Change orders, especially late in the process, can create major headaches. But there are steps to ease the pain.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B March test for the retrofit of a 1960s, 250,000-sq-ft hospital conversion to apartments changing out the high-pressure steam boilers to hot water boiler modules.

Early? Late? Which works best? There are pros and cons for each.

The Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) welcomed 90 individuals to San Antonio for the inaugural Air System Engineering and Technology (ASET) Conference-US (ASET-US).

As one of the leading research universities in the United States, Georgia Tech has an ongoing commitment to sustainable design and architecture.

Last month, this column explored the best time to functionally test new systems. This month and next month, I want to back up and talk about the best time to prepare the functional performance test procedures (or “scripts” as some people call them).

Johnson Controls and AtmosAir™ Solutions have partnered in an effort to deliver cleaner indoor air quality.

When every project and system is unique, there may not be a “correct” time.

Commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) has been a challenge to mechanical engineers for years. Part of the challenge comes from the fact that the mechanical engineer is normally not the “kitchen consultant.

What is the value of a healthy and productive human being in a building? If you go to work with a cold, work slowly, and perhaps infect your co-worker, how much money has your employer lost? What are the unseen influences of your office building, hospital room, classroom or home on your health and performance?