September 1, 2002
Articles
California court deals blow to open-shop apprenticeship
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff SACRAMENTO, CALIF. A California court has dealt a blow to an open-shop apprenticeship program run by the California...
Texans open deluxe digs
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff HOUSTON It would tough to ask for a better rivalry. When the NFLs expansion Houston Texans played their first...
Fire marshals hope to learn lessons from 9/11
ALBANY, N.Y. The National Association of State Fire Marshals announced Aug. 26 that it has formed The Partnership for Safer Buildings to study the U.S....
PHCC and Enterprise to offer fleet services
FALLS CHURCH, VA. Enterprise Fleet Services, a division of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association have...
AMPAM downgraded after disappointing 2Q
NEW YORK Standard & Poors Ratings Services announced Aug. 19 that it has placed its single--plus corporate credit rating on American Plumbing & Mechanical...
Unique facility treats wastewater
ATLANTA Fulton County, Georgia, in metro Atlanta, has opened its new Cauley Creek Water Reclamation plant, which uses ultra-filtration membrane technology....
NFPA releases national building code
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff QUINCY, MASS. The National Fire Protection Association upped the ante in the competition for national building...
The Heat's On Suppliers
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff Product quality and availability are the most important factors when hydronic heating contractors make purchasing...
Retired couple exercises the radiant option
Special to CONTRACTOR JACKSON, N.J. After living in their comfortable new home here for a little more than a year, Neil and Shirley Sullivan cant believe...
Bush cuts tariffs on more steel imports
WASHINGTON President George W. Bush announced Aug. 22 that he would exclude another 178 imported steel product categories from the high protective tariffs...
SEC charges Watts Horne with insider trading
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a complaint against Timothy P. Horne, former chairman and chief executive officer...
Consumers turning to Web for more home improvements
PALO ALTO, CALIF. Consumers increasingly are using the Internet to find and connect with local contractors and home-improvement specialists, according...
BuildPoint to help EMCOR market 65 units to GCs
REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF. BuildPoint Corp., a software company that specializes in provider relationship management for the construction industry, in mid-August...
Invensys moves Erie Controls back to U.S.
LOVES PARK, ILL. Invensys Building Systems hosted an open house here July 31 for employees, customers, media and local officials to celebrate the companys...
Hacker licenses applicators for floor products
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. Hacker Industries has licensed two new applicators for its line of floor underlayments. Alaska-based Best Transit Mix will serve...
American Standard has big quarter
PISCATAWAY, N.J. American Standard Cos. Inc. in mid-July announced second-quarter record sales of $2.09 billion that were up 2% from the same period a...
Kohler tub wins design award
KOHLER, WIS. Kohler Co.s sok overflowing bath and laminar-flow bath filler received Gold and Silver Industrial Design Excellence Awards, respectively,...
Selecting the best leak detection equipment
THIS IS THE LAST installment of three on leak detection. My two previous columns (July, pg. 18, and August, pg. 28) covered the search for a pinhole leak...
Is there any way to get out of a bid mistake?
IT IS INDEED the rare contractor who has never transposed a number or made another dumb mistake in the course of preparing a bid. The rush of bid day...
Annual gifts improve to beat tax collector
A COMMON ADDITION to the labels of many store-bought products is the word Well, this time the is annual gifts and improved is the perfect word. Lifetime...
PM 101: Assess your aptitude, mindset, potential
ARE YOU a field person who has aspirations to work your way up through the ranks to become a project manager? Are you a recent college graduate in a field...
Dispatching, liens and digital thumbnails
S2000WIN (www.S2000WIN. com, 800/643-1339) is a software package for service companies that dispatch workers in the field. The solution, which features...
Too many still cook the books
ONE OF THE CURRENT hot-button subjects in the world of business is tied to the phrase cooking the books. I cant imagine that there is a single businessperson...
In a FOG about grease traps?
GREASE TRAP TECHNOLOGY has remained virtually unchanged since the first patent was issued to Nathaniel Whiting in 1884. It wouldnt be until many years...
Finding meaning in 9/11 a year later
By BOB MIODONSKI Editorial Director and Publisher MY FIRST BUSINESS trip after last Sept. 11 was, by coincidence, to New York City. While I was there,...
Defense picks IBC for military construction
FALLS CHURCH, VA. The U.S. Department of Defense has selected the International Building Code as a primary reference in its Unified Facilities Criteria,...
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