I have been working for just over a year with Summer Consultants, Inc. as a mechanical engineer. I have really enjoyed the opportunities and jobs presented to me thus far. Summer Consultants specializes in occupied historic properties and old federal buildings. These renovation projects are unique and challenging. The scope of work, in some cases,… Read More

When designing new systems or upgrades to existing systems, we are focused on equipment and system selection to prevent corrosion of the interior of hydronic piping systems. While this is important for system longevity, in real life there are widespread vapor barrier failures in almost every chilled water system, leading to leaks and failures caused… Read More

Recently on a job, I had the opportunity to experience and gain some first-hand knowledge about large industrial water tube boilers.  I went on a field survey with our “Boiler Guru”, Pete, and gained my first experience being inside a boiler.  This boiler was built and installed in 1961 and is dual fuel, meaning that… Read More

As engineers, we sometimes avoid doing things that aren’t directly engineering. Web sites are not our kind of engineering, so it took us some time to build momentum to change it, but we feel we did it right. Partnering with Hinge, a branding and marketing firm specializing in the A/E/C industry, we studied who we… Read More

I recently visited a large central utility plant that once powered a data center. With a 3,000 ton chiller plant and 9,600 MBH boiler plant, the system is currently running at a much smaller part load condition than in previous years; but, it still maintains a large load capacity. Even with the reduced load, the… Read More