In Brief

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Bradford White continued its
industry support by donating $15,000 to the Plumbing,

Heating, Cooling Contractors National Association. The

company gave $7,500 to PHCCNA's apprenticeship program and

another $7,500 to the National

Auxiliary College Scholarship

Fund. Ted Sikorski, vice

president/marketing, made the

donations in late September 2006

during a PHCC-NA breakfast

meeting, which Bradford White

sponsored, at the group's

convention in Chicago.
Grainger recently awarded
three remaining 2006 scholarships

to technical education students in

Illinois, Ohio and Maryland,

completing the first year of the

company's Tools for Tomorrow

scholarship program. The

program provides funding for

students at select community

colleges to finish their second year

in a technical career program. The

final 2006 scholarships were

awarded to: Fernando Gomez of

Waukegan, Ill., in automotive

technology; Brandon Bogle of

Milford, Ohio, in electrical

engineering; and Troy Hastings of Baltimore in construction

management.
The International Code

Council will move its world

headquarters to the heart of

Washington and into a Leadership

in Energy and Environmental

Design-certified building. Two

blocks away from the Capitol, the

new location is intended to

enhance relationships with the

federal government and national

and international organizations

that have a presence in

Washington, including the

National Association of Realtors,

the building owner.
As a result of major changes the A. O. Smith Water Products Co. plant in McBee, S.C., made to its
safety program over the last four

years, the facility recently

achieved a safety milestone,

working 1 million hours without a

lost-time incident, the company

said. The 500 McBee employees

were recognized in a special

ceremony at the plant held on

Dec. 19, 2006. McBee is the sixth A. O. Smith facility recognized for

its excellence in safety

performance during 2006.
Taco is raising prices on various
commercial products and parts,

effective Jan.19. The price

increases range from 3% to 7%.

Taco commercial products and

parts include base-mounted inline

pumps, vertical multi-stage

pumps, suction diffusers,

commercial circulators, doublewalled heat exchangers, pump

kits and tank units.