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The Importance of Utilizing Fire-Resistant Anchors

August 20, 2020
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Dedicated to structural preservation, Cintec has always been an advocate for the restoration of safe buildings through fire-resistant anchors. 


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Testing Essential Health Care Campus Central Power Systems

Timothy J. Coyle, P.E.
July 29, 2020
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An O&M perspective on large central standby generator installations in health care settings. 


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New Mission Critical Tenant Fit-Out Using Design-Build Project Delivery

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Howard McKew, P.E., C.P.E.
May 6, 2020
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This month’s B2B focuses on Design-Build Project Delivery.
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Life Safety Dampers

Life Safety Dampers: Types and Applications

The differences between dampers and the control system requirements affecting their applications.
Larry Felker
January 23, 2020
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Chapter 7 of the International Building Code (IBC)1 requires life safety dampers to protect duct and air transfer openings within building separations — fire walls, fire barriers, fire partitions, horizontal assemblies, smoke barriers, and smoke partitions. 


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Dynamic Data Center Workloads Require a Dynamic Cooling Solution

Dynamic Data Center Workloads Require a Dynamic Cooling Solution

Simply put, the data center cooling challenge is actually a heat removal challenge.
Andrew Schaap
November 15, 2019
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It takes an enormous amount of electricity to cool a data center. According to Global Market Insights, on average, cooling systems represent 40% of total data center energy consumption.


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Hyperscale Data Centers: Tips For Success

Hyperscale Data Centers: Tips For Success

Saahil Tumber, P.E.,
May 8, 2018
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Futureproofing, fallback options, and drawing out any client custom requirements early can point you toward success in these high-traffic, high-stakes facilities.


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Data Center Cooling Strategies

Data Center Cooling Strategies

This design environment keeps moving, but the performance and cost pressures remain. Weigh air-side and water-side economizers carefully: not just one or the other, but the options within each approach.
Stephen Spinazzola, P.E., LEED AP, ASHRAE BEAP
November 8, 2017
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Modern data centers are evaluated not just on reliability but also on the efficiency of the cooling plant that supports them, so the cost to cool data center space is a key issue that must be addressed during design and system selection.


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Temporary Cooling Tower: Short Term, Big Impact

Temporary Cooling Tower: Short Term, Big Impact

A temporary cooling tower facilitates permanent chiller plant upgrades at Walter Reed.
Patrick Baynes, P.E., LEED
November 7, 2017
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Due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program, Department of Defense facilities across the country were consolidated to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.


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Pharmaceutical Cooling Tower Replacment Design-Build Project

Amanda Parolise
November 5, 2017
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This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B November test for HVAC applications to replace an existing cooling tower at a pharmaceutical facility.


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Tomorrow's Environment

November Is Look Back / Look Forward Team Meeting Time

It’s time to discuss what worked (and didn’t work), clients of all sorts, and where the company is heading.
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Howard McKew, P.E., C.P.E.
November 3, 2017
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Last month, I wrote about the design team’s commitment to making a profit on each job.


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