This month, I will continue to discuss the forgotten skills of steam system design. 

Amberwood Senior Apartments in Daly City, California, is a 130-unit complex built in 1970. 

Editor’s Note: Every successful project starts with a framework. A vision statement. A blueprint.

When I started out at an HVAC consulting engineering firm back in the 1960s, our services were primarily focused on hospital design engineering. Back then, steam system engineering was standard for those building applications.