Consulting-Specifying Engineer

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Consulting-Specifying Engineer
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Inspiring Engineering Interaction
Type Business magazine
Owner(s) CFE Media LLC
EditorAmara Rozgus
Founded1952, 1958
Language English
Headquarters Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
Circulation 46,714
ISSN 0892-5046
Website Consulting-Specifying Engineer

Consulting-Specifying Engineer ( ISSN   0892-5046) is a trade publication and website owned by CFE Media, serving the information needs of engineering personnel who perform various consulting engineering activities.

Contents

The magazine is published monthly and covers Consulting-Specifying Engineering subjects, such as: Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Lighting, Fire and Life Safety, and Controls/BAS Engineering. Other subject areas include Career and Engineering trends, Codes and Standards, and Convention coverage.

Consulting-Specifying Engineer publishes several programs throughout each year:

History

Consulting-Specifying Engineer has existed since 1987 in its current form, a combination of two monthly, older publications: Consulting Engineer (dating back to 1952) and Actual Specifying Engineer (to 1958).

In April 2010, former owner Reed Business Information announced the magazine's closure; later that month, Control Engineering , Consulting-Specifying Engineer and Plant Engineering were acquired by a new company, CFE Media LLC.

As of September 2010, total BPA circulation was 46,714 engineer subscribers employed by consulting, engineer/architectural, design/build firms, or in-house engineers.

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