Minimum Plumbing Plan Review Requirements for New Construction Over 3 Stories Technical Activities Committee (TAC) Special Presentation with Public Health – Seattle & King County Come learn about the newly implemented Minimum Plumbing Plan review requirements for commercial projects in the City of Seattle. These upcoming changes will likely increase the plan review process times for…
Website and Newsletter Face Lifts Coming in January You may have noticed our website looks slightly different. That’s because the Electronic Communications Committee has been hard at work upgrading our website and newsletter. We’ve recently moved to a new webhost and are in the process of upgrading our membership and registration database. This investment in…
Membership Promotion Committee publicizes the aims, activities, achievements, and scientific and educational purposes of the Society to encourage qualified persons to apply for membership. The committee also monitors the Society’s membership demographics and, where appropriate, adjusts or creates programs to ensure that individuals from all demographic backgrounds are being equally attracted to ASHRAE….
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE Cx REQUIREMENT? There is a saying in construction that a project can be finished on time, on budget, or 100% complete: pick any two. Commissioning significantly increases the likelihood that technical details such as system configurations, HVAC air and water flow rates, occupancy and temperature settings, and the record drawings are correct…
State Building Code Council gears up for another round of updates to state building codes First technical advisory group meeting is Nov. 30 Technical advisory groups for the Washington State Building Code Council will begin meeting Nov. 30 to analyze and make recommendations for changes to the state’s building code. Codes specify minimum requirements to help safeguard…
A Special Membership Promotion Event February 22, 2018 | 6 PM – 9 PM | Museum of Flight
By Seth Pike Joel joined the PSF Mechanical Team in 2009 and is presently the Engineering Department Technical Director. His opportunities in mechanical contracting started in 1969 while attending West Seattle High School as a ASHRAE drafting intern with MacDonald-Miller Company. A 1975 mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Washington, Joel worked throughout the…
2019 Chapter Technology Awards Applications Now Available We would like to encourage our members to submit your projects for the upcoming award season. Past chapter winners have gone on to win multiple Regional and Society awards. Please help us spread the word about your innovations and achievements! Chapter winners will go onto the Regional competition, which…
For those of you who were unable to make this month’s chapter meeting, you missed a lively discussion of CO2 Refrigeration and Heat Pumps. We had over 45 guests in attendance at the Motif hotel ballroom in downtown Seattle. Our special guest ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Greg Scrivener, president of Cold Dynamics, came in from Edmonton, Alberta…