What to do about pending labor shortages, part 3
WE COVERED alternative hiring practices, such as hiring veterans, women and immigrants in last month's column (February, pg. 24). This is the last of...
AHR innovations not all hot air
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF CHICAGO More than 57,000 HVACR professionals filled the aisles and exhibit booths Jan. 23-25 at the 76th AHR...
Latter-day wonder: hydronic job at LDS Church
BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF DENVER In case you haven't been to Utah lately, the Mormons have been busy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Challenge Air to get $20,000 from QSC
ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. Quality Service Contractors raised $20,000 for Challenge Air, an aviation program that benefits physically challenged children and...
Hydronics piping checks can be a breeze
THE PIPING configurations in modern hot water systems may seem much different than those of the past. Indeed, I have heard people say that the newer hot...
What to do about pending labor shortages, part 3
WE COVERED alternative hiring practices, such as hiring veterans, women and immigrants in last month's column (February, pg. 24). This is the last of...
Watts Water Technologies buys Dormont Mfg. Co.
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Watts Water Technologies has acquired Dormont Manufacturing Co. in a stock purchase transaction. Dormont's annual revenue for 2005...
Mid-Atlantic to see biggest industrial growth
HOUSTON Manufacturers in the Mid-Atlantic region are expected in 2006 to break ground on the largest increase in industrial project spending in the United...
Employ innovative snow-melt systems
HYDRONIC HEATING CONTRACTOR We discussed the potential of earth-linked energy as an alternative to conventionally powered snow-melt systems in my January...
New age piping: a modern hydronics phenomenon
ALTHOUGH I ENJOY working with copper pipe, and I really like a good design challenge, I've come to the conclusion that a wellengineered low-loss header,...
What to do about pending labor shortages, part 2
IN THIS, THE second of three installments, we'll continue to look at the many options for replacing our dwindling workforce. Hire from the returning military...
Johnson Controls completes York acquisition
MILWAUKEE Johnson Controls in mid-December 2005 completed its acquisition of HVACR equipment and services supplier York International. Johnson Controls...
Hydronic market to grow 4% to 5%
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF IF YOU LOOK only at boiler shipment statistics from the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association, it looks as...
EMCOR launches missing children initiative
HARTFORD, CONN. Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, joined EMCOR...
What you can do about labor shortages, part 1
LIKE A NEVER-ENDING doomsday story, the pending labor shortage is theoretically lurking just on the other side of the horizon, waiting to attack and cripple...
EMCOR Group buys Fluidics
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR NORWALK, CONN. EMCOR Group, the country's largest mechanical contractor, announced Nov. 8 that it has acquired Fluidics, a privately...
Comfort conditioning Rocky Mountain homes
COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION is not the only growth bonanza in the Rocky Mountains. Each year more people are making the choice to build second homes there,...
'05 Hydronic Wish List
WE INTERRUPT normal programming for a special holiday message. Six years ago, I wrote my first Hydronic Christmas Wish list. Some of my wishes came true,...
Danforth creates packaged mechanical rooms for Buffalo project
BUFFALO, N.Y. John W. Danforth Co. has won a long-term contract changing out the heating systems in 77 buildings for the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority....
Higher heating bills coming this winter
WASHINGTON The Hydronics Institute Division of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association was holding its fall meeting Oct. 12 in Absecon, N.J., just...
Eighth-grade project uncovers school mold
CHESAPEAKE, VA. What started out as an eighth-grade science experiment at a Virginia school became an alarming discovery: Turning down the school air...
Weil-McLain adds jobs, operations at new North Carolina facility
EDEN, N.C. Weil-McLain announced Sept. 27 at the grand opening of its manufacturing plant and customer training facility here that it will expand operations...
P&F Industries sells Embassy to Mestek
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. P&F Industries announced in mid-October that Embassy Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, sold substantially all its...
Figure your job costs for profitability
ONE OF THE MOST common questions that I'm asked when I present the Radiant Panel Association's Radiant Basics class is: "How much should I charge for...
Calculate flywheel mass effect's influence
p>As energy contractors, we are required to perform a basic heat loss or heat gain calculation in order to properly size the heating or cooling plant...
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