| The phrase "plumbing engineer" might just sound like a | | | | delivery method is efficient. He chooses the right |
| fancy five-dollar term to use when "plumber" sounds | | | | materials to make sure the system lasts for years |
| too pedestrian. Like, if your stodgy old eighth-grade | | | | with minimal maintenance. If you get a top-notch |
| English teacher comes to visit, and the toilet breaks, | | | | plumbing engineer, you probably won't need to call the |
| you might say something like, "Alas! It seems as though | | | | plumber very often. |
| it may be time to avail myself of some of my local | | | | The Whole Building Design Guide, an expansive |
| plumbing engineer's finest handiwork! Forsooth, and | | | | web-based information resource for contractors, |
| such." | | | | designers and architects, provides a good working |
| Luckily, your stodgy eighth-grade English teacher didn't | | | | definition of plumbing engineering: |
| bring your persnickety eleventh-grade science teacher | | | | The Plumbing Engineer is involved with systems that |
| with her, because you'd be wrong. | | | | overlap into the mechanical, civil, and chemical |
| You call a plumber to fix a broken toilet, repair a leaky | | | | engineering disciplines. The Plumbing Engineer is in a |
| pipe or unclog a stubborn drain. Plumbers are a vital | | | | key position to influence the water efficiency, |
| component of the professional engineering community, | | | | sustainable site, energy, fire protection, and pollution |
| but a plumber just is not the same as a plumbing | | | | systems of a facility. |
| engineer. | | | | Plumbing engineers are qualified to oversee a wide |
| So what is a plumbing engineer, you ask? The easiest | | | | array of public and private building projects: |
| way to make the distinction is to think of the plumbing | | | | - When a new shopping center needs a stormwater |
| engineer as the guy who designs the system, and the | | | | management system, the engineering firm designing |
| plumber as the guy who maintains it. You'd call Jack | | | | the center would hand the job over to a plumbing |
| the plumbing engineer to map out the hot and cold | | | | engineer. |
| water system in the new home you're building; you'd | | | | - A plumbing engineer might work closely with a fire |
| call Joe the plumber to fix it when a gasket wears out. | | | | protection engineer to to make sure a new sprinkler |
| Plumbing engineering relies on design, planning, creation | | | | system is in good working order. |
| and implementation. A plumbing engineer draws up a | | | | - An entire team of plumbing engineers might design a |
| pipe system for a new building or series of buildings, | | | | sewer system for a new housing development. |
| makes sure every pipe connection is solid and every | | | | |