Friction is everywhere. Even though friction finds itself in just about every system we design, it is one of those concepts that is not easily understood. 

We engineers love our equations. Imagine asking an engineer a question, and they hold up a finger gesturing for you to wait quietly while they punch numbers into their calculator. 

Is it just me or has there been a lot of big words being thrown about lately? 

“Good to the last drop,” for those who do not know, is a slogan used by a certain brand of coffee for marketing purposes. 

I’m sure all of us have words and phrases that bring up memories from our past. 

From a classic do’s and don’ts article to how to design hydronic heating systems, these are the 10 most-read stories on www.pmengineer.com.

Historic post office looking for some much-needed HVAC, electrical and plumbing upgrades to the 106-year-old landmark.

“It’s the 50th anniversary celebration. It’s going to be really nice,” says Pam Rosenberg, ASPE’s manager of education and certification. 

The design and construction of the Temecula Valley Hospital in Temecula, Calif., raises the bar for efficient, integrated delivery of health-care facilities. With a design and construction team made up of seven partners that signed a single integrated form of agreement, the five-story, 178,000-sq.-ft. hospital was completed from the ground-up for $157 million.

EastCoast’s Design to Fabrication Version 6 software is now available with full compatibility with the Autodesk 2014 release.