Remember a time when people used to travel mask-less and carefree? It’s been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the world, changing life as we knew it. 

In December, we spoke about why organizations need sourcing plans. 

Every culture has its own nursery rhymes with which they initiate their young. 

When designing hydronic circuits, most of us focus on what’s necessary for that circuit to absorb thermal energy at a heat source, carry it along like a conveyor belt and release that energy at one or more heat emitters. 

Most plumbing manufacturers thought when DOE proposed the rule, it was nice but had very little chance of being finalized. That is why it was so shocking when on Dec. 8, 2020, the final rule was signed into law.

Happy New Year! I bet all of you are as thrilled as I am to put 2020 in the rearview mirror. 

It was such a simple project; replace the old cast iron boiler with a new condensing boiler.

Assembling prior columns, updating older information, along with some new content for the four eBooks has been an interesting review of my 48-years as a mechanical contractor. 

I frequently speak at college campuses and trade apprenticeships. Whether it be to future engineers or contractors, my technical talks typically end up covering non-technical content, specifically career development. 

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.