This past year went by very quickly despite being stuck at home week after week. 

Steam and hot-water heating joined hands a long time ago to make up what we today call “hydronics.” 

What does the CSO role look like at smaller companies, such as an engineering firm? 

Modern air travel would not be possible without the advent of the jet propulsion engine. A jet is a high-velocity stream of fluid that is used for a variety of engineering applications.

Last month, we looked at a piping approach for adding a pellet boiler and panel radiators to an existing two-zone baseboard system. The system’s original oil-fired boiler was being retained as an auxiliary heat source. 

Last month, ICC completed the technical code changes to the 2024 Edition of the International Plumbing Code (IPC), International Mechanical Code (IMC) and International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC). Yes, you read that correctly — the 2024 editions of these codes.

Exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans leaving 1,800 people dead, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds.

Thanks to folks like you, I’ve been able to delve into many forensic examinations of mechanical mayhem and then offer solutions based on solid engineering guidelines.

Of all the topics I’ve covered in my column, strategy is the one to which I keep coming back. Astute readers might be asking at this point, “Why?” Especially when we hear so often that “culture eats strategy for breakfast,” and other axioms that denigrate strategy. Why does Christoph keep on writing about this “outdated” topic more than others?

“One day at a time” is a phrase people use to instill a sense of patience during times of change. It helps someone focus on the moment at hand and do what they can right now.