I am working on a project where I have given the main water supply line 2". Inside the building as per the calculation the pipe size should be 4" to fulfill all the requirements. what should be done at the tie in point in order to avoid any issue that may arise? Can making a header solve the...
I am MEP (mechanical part) in the field 10 years. Working on NEOM project in saudi Arabia and my client. May be you have heard of the line project. We do have these codes but sometimes one code contradict the other. And my design reviewer (client) is fifty plus and you might understood it is...
@HVAC Novice, no i am not mixing HVAC and plumbing in the chapter pipe size there is a part for service water/water supply. Even the IPC gives reference to Ashrae at some places. At the end of the client is a client and he is paying for everything we as a designer has to satisfy the client and...
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I am working on a Plumbing design for accommodation units. I am assuming the max water velocity is 2.4 m/S (8 fps). However, the client insists to assume 1.5 m/s(4fps) as max allowed velocity. I tried to convince him based on ASHRAE Fundamentals Chapter 22 Pipe size table 22...
It is called the mechanical room in the layout plan. The equipment inside consists of two pumps, one booster, and another swimming pool circulation. heating data is available. the issue is, the consultant is asking for the ventilation and cooling design, also he wants to put an exhaust fan...
Hello! I am working on the HVAC design of a camp facility and consultant has asked me to design the ventilation of the pump room. This pump room contains the pump for domestics water (booster pump) and pump for swimming pool(circulation pump). In ASHRAE 62.1 I did not find any reference...
I do have an Engineering Degree in Mechanical, and I don't work in USA so I think I don't need to be legal there. but yes where ever I am working I am legal to work and legal to do the design and get the approval. on that now a days people with these certificate took over the jobs and recruiters...
Na I did not buy it yet, it started back in 2019 I think. I am not fan of these certificate either but looks like it has some value to secure high paying job in middle east compared to the designers without the certificate.
