Library Category: Articles

IMEG Client Executive Mike Lawless provides design advice for the successful performance of labs and research facilities in this C-SE magazine roundtable.

Thermal comfort and occupant well-being standards are quickly becoming a valued certification for companies looking to attract employees and create a workplace that encourages healthy lifestyles – and ultimately reach greater productivity. Leading the AEC industry’s burgeoning focus on the occupant is the WELL Building Standard. It has surpassed the 100 million square feet of certified projects

This article reviews the most recent version of NFPA 110: Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems, and offers tips for compliance.

The technology at play in today’s K-12 schools is evolving rapidly – inside the classrooms, and in the various systems behind the scenes. Engineers handling such projects, whether the work is on new facilities or retrofits, have their work cut out for them, especially when it comes to fire and life safety and HVAC. Read

Today’s building energy codes are more stringent than ever, requiring design engineers and construction professionals to push the boundaries of innovative system design and construction. This, in conjunction with the growing complexity of direct digital controls, specialized building systems and the need for cross discipline integration, has brought commissioning to the forefront. Energy codes and

Comprehensive, organized approach ensures an accurate analysis By Mike Zorich Is your campus or building due for a facility assessment? If so, it’s important to understand the phases and components that can help ensure that the assessment you commission iscomprehensive and accurate. A facility assessment is the main component of a strategic facility plan and

IMEG Director of Innovation Jeff Boldt and Senior Mechanical Engineering Specialist Keith Stone cover the many factors involved in selecting pipe and piping materials in this article published by C-SE magazine.

By fully understanding BIM, identifying how it will be used on a project, and adding additional modeling tools to maximize its utility, design and construction teams can maximize project delivery. Learn more in this article by IMEG Senior Electrical Technical Specialist Richard Gilson.

“New Trends in Structural Engineering” provides novel approaches to problems in structural engineering. It is divided into five chapters, including “Finite Element Modeling of Masonry Infill Walls Equipped with Structural Fuse,” co-authored by IMEG Senior Structural Engineer Mohammad Aliaari, S.E., P.E., Ph.D.

Read about one of the earliest projects to use full nonlinear pushover analysis for seismic upgrade of a hospital structure under OSHPD jurisdiction.