'No interruption' in business after Amtrol files Chapter 11
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF WEST WARWICK, R.I. Hydronics manufacturer Amtrol has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it cannot...
Hydronics market to see modest growth in 2007
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF SALES AND SHIPMENTS in the hydronic heating market should increase in the low single digits in 2007, manufacturers...
QSC Power Meeting to 'Strive for Excellence'
Members of Quality Service Contractors will be told Feb. 22-24 at their Power Meeting XXVI in Scottsdale, Ariz., that superior business management processes...
ASHRAE Meeting Centers On Energy Efficiency
ASHRAE will show off its technical expertise Jan. 29-31 in Dallas at the 2007 AHR Expo where 16 technical sessions will be held. Designed to share ASHRAEs...
In Brief
Bradford White continued its industry support by donating $15,000 to the Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors National Association. The company gave...
A Crescent City Welcome
Eighty years of service in New Orleans and the loyalty of customers and employees make Bienvenu Brothers Enterprises our Mechanical Contractor of the...
Bienvenu Brothers exemplifies the best
MUCH HAS been said about making ones own luck. Thats true of the way Bienvenu Brothers Enterprises survived Hurricane Katrina. The company got lucky when...
Industrial market 'good place to be' in 2006 and 2007
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR A WEAKENING U.S. dollar and falling oil prices are among the factors that should help the industrial construction market gain strength...
Contractors and Vendors in the News - January 2007
Contractors The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association and PHCC National Auxiliary installed officers and members of the board of directors...
Habitat helps to revitalize Chester, Pa.
BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF CHESTER, PA. When Kenny and Tamika Gilbert and three daughters Kiana, Tiara and Kerri moved into their new home...
Nonresidential Construction Spending Keeps 'Torrid Pace'
Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors, said he was looking on the bright side when commenting on a Jan. 3 report from the...
Commercial plumbing is bright spot in 07 outlook
BY WILLIAM ATKINSON SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR THE PAST YEAR and the new year are relatively easy to sum up for plumbing contractors: Residential and commercial...
Leaders must have EQ to manage their emotions
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF CHARLESTON, S.C. Emotional intelligence is the single greatest driver of effective leadership, said Bill Benjamin,...
Radiant Seminar Includes New England Patriots' Stadium Tour
You can find out what the mechanical room at a football stadium looks like April 5 at a radiant heating seminar at Gillette Stadium, home of the New England...
NYC Contractors, Unions Urge Three Strikes Policy for Safety Violations
In the wake of an unprecedented 29 construction-related deaths in New York City over the last year, contractors and union leaders joined forces in mid-May...
Employees key ingredient in company's 'winning culture'
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF LINCOLN, R.I. To create a winning company culture, Gem Plumbing & Heating here discovered it needed two things:...
Yellowpages.com Data Says Holiday Season Busiest For Plumbers
Turkey, sweet potatoes and much more head down the drain and through the garbage disposer during the holidays. The result is the busiest plumbing season...
Pa. contractor helps fix Katrina's ravages
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF PIPERSVILLE, PA. Mechanical contractor Worth & Co. in early November sent 14 employees, trucks and supplies to...
QSC Power Meeting to 'Strive for Excellence'
Members of Quality Service Contractors will be told Feb. 22-24, 2007, at their Power Meeting XXVI in Scottsdale, Ariz., that superior business management...
Apology for urinal remarks
YORBA LINDA, CALIF. My letter to the editor that appeared in the October issue of CONTRACTOR magazine regarding politics and non-water urinals was clearly...
Police seek contractor's killer
PARK RIDGE, ILL. Gerald Dhamer, 48, president of a suburban Chicago plumbing firm, was gunned down Nov. 13 by a ski-masked assailant who shot him two...
Kohler Crowns 'Fastest Plumber' In Contest
Eight professional plumbers from across the country competed Oct. 29 in the second annual Kohler Co.-sponsored "Fastest Plumber Contest" at Lambeau Field,...
New Year's Resolution: Plan for 2007
OF THE 90,000 to 100,000 plumbing and HVAC contractors in business today, less than 10% do any planning, consultant John LaPlant told us a couple months...
Most requested products
1 THE TITAN TRIANGLE TOILET can be installed in the corner of the bathroom, giving homeowners and designers maximum space-saving functionality. The gravityfed...
QSC Power Meeting to Strive for Excellence'
FALLS CHURCH, VA. Members of Quality Service Contractors will be told Feb. 22-24, 2007, at their Power Meeting XXVI in Scottsdale, Ariz., that superior...
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