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An analysis on cultivating the next generation of engineers. Rarely can a student be pushed into engineering. The attrition rate of engineering schools is indicative of that. For an individual to be successful in engineering, he or she must be inspired. It is that inspiration that enables engineering students to dredge through the rigors of engineering school. It is [...]

It’s common to find internally lined supply ductwork used throughout buildings constructed in prior decades. Within the past few years, we’ve worked with a number of Owners that have experienced a common symptom with these internally lined supply duct systems: mold growth, evidenced at times by visible release into the airstream and the rooms served. [...]

Programming is a valuable tool in the pre-design process, and when it is successfully implemented, the result is a win-win for the client/owner, all stakeholders and the design team. A successful program will allow the design phase to begin with the owner’s goals and requirements documented/understood and with a preliminary construction budget aligned with the project scope [...]

Welcome back! In Part I, we learned about some of the history of Commissioning (Cx) and that Cx means different things to different people and to different projects. We’ll explore some more specifics in this Part II. The current norm as expressed by industry-recognized contracts is for the construction team to perform its work consistently [...]

This firm and this Engineer have extensive knowledge and experience in the process that has become known as “Commissioning”, abbreviated “Cx”. We have “commissioned”, to one level or another, every constructed project designed by this firm for the past twenty-five years: about 850 to date. So I figure why not impart some of the wisdom that has [...]