Poor design or scope gaps found during construction can lead to change orders and project cost increases, which may be difficult for a rural entity to absorb given their often-limited budgets for ...

The construction industry is responsible for 39 per cent of global CO 2 emissions. How can it transform itself and contribute to a sustainable future? Consistent Engineering Consultants combine ...

This is evident in the steadily growing number of sustainable mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) technologies—notably displacement ventilation, power metering and monitoring, integrated ...

“MEP plays an important role in the development of IoT design within buildings, as well as externally. “In smart cities, air, water, environmental factors including wind, temperature, traffic, parking ...

The design and coordination of healthcare buildings is by its very nature challenging, JPW's managing director, Gary Walton, says. Healthcare MEP needs better design and coordination.

Buildings of the Future The co-managing partner at JB&B consulting engineering firm opines technology and human impact on the environment will determine future real estate design, engineering and ...

The impact of multi-story building design considerations on embodied carbon emissions, cost, and operational energy has been revealed.

Chicago's Blackstone Hotel is undergoing a $112-million renovation. One large midwestern building contractor has found that working with a modified delivery system it calls “design-build lite ...

A recent article published in Buildings proposed an automatic approach for generating building information modeling (BIM) of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems based on two ...

Two extensions for AutoCAD MEP and Revit MEP are available to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineers to design more efficient building mechanical systems. The MEP Analysis Extension is a ...