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.

Learn how commercial multi-tank systems (MTS) are using Responsive Flow Design to produce consistently high-quality softened water while saving significant water, salt and money. MTS systems bring a series of smaller tanks on- and off-line as needed to properly service the building’s flow rates at any given time. MTS systems have lower capital costs, will save your clients up to 50% of their annual operating costs, and can be easily expanded at any time.

Restaurants impose one of the toughest conditions for water heaters. Available space is extremely limited and operating conditions are harsh from thousands of temperature and pressure cycles. Not to mention the loss of hot water causes significant business disruption and revenue loss. In this webinar you’ll learn how to design a system that is not only compact and reliable but also economically efficient.

PM Engineer Magazine

2019 October

The October 2019 issue of pme, features the latest circulator trends, plus John Siegenthaler on geothermal, Dave Yates tells the tale of two engineers, and the annual NSF special section that highlights the topic of water infrastructure.

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