My Writing

Howard McKew has been writing about the building industry since 1976. His first book published was titled Managing People in the HVAC/R Industry and has been updated with the purchased electronic version of this publication. 

Also available on a chapter-by-chapter purchase is his electronic Process, Project, Profit - A Practitioner's Guide to the Building Industry that covers a broad range of topics relative to consulting, project management, sales, marketing, and business development and professional development.

Howard McKew has been a monthly contributing columnist to Engineered Systems Magazine since 1991 with his Tomorrow’s Environment column and his monthly Back2Basics Energy Retro-Commissioning multiple choice test started in 1996 in sync with his daughter Amanda’s HVACR Designer Tips, Application Scorecard, and today her The Facility Files.

Podcasts

BSS Checklists - a time management and quality control business tool

3rd Party TAB - as important as commissioning

Introduction to Cx-3 -  Introduction to the Cx-3 software and listen to how it is a designer’s tool, as well as a commissioning engineer’s tool.  Cx-3 also provides your with the ability to printout individual system flow diagrams to be collected in a Operator’s Training Handbook

Cx-3 Trial Tips - Make the most of 3-day Cx-3 trial by listening to this podcast as you break the trial period into two learning initiatives; 1-using the Cx-3 software and 2-learning how the Visio software works as the platform for the Cx-3 program.

Cx Test Plan & Schedule - Our pro-active Cx-1 module document that monitors and drives the commissioning process in the construction phase.  Own the process in the commissioning specification and hold the contractor accountable to fill in the blanks in the system-readiness phase.

The Sales Plan - Taken from Chapter 3.1 of Process, Project, Profits - A Practitioner's Guide to the Building Industry

 

 

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