Contractors, union kill watered-down licensing
BATON ROUGE, LA. Banding with several hundred other Louisiana plumbing contractors from the Mechanical Contractors Association of America and United Association...
Device aims to halt backflow preventer thefts
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. Building developer/contractor Byron Bishop has been in the construction business for more than 30 years and is a victim of metal...
Add-ons work like magic
By Matt Michel CEO, Service Roundtable THE EASIEST WAY to boost your company's profitability is to increase add-on sales during service calls. For a profitable...
Be part of solving labor development issue
By Jo Wagner Special to Contractor THE MAY ISSUE of CONTRACTOR did a wonderful job of addressing the workforce development issues facing the p-h-c industry....
Subcontractors must stand firm against builder
TUCSON ARIZ. The news story about Lennar Corp. is outrageous ("Builder tells subs to cut prices mid-contract," March, pg. 7). We know it is commonplace...
Perfect sales call is 'golden'
NORTHBROOK, ILL. I just read Bob Miodonski's article on the perfect service call presentation and feel the content is excellent ("Perfect sales call requires...
ISH not only biggest but best
By Robert P. Mader Of Contractor's Staff ISH Frankfurt is where you go to see the absolute latest in heating and plumbing technology. It's the trade show...
Whats on Your White Board?
By Mark Matteson When Jeff Bezos was a college student at Princeton, he slept at the Math and Computer lab, literally. As a result he enjoyed a 4.3 GPA....
Bring residential fire sprinklers into the code
By Bob Miodonski Publisher and editorial director INSTALLING FIRE SPRINKLERS is a good idea that we've advocated for a long time. We've focused our discussions...
Study Assesses Causes of Large Contractor Failures
Encompass Services Group, Guy F. Atkinson, J.A. Jones and Dillingham Construction. These are just a few of the large and historically successful contractors...
Affordable Concept Home Gives Blueprint for Green Building
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in early June completed America's first PATH Concept Home in Omaha, Neb., featuring more than 60...
Building owners, architect state case for green construction
BY SUZAN EREM Special to Contractor's OAK BROOK, ILL. About 100 plumbing contractors and inspectors attended a green building seminar May 9 here to find...
Hotel Cutoff Date Nears for QSC Ethics and Integrity Meeting
As scandals in corporate America still make news, Quality Service Contractors will delve into Ethics and Integrity topics at its next meeting to make...
Industrial plant construction rises 33% in '07
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS Alternative fuel production is among the industries leading this year's acceleration in industrial plant construction in the United...
Giant labor shortage needs educated solution
By BOB MIODONSKI Editorial Director ALTHOUGH IT PROVIDES little comfort to this year's Giants and other contractors who face labor shortages, here's a...
Manufacturers told: Pay attention to contractors
BY BOB MIODONSKI ASHEVILLE, N.C. The aging of America's population and building stock puts contractors in such a favorable economic position that manufacturers...
Contractors ramp up their recruiting efforts: FMI
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR RALEIGH, N.C. The changing workforce is forcing contractors to develop new ways to find, recruit and retain talent as competition...
65% of China's sink manufacturers to raise export prices in 2007
HONG KONG Sixty-five percent of China's sink and basin manufacturers plan to raise export prices in 2007, according to Global Sources' " Sourcing Report:...
NY Thermal recalls part for condensing boilers
Special to contractor WASHINGTON NY Thermal Inc. of Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, and the the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary...
TAC recalls Erie Boiler Boss controls
WASHINGTON TAC LLC, formerly Invensys Building Systems, and the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced a voluntary recall of the Erie...
Contractor awards Plumbing Instructor of Year
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR LANSDOWNE, VA. Richard Carrington received the 2007 Plumbing Instructor of the Year award March 30 during the 2007 HVACR & Plumbing...
Condensing boilers have been in service here
By Thomas J. Legutko UTICA, N.Y. In response to Mark Eatherton's Industry Education column "A matter of thermal efficiency," (March, pg. 22), ECR International...
In Brief
The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association will celebrate "Professional P-H-C Contractor Awareness Week" June 24-30. The week coincides...
Contractors and Vendors in the News
Contractors Dunbar Mechanical, a full-service contractor based in Toledo, Ohio, has added Kevin Armstrong to its staff as a project manager/estimator...
Calendar of Industry Events
2007 June Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Los Angeles Trade Show June 9 Long Beach, Calif. New England Fuel Institute June 12-13 Boston July Quality...
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