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Hi All, I am designing a truck freight terminal, and though the sprinkler design will be handled by a different contractor, I need to size the sprinkler main and RPZ, and the sprinkler contractor will take it from there. I want to be conservative in my design, but also don't want to oversize if...

Im working on a space that has some equipment with high heat gain into the room. It is a lab with 100% exhaust and I am placing the exhaust grilles over some of the higher loads in an effort to remove them from the space and reduce the volume of supply air required to cool the space. Is there a...

We are planing on a packaged DOAS to handle ventilation, ducted to VRF fan coil units.

Im working on a new building and we are considering a VRF system. The building includes a small theater (~200 people) and we are debating whether to provide a dedicated packaged DX system, or use VRF for this space. I wanted to see if anyone here has any experience with VRF systems in spaces...

True. I was there from 2007 when it was really booming to 2009 when the bottom dropped out. These guys are doing BIM consulting for projects that are already under construction as a means to reduce costs associated with change orders and RFI's. They have several projects already. They are...

Uh oh! Sound's like Mac's speaking from experience! [bigears]

That's a good idea! I hadn't thought of that.

Thanks guys. You have confirmed what I have been thinking. Going to give it a shot and dangle the "potential business" carrot to help my chances. I guess it is just a big decision as the last time I went over there the economy got ugly and moving back in 2009 with no job meant 2 years of...

I guess I should mention that there is a real possibility that I could get the company in Dubai to send overflow work back to my company in the US. Getting replaced is what I am afraid of. It's big money over there but I don't want it to be permanent.

You should probably be marketing to small architecture firms rather than MEP firms. Maybe team up with an electrical guy if you know one. If you are a PE, you can knock out little jobs for much less than the bigger MEP firms since you have little/no overhead. I plan to do the same as soon as I...

Hey All, I have had an interesting opportunity pop up and I was hoping to get some opinions form some of the career veterans out there. It's a long post but bear with me :) I worked in Dubai doing MEP when I was fresh out of college. When the bottom dropped out of the market, I moved home to...

Very good advice. I never thought about it that way. I need to start hanging out with more architects (puke)

Pat, this is some great advice!

Mac: Yes, they are aware of my business development efforts. They actually hired me partly because they liked the fact that business development is the direction I want to take, and because I was ambitious enough to march into their office and explain to them why they should create a job for me...

Thanks TJ, reposted in the other forum.

*** I am reposting this from another part of the forum, as I was told I would get better responses here. Mods, sorry if I am making a mess :) *** Hey all, new guy here. I wish I had found this earlier in my career! There is a lot of great advice here that I learned the hard way! I have always...

Hey all, new guy here. I wish I had found this earlier in my career! There is a lot of great advice here that I learned the hard way! I have always been interested in the business end of the engineering business. it seems to me that the best way to make this profession pay off, it to be the guy...

Hey all, first post. I am in a similar situation, though I haven't got my PE yet, so I am letting it slide. My previous two titles have been "Mechanical Engineer", but my current company calls all of us designers, unless we become a partner or a project manager. I am fairly certain it is to...