Looking beyond the immediate crisis, designers are brainstorming the ways codes and standards can be improved to prevent disease transmission in buildings.
OSHA offers guidance for preventing the spread of COVID-19, including safe work practices and appropriate personal protective equipment based on the risk level of exposure.
ACEC is taking steps to serve as a resource for news and information as well as to collect information about how the coronavirus is impacting engineering firms in order to share best practices and effectively advocate for the industry's needs.
Outbreaks of viral infections are unpredictable. We are currently dealing with one caused by a virus labelled COVID-19 which originated in Wuhan, China.
The ASHRAE COVID-19 Preparedness Resources webpage, ashrae.org/COVID19, provides easily accessible resources from ASHRAE to building industry professionals.
Power management company Eaton and its partner electrical contractors and distributors were part of the construction project at the new Huoshenshan and Leishenshan Hospitals that delivered an additional 2,500 hospital beds to the front line of this global health emergency.
Recently, Eric Dubin, senior director of utilities and performance construction, METUS, sat down with Engineered Systems editor-in-chief, Herb Woerpel, to discuss the electrification of the HVACR industry, the feasibility of 2030 carbon neutrality, what’s next for the company, and more.
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