What
Training Do You Need?
The following seminars are available individually or as a series. Each
seminar is tailored to engineers, contractors, architects, and building owners who are involved in the design, fabrication,
installation, start-up, maintenance, and servicing of HVAC systems. For those looking for continuing education
hours as an engineer or contractor, these seminars can be provided through Impact Management Services who is an authorized training agency in Ohio and Kentucky. For additional information regarding these seminars,
please go to our “Contact Us” page and send us an email.
All seminars are delivered using Powerpoint slides. Handouts
of all slides and references are provided to each attendee. Question/Answer sessions follow at the end of each seminar.
If
you have attended one of our seminars and wish to download the handouts for future reference, please click the link
below. You will need to enter the password given to you by the instructor.
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Utility
& Process Piping (2 hours)
This seminar provides an engineer’s
insight to the design of process and utility piping systems. By understanding how and why piping systems are designed,
the attendees can make better decisions about their own work when they are faced with troubleshooting, layout, and installation
challenges in the field.
Content:
Piping Codes and Standards
– why are they important and what do they do for me?
Piping Materials
and Components – how are materials and components selected?
Piping
Design and Engineering – how are pipes sized and selected for water, air, steam, and natural gas?
Fabrication and Installation – how should a system be installed to make sure the designer’s
intentions are met and the system functions as desired?
Winning Proposals (2 hours)
This seminar provides the attendees with an understanding of the role of proposals and how they bridge the
gap between a customer’s needs and the ability of the contractor to fulfill those needs. The seminar is applicable
to all trades and disciplines and strives to expand the attendees’ thinking about how they get their work.
Content:
Difference between quotes, bids, and proposals
Customer’s needs, wants, and perceptions
Contractor’s
skills, capabilities, and offerings
Role and advantages of the proposal
Proposal structure, elements, and formats
Scope,
cost, schedule, terms & conditions, and deliverables
Reasons
and methods for improving your proposal writing skills
Proposal do’s and
don’ts
Mechanical & Electrical Symbols and Schematics (2 hours)
This seminar provides the attendees with an understanding of commonly used symbols
and how they are combined into schematics and drawings to depict various systems. The types of symbols and schematics
are presented along with their appropriate uses and limitations. The seminar is applicable to all trades and disciplines
who work with utility and process systems.
Content:
Drawing uses & types
Symbols
Schematics
Typical assemblies and systems
for steam, water, refrigeration, and air
Do’s and don’ts
Fundamentals of Heat Transfer (2 hours)
This seminar provides a basic understanding of heat transfer and how it applies to
HVAC systems such as water, air, steam, and building components. Relationships between various heating and cooling systems
and equipment are discussed. By understanding these fundamentals, attendees can make better decisions about their own
work when they are faced with troubleshooting, layout, and installation challenges in the field.
Content:
Principles of temperature and heat
Principles of specific heat and conductivity
Principles of sensible and latent heat
Interpretations of steam
tables
Use of psychrometric charts
Review of various heat transfer modes
Simple calculations
for heat exchange
