Created for architects, engineers, and contractors, this essential guide offers straightforward explanations and recommendations based on industry expertise, academic research, and real-world examples.

Overview

• Material strengths and weaknesses
• System configurations
• Plumbing codes, standards, and spec language
• Safety issues such as permeation, combustibility, and firestopping
• Health risks from leaching and toxicity
• Resilience factors that affect the lifespan of pipe
• Environmental issues related to production and disposal of pipe materials
• Trends and emerging research
• Sources and references