Designing and Installing High-performing Commercial PEX Plumbing Systems

The commercial landscape is evolving to meet the demands of tighter schedules and budgets coupled with greater product performance requirements. To meet the demand, more and more professionals are designing and installing PEX in commercial plumbing applications. Learn the system advantages and important characteristics to consider when designing and installing PEX piping systems in various commercial spaces.

Topics will include:
• System design
• Pipe sizing
• Proper pipe handling
• Fire-resistive construction
• Controlling expansion and contraction
• Direct burial applications
• Suspended piping applications
• Resources for the professional

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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

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Contextually inspired material mixing for One Essex Crossing’s curtain wall façades weave together panels of warm brick and Italian terra cotta. Photos courtesy CetraRuddy

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Solutions for cladding performance and supply issues

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Material and MEP system choices drove reductions in embodied carbon and operational carbon for Arizona State University’s new Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW