Plumbing Design

The responsibility of a plumbing designer is to create plumbing and piping systems that work within the particular needs or specifications of a building or construction project. Plumbing designers are as necessary as any other architect or engineer working on a building project

Chapter 1: Plumbing Fixtures details

• Reading architecture layout
• Water closet
• Urinals
• laboratory
• Bathtub
• Kitchen sinks, service sinks
• Showers, dishwashers, faucets, bidets
• Kitchen sinks, service sinks, etc

Chapter 2: Plumbing Equipment

• Types of pumps:
• Transfer pump
• Booster – main booster, hydro booster
• Submersible pump
• Pressure Vessels selection for the pumps
• Heater
• Unit water heater
• Central heater or boiler
• Grease interceptor & grease trap
• Oil interceptor
• Multi media filter
• Water softener
• Pressure reducing stations
• VFD drives for pumps
• Water hammer arrestor

Chapter 3: Plumbing Accessories

• Pipes & fittings
• Gate valve or isolating valve, angle valve, thermostatic mixing valve
• Float valve, Foot valve
• Flexible connection
• Automatic air vent
• Pressure gauge, drain valve, etc

Chapter 4: Basics of Plumbing

• Cold water, gray water, hot water, irrigation water
• Continuity equation
• Hazen William formula
• Manning’s formula
• Direct system & pumped system
• Local & international codes requirements

Chapter 5: Plumbing design

• Kahramaa requirements for water tanks
• Water demand estimation
• Water meter sizing
• Filling line from Kahramaa sizing requirements
• Water tanks, overflow, drain line sizing
• Water Pipe sizing
• Pump flow & Head selection-Circulation pumps, transfer & booster pumps
• Multimedia filter selection
• Water softener selection
• Chemical dosing for the system selection
• Unit water heater sizing & selection
• Central heater sizing & selection

Chapter 6: Project works

• Project-01- Villa project “A” with Unitary heater system
• Project-02- High-rise building project “B” with Central heater system

Drainage Design

Chapter 1: Drainage Accessories

• Types of drain- Floor drain, balcony drain, planter drain, etc
• Floor clean out, channel grating
• Common sanitary fixtures details- Wash basin, closet, etc
• Septic tanks, gully trap
• Soak ways, gully, manholes
• Sump pump & pits details
• Pipes, fittings

Chapter 2: Drainage system accessories

• Type of system
• Single stack & double stack
• Type of Traps
• S-Trap
• P-Trap
• Bottle trap
• Manhole sizing

Chapter 3: Drainage system design

• Drainage pipe sizing using IPC codes
• Vent pipes sizing
• Storm water pipes sizing
• Design of septic tank
• Sump pump & pit sizing
• Slope in drainage
• Rain water Gutter design
• Manhole schedule preparation
• Condensate drain pipes system