Articles by Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD

The plumbing code can be your friend. Study it.

Find the time to give back to the profession by getting involved in associations.

Commercial kitchens should be independently considered when it comes to drainage pipe sizing.

Today's engineers are not 'yidiots.'

A town meeting sponsored by the International Code Council, with the involvement from the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical officials, took place July 15 in Denver to discuss the joining of the two organizations' codes.

There's caring there - a connection that's getting lost. Let's find it again.

Keep these sizing requirements in mind as you switch to tankless water heaters.

The latest standards have cleared up the requirement for the height of drinking fountains.

Every plumbing contractor has to start thinking about green building and green plumbing. While the green building movement is politically correct, it can also be pragmatic when you think in terms of our children's future.

Play by the rules. Be sure the foreign-manufactured plumbing products you install are properly listed.