 edition of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code that adopt the 2016 edition if NFPA 13 by reference. This program will address technical changes specific to corrosion and air vents for the 2016 edition of NFPA 13. A task group concluded that venting the trapped air in a wet system can decrease water delivery time, reduce alarm ring delay, reduce water flow alarm cyclic ringing, and reduce corrosion activity.