Inside Plumbing Systems & Design
May Jun 2007

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• PVC or CISP?
  William Morris
  Plumbing designers frequently face a choice between PVC and cast iron for commercial underground drainage applications. Unfortunately, the perfect drainage material for all applications does not exist. This article explains the performance properties of PVC and cast iron soil pipe drainage systems to aid plumbing designers in material selection.
  
• High-rise Plumbing Design
  Dennis M. Connelly, CPD
  NFPA defines a high rise as a building with an occupied floor that is 75 feet above the level where firefighters stage operations. With that simple definition, all high-rise design challenges should be the same, right? The author discusses why the answer is not always clear cut.
  
• Case Study: Domestic Water System Design for High-rise Buildings
  Jim Beveridge, P. Eng.
  Providing domestic cold and hot water to the upper floors provides the main challenge for the plumbing system engineer for a high-rise building project. In this case study, the author describes the various parameters the plumbing engineer must consider in overcoming this design challenge.
  

Getting Technical

• Lessons Learned
  Designing to Code
  
• Code Update
  Understanding Air-admittance Valves
• Designer’s Notebook
  What Plumbing Designers Need to Know About Valves, Part 2
  
• Plumbing Technology of the Future
  Water Efficiency Equals Energy Efficiency
  Part 2: Energy Used for Facility Water Systems
  
• Plumbing Design by the Numbers
  Hospital Checkup
• Focus on Fire Protection
  Good Practice Issues to Consider
• Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers
  Open Loop Systems...Again

ASPE Report

• ASPE Report
  From the President’s Pen
  From the Executive’s Desk
  2007 Grassroots Meeting Goes High-tech
  New ASPE Members
  

Perspectives

• From the Publisher
  Addressing the Competition
• Speaking Out
• Peer to Peer
  Continuous Circulation—Too Hot?
• The World of Design/Build
  Waterless? Are We Sure About This?
  
• CONTINUING EDUCATION
  
• Executive Publisher
  Private Sewage Disposal Systems
  Continuing Education Questions
  Continuing Education Answer Sheet and
  Application Form
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