Water utilities target 'inefficient' plumbing products
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF WASHINGTON Members of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute had water conservation of their minds and on their agenda...
Comfort conditioning Rocky Mountain homes
COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION is not the only growth bonanza in the Rocky Mountains. Each year more people are making the choice to build second homes there,...
P&F Industries sells Embassy to Mestek
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. P&F Industries announced in mid-October that Embassy Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, sold substantially all its...
Higher heating bills let the sun shine in
ATURN OF a couple pages in this month's issue will take you from where this country is today with our energy supply to where we likely will be in the...
Danforth creates packaged mechanical rooms for Buffalo project
BUFFALO, N.Y. John W. Danforth Co. has won a long-term contract changing out the heating systems in 77 buildings for the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority....
Higher heating bills coming this winter
WASHINGTON The Hydronics Institute Division of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association was holding its fall meeting Oct. 12 in Absecon, N.J., just...
Contractors in the News - November 2005
Peter J. Minton has joined Murphy Co. of St. Louis as a project manager in its Quick Response group. Murphys QR group provides project management for...
School systems spending millions on construction annually - November 2005
School systems in the United States are not only in the business of education, they are also in the construction business, according to the results of...
Calendar of Events - November 2005
International Builders Show Jan. 11-14 Orlando, Fla. AHR Expo Jan. 23-25 Chicago Comfortech RoadShow Feb. 1 Dallas Pumper & Cleaner Expo Feb. 15-18 Nashville,...
Big Payoffs
Amotorist called Barry Kindt one day and told him, "One of your pickup trucks just passed me, and something flew out of the back of his truck and landed...
Eighth-grade project uncovers school mold
CHESAPEAKE, VA. What started out as an eighth-grade science experiment at a Virginia school became an alarming discovery: Turning down the school air...
In Brief
Mr. Rooter recently was named as one of the 2005 "Bond's Top 100 Franchises," a list created by an independent organization that evaluates more than 2,300...
Watch wording on your Website
NASHVILLE, TENN. David Squires thought that contractorsexchange. com would make a great name for a Website where his fellow trade professionals could...
Rock Hill Mechanical wins ethanol work
ST. LOUIS A year-long effort by Rock Hill Mechanical here and United Association Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 has paid off with what the contractor...
U. of Colorado wins 2005 Solar Decathlon
WASHINGTON Eighteen colleges and universities set up solar houses on the National Mall here in October, competing to see who had the best engineering...
Weil-McLain adds jobs, operations at new North Carolina facility
EDEN, N.C. Weil-McLain announced Sept. 27 at the grand opening of its manufacturing plant and customer training facility here that it will expand operations...
AHR Expo to host Radiant House display
CHICAGO The Radiant Panel Association and AHR Expo will host " Radiant House" with installation demonstrations during the January 2006 show at Mc-Cormick...
ICC, IAPMO discuss joint plumbing, mechanical codes
IN RESPONSE TO the signing Sept. 28 of a memorandum of understanding, the International Code Council and the International Association of Plumbing and...
Brilliant Solutions
Stepping off the jet in mid-August at the Orlando, Fla., airport left me with no doubt solar was in my future right then and there! The heat and humidity...
Katrina disaster coalition seeks product donations
THE PLUMBING industry's disaster relief coalition, made up of nearly a dozen associations, in late September decided to ask manufacturers and suppliers...
Network '05 is 'time well spent'
ORLANDO, FLA. In their first foray hosting a joint convention, the leaders of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association and the American...
Contractors feel impact of Katrina
METAIRIE, LA. Keith Bienvenu, owner of Bienvenu Brothers Plumbing-Heating-Cooling here summed up the Katrina situation on Sept. 22 when he told CONTRACTOR:...
Viega to acquire Vanguard, Midtec
BEDFORD, MASS. Viega signed an agreement in late September for the acquisition of the piping systems businesses of Vanguard Piping Systems and Midtec...
Trust and honesty smooth supply chain
P> ORLANDO, FLA. Life would be simpler if people just did their jobs. Contractors, wholesalers, manufacturers and a manufacturers rep shared ideas Sept....
Industry's Katrina generosity astounding
IN SEPTEMBER 2004, this magazine ran a front-page story headlined, "Hurricane brings out the best in plumbing industry," about how contractors pitched...
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