Grunau Co. joins APi Group of specialty contractors
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR OAK CREEK, WIS. Grunau Co. President Paul Grunau announced in April that he has sold the company to APi Group, a Minnesota-based...
Hydronics 101
BY DAVE YATES SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR Hey, buddy, can you spare a buck?" Get a job, like the rest of us, you think to yourself. But what if it was, "Hey,...
Industry must battle educators' attitudes
HARRY PARKER DIRECTOR OF TRAINING AND SAFETY DUAL TEMP CO. ALLENTOWN, PA. Great column by Mark Eatherton in the March issue of CONTRACTOR (" What to do...
Battle cry for licensed plumbers
BY GEORGIAN LUSSIER SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR ECONOMIST MILTON Friedman popularized the proverb that everything must be paid for, sooner or later, directly...
A.O. Smith buys American Water Heater parent
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR MILWAUKEE A.O. Smith Corp. on April 3 completed its acquisition of GSW Inc., a Canadian-based manufacturer of water heaters and...
Good advice in April issue
PATTY FRANK MILTON FRANK PLUMBING CO. PAST CHAIRMAN QUALITY SERVICE CONTRACTORS SPRING, TEXAS Great articles in the April issue of CONTRACTOR. And, as...
The 'Catch 22' in training in our industry
BY MIKE BERGEN SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR (Editor's note: The author of the following article contacted CONTRACTOR after reading the letter, "Some technical...
Is lean construction better?
RICHARD F. REZNICEK SR. PROJECT MANAGER H.T. LYONS INC. ALLENTOWN, PA. Thanks much to H. Kent Craig for the reply to my letter which appeared in the April...
In Brief
During the Mechanical Contractors Association of America's new Strategic Estimating Conference June 4-6 in Cleveland, estimators can learn how soft costs...
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...
Sprinklers save lives
ARNOLD WITZKE FIRE MARSHAL NORTH MAINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT DES PLAINES, ILL. I received your recent news story on fire sprinklers from an auto-generated...
Function & form
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF While high style and flashy designs may dominate this month's Kitchen/Bath Industry Show in Chicago, exhibitors...
UK utility to buy KeySpan
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF WESTBOROUGH, MASS. British utility holding company National Grid is buying New York and New England utility KeySpan...
Health plan legislation would help small businesse
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF WASHINGTON Legislation that would permit the formation of Small Business Health Plans took a step forward March...
Quality Mechanical's business is on the high-rise
BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF IRVINE, CALIF. This city, in the heart of Orange County, has a lot going for it. Irvine is consistently rated...
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,...
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