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The Visual Arts Building (VAB) at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a marvel of both aesthetic design and mechanical engineering. 

Let’s turn back the hands of time to the 1970s, and gather round you youngsters born after 1980 because you’re not going to believe what mechanical contractors faced while fighting to keep their vehicles gassed up and on the road to service customer’s needs. 

Construction for the first 500 beds was completed April 3, while the rest of the field hospital is expected to be finished by April 24.

Now that we have a few months of the new decade in the rearview mirror, let’s use this perfect opportunity to reflect upon a few key areas effective leaders must focus on. 

As with everything in life and business, we have a choice to make. Are we going to be impacted by what’s going on around us, or are we going to have an impact on what’s going on around us?

As plumbing engineers, we need to constantly expand our knowledge to stay current with an ever-changing landscape (especially in today’s world where COVID-19 brings further uncertainty).  

While the overall hiring of professional help by consumers has remained stable over the past few years, a growing share of renovating homeowners are hiring professional remodelers and designers who specialize in bathroom upgrades, according to the 2019 U.S. Houzz Bathroom Trends Study. 

The field hospital was rapidly constructed to support the ongoing pandemic and relieve other area hospitals of patient overflows.

Consumers have never been more aware of what is in their water than in these last few years following the Flint, Michigan, water crisis.