NAOHSM awards first Oil Heat Cares Cup
HERSHEY, PA. The National Association of Oil Heating Service Managers at its convention in May here awarded the first Oil Heat Cares Cup to its Central...
Bradford White buys Laars
Bradford White buys Laars AMBLER, PA. As part of a strategic plan that includes diversification within the industry, Bradford White Corp. announced June...
School jobs keep Haberberger hopping
ST. LOUIS No more pencils, no more books means Haberberger Mechanical here starts working on high school retrofit projects that can take advantage of...
Creative contractor heats small N.Y. college
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR TROY, N.Y. When FPI Mechanical replaced the boiler system at Russell Sage College here, it really put on its thinking cap. The contractor...
Sunroc closes Delaware plant
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR DOVER, DEL. Newspapers here reported in late April that Sunroc Corp., a manufacturer of water coolers, would close its Dover plant...
Casino Del Sol gambles on expansion
BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF TUCSON, ARIZ. Since the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulation Act in 1988, Native-American-run casinos have...
Real-time energy load calculations, Part 1
BY MARK EATHERTON HYDRONIC HEATING AUTHORITY OVER THE YEARS, I've had the opportunity to spend many hours in working boiler rooms when the outside temperature...
Mr. Waterheater keeps Pittsburgh market hot
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF PITTSBURGH Using a variety of marketing methods, Mr. Waterheater sells and delivers from 400 to 500 water heaters...
Multiple modulating boilers more efficient: Siegenthaler
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR TORONTO, CANADA Contractors should team up multiple smaller boilers to handle a large load, hydronic engineer John Siegenthaler...
Fluidics Wins Safety Award
PHILADELPHIA Fluidics Inc., a mechanical-electrical-service contractor based here, has been awarded a 2004 Mechanical Contractors Association of America...
Workshops Slated at Heat Pump Conference
LAS VEGAS Two workshops will be held in conjunction with the eighth IEA International Heat Pump Conference May 30-June 2 here. The workshops will be held...
EMCOR Wins $150 Million in Health-care Jobs
NORWALK, CONN. EMCOR Group Inc. announced that it has been awarded contracts for a number of major healthcare projects across the U.S., Canada and the...
Thinking Outside the Box DHW Systems
I HEARD A TERM from a contractor customer the other day that conjured up visions of an antique domestic hot water system I remember my dad talking about....
Hydronics Meeting April 26-27
TORONTO Hydronics industry members will gather April 26-27 at the biannual Great Lakes Hydronics Conference here to update and share their industry knowledge...
Comfort Systems EVP Resigns
HOUSTON HVAC contracting consolidator Comfort Systems USA announced in mid-March that J. Gordon Beittenmiller is resigning his roles as executive vice...
My New, Upside-down DHW System
IN MY DECEMBER 2001 column, I discussed the heating system that Id installed in my own live-in laboratory (Lessons Ive learned from Thistled House, pg....
AHR Expo Shows Innovative Solutions
Special to CONTRACTOR Editors note: Part 1 of our coverage of the AHR Expo Feb. 7-9 ran on pg. 1 of our March issue. ORLANDO, FLA. While much of the water...
How to Sell High-Efficiency Equipment
THEY CALLED BECAUSE they wanted a second opinion and a price for the installation of a new gas valve on their furnace. Their home was on the way to another...
'Thistled House' Sees New Fuel Efficiency
IN MY DECEMBER 2001 column, I discussed the heating system that Id installed in my own live-in laboratory (Lessons Ive learned from Thistled House, pg....
EMCOR Wins $44 Million Job
NORWALK, CONN. EMCOR Group announced in late February that its wholly owned subsidiary Shambaugh & Son was awarded a $44 million project to serve as prime...
AHR Expo Sets Exhibitor Record
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff ORLANDO, FLA. For the first time in its 75-year history, the AHR Expo came here, attracting a large number of...
Wirsbo Sets Mini-Camps
APPLE VALLEY, MINN. Uponor Wirsbo has released its 2005 HCT Mini-Camp schedule. Wirsbos Mini-Camp has trained more than 6,500 contractors over the past...
Oil Heat Cares
Volunteers help NAOHSM's program deliver a holiday miracle. BY Dave Yates Special to CONTRACTOR Two weeks before Thanksgiving, I received a call from...
Learn How to Use Your Combustion Analyzer
TESTING EVERY FLAME-fired appliance you come into contact with is a move in the right direction. We discussed why you need to do this in last months column...
Do You Test Your Gas Appliances For CO?
I ASK THE QUESTION thats in the headline only because I have concerns for you and your loved ones. I didnt used to test any of our gas-fired appliances...
