Make sure you protect your brand!
BY MIKE MARKOVSKY SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR PAY ATTENTION specifically to what you do the next time you're in your local grocery store. As you cruise up and...
Recruit new employees as you would find customers: HR expert
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. What your company does while recruiting and interviewing prospective employees is critical...
Stay the marketing course
BY ADAMS HUDSON SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR Third in a series As we enter this next marketing phase, one thing should become abundantly clear: None of this...
Keep staff 100% accountable, 100% of the time: consultant
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF WAILEA, HAWAII "If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never...
Health plan bill needs small business support
BY BOB MIODONSKI PUBLISHER AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR WHAT A DIFFERENCE a couple years and a couple words can make. Exactly two years ago this month, in this...
Women make most remodel decisions: poll
GOLDEN, COLO. Women and home-improvement contractors agree that the woman in the household is the primary decision-maker when it comes to managing home-improvement...
Calendar of Events - April 2006
April National Fire Sprinkler Association Annual Seminar and Exhibition April 26-29 South Hampton, Bermuda Comfortech RoadShow April 27 Philadelphia May...
Contractors and Vendors in the News - April 2006
Contractors EMCOR Group, Norwalk, Conn., has elected Mark Pompa as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Leicle Chesser who...
In Brief
Kirk Alter, professor at Purdue University, will host a seminar titled "Time Management and Goal Setting" May 19 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City,...
Some technical schools cheat our industry
MIGUEL BARRETO MIKE'S REFRIGERATION BOGOTA, N.J. Don't be surprised, but here in New Jersey some county technical schools cheat our industry by certifying...
Student dorms going through another phase
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF ST. LOUIS Washington University here has had a long working relationship with Haberberger Mechanical. That relationship...
Power and manufacturing to lead Northeast's industrial surge
HOUSTON The Northeast continues its reign as a favored destination for industrial capital investment dollars, according to Industrial Information Resources....
DOE lists 2007 Solar Decathlon teams
WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Energy has selected 20 university teams to compete in the 2007 Solar Decathlon. The teams selected for the competition...
Seattle to use wood to boost city's 'green' push
SEATTLE Seattle Steam Co.'s bio-mass boiler project was named one of 18 initiatives in the report and recommendations issued in March by Seattle Mayor...
End PM's 'hired gun' mentality
RICHARD F. REZNICEK SR. PROJECT MANAGER H.T. LYONS INC. ALLENTOWN, PA. I've read H. Kent Craig's February column (" Don't become a statistic when projects...
New MCAA president wants 'to turn our ship around'
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF BELLWOOD, ILL. Michael Cullinane is single-mindedly devoted to union contractors, to the Mechanical Contractors...
Latter-day wonder: hydronic job at LDS Church
BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF DENVER In case you haven't been to Utah lately, the Mormons have been busy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Apprenticeships need support of entire industry
(Fifth in a five-part series) THE PLUMBING industry needs wholesalers and manufacturers as well as contractors to combat a critical shortage of skilled...
Burger retires as Roto-Rooter president
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA After a 26-year career with Roto-Rooter Corp., Gary Burger retired as company president March 1. Burger joined Roto-Rooter in 1980,...
Industry gets closer to uniform standard for toilets
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF THE PLUMBING industry seems to be getting closer to agreement on how toilets should really perform with the publication...
Challenge Air to get $20,000 from QSC
ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. Quality Service Contractors raised $20,000 for Challenge Air, an aviation program that benefits physically challenged children and...
AHR innovations not all hot air
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF CHICAGO More than 57,000 HVACR professionals filled the aisles and exhibit booths Jan. 23-25 at the 76th AHR...
Retiring from business can get complicated
JOHN GARVELINK COMMERCIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. I enjoyed and appreciated John Zink's Industry Education column in the January issue...
Chinese stainless steel fittings flood market: U.S. firms
WASHINGTON U.S. producers of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings in mid-February pointed to increasing volumes of low-priced imports from China as...
Build your marketing momentum
8 ways that Basnett Plumbing and Heating generates leads and retains customers. BY ADAMS HUDSON SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR Second in a series Why do they even...
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