PS&D Editorial Calendar
| Features | Columns | Space Closing | Materials Due | |
| January/ February 2010 |
Polypropylene pressure pipe Thermal expansion in piping Venting systems |
Code Update Focus on Fire Protection The Legal Pipeline The Green Column Plumbing Design by the Numbers |
12/3/09 | 12/11/09 |
| March 2010 | LEED V3 Rainwater harvesting case study Prison plumbing case study |
Lessons Learned Designer’s Notebook Focus on Fire Protection The Green Column Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers |
1/29/10 | 2/3/10 |
| April 2010 | Grease interceptors Sanitary waste systems Storm drainage systems |
Code Update Focus on Fire Protection The Legal Pipeline The Green Column Plumbing Design by the Numbers |
2/26/10 | 3/3/10 |
| May 2010 |
Medical air and gas systems |
Lessons Learned Designer’s Notebook Focus on Fire Protection The Green Column Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers |
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| June 2010 | Self-regulating heat tape Siphonic roof drainage Wastewater drainage |
Code Update Focus on Fire Protection The Legal Pipeline The Green Column Plumbing Design by the Numbers |
4/30/10 | 5/5/10 |
| July/August 2010 | Graywater systems Rainwater harvesting systems Energy-efficient HVAC design |
Lessons Learned Designer’s Notebook Focus on Fire Protection The Green Column Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers |
5/28/10 | 6/2/10 |
| September 2010 | Residential fire protection systems Clean agents Firestopping |
Code Update Focus on Fire Protection The Legal Pipeline The Green Column Plumbing Design by the Numbers |
7/30/10 | 8/4/10 |
| October 2010 |
Specialty pumping systems |
Lessons Learned Designer’s Notebook Focus on Fire Protection The Green Column Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers |
8/27/10 | 9/1/10 |
| November 2010 | Natural gas systems design Water piping system design Backflow prevention |
Code Update Focus on Fire Protection The Legal Pipeline The Green Column Plumbing Design by the Numbers |
10/1/10 | 10/6/10 |
| December 2010 | 2011 Plumbing Systems Specification Guide |
Lessons Learned Designer’s Notebook Focus on Fire Protection The Green Column Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers |
10/29/10 | 11/3/10 |
2010 ASPE Convention and EPE Show Guide
October 2010
As a bonus, all PS&D subscribers will receive the 2010 ASPE Convention and Engineered Plumbing Exposition (EPE) Show Guide as a separate stand-alone supplement. This convention guide is jam-packed with all of the information attendees need to plan their week in Philadelphia.
2011 Plumbing Systems Specification Guide
December 2010
It’s time for the only official ASPE products and services directory in the industry: the 2011 Plumbing Systems & Design Plumbing Systems Specification Guide. As the sole feature of the December 2010 issue, this comprehensive guide offers plumbing engineers and designers all of the contact details and pertinent information they need for the manufacturers of the products they specify.
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Regular Columns
- Lessons Learned
- An insider's perspective on technical plumbing design and rules of thumb, focusing on unusual components of plumbing design and bizarre or eccentric considerations affecting plumbing design and on-site construction.
- Code Update
- Commentary on proposed code changes and advice for dealing with code discrepancies.
- Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers
- Practical advice and examples for engineering and designing hydronics systems.
- The Green Column
- How new technologies being researched and developed will affect plumbing engineers and designers in the future.
- Focus on Fire Protection
- Helpful guidance for fire protection engineering and design issues.
- Continuing Education
- A unique and valuable feature that helps readers earn continuing education units (CEUs) valid for recertification and license renewals. Each Continuing Education feature points readers to a technical article taken from the wide variety of material published by ASPE, and offers an examination, which readers must successfully complete to earn the CEUs.
- Designer’s Notebook
- Unique or peculiar plumbing engineering and design situations and solutions.
- Plumbing Design by the Numbers
- Checklists covering and addressing each specific design element in a plumbing engineering and design project.
- The Legal Pipeline
- To simplify liability issues for plumbing contractors, this column covers general- interest legal topics and attempts to explain them through the use of everyday examples and hypothetical cases.