Haberberger wins plant, post office jobs 

Mechanical contracting company Haberberger Inc. has announced it soon will begin work on three recently awarded projects for Lemay Wastewater Treatment Plant and the main branch of the U.S. Postal Service ...

FMI adds Advanced Management Institute 

FMI Corp. has announced it will integrate Advanced Management Institute, a Napa, Calif.-based firm offering leadership development, training and consulting services to architecture and engineering, into its organization...

Peerless Pump acquires Flometrico 

Peerless Pump Co. has announced that it has acquired Flometrico of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Peerless’ relationship with Flometrico dates back more than 50 years and two generations...

Tucker Mechanical completes Yale project 

EMCOR Group Inc. has announced that its Tucker Mechanical subsidiary has completed an extensive mechanical services project for the Yale School of Medicine’s Amistad Street building here...

EMCOR named ‘America’s most admired’ 

EMCOR Group Inc. has been named “America’s Most Admired Company” in the engineering and construction industry by Fortune magazine...

Plumbing foundation announces new chairman 

NEW YORK — The Board of Directors of the Plumbing Foundation, the public affairs and educational arm of the plumbing industry here, has announced that Robert Greenberg of Evergreen Mechanical Corp. has become its new chairman....

Group announces Hall of Leaders 

The Hall of Leaders recently was launched to profile notable leaders from the plumbing and air conditioning industry who have been recognized as “Servant Leaders” by the Service Roundtable. ...

Technical college receives boiler donation 

Cleaver-Brooks has donated two Clearfire Series boilers to Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Center for Energy Conservation and Advanced Manufacturing....

Green mechanical training manual available 

HVAC Excellence and Ferris State University recently agreed to work together to address a gap in “green mechanical” education. ...

Program assists veterans in starting businesses 

Mr. Rooter and The Dwyer Group Inc. have initiated a new program to assist transitioning military personnel and current veterans in building their own businesses....

Women in HVACR announces 2008 officers, board 

Women in HVACR, the organization committed to educating, networking and mentoring women in all facets of the HVACR industry, has announced its 2008 board of directors....

MEP Jobs, OnTarget Jobs announce partnership 

– MEP Jobs and OnTarget Jobs announced a marketing and content partnership that will target thousands of employers and p-h-c- professionals throughout the OnTarget Jobs network of niche sites. ...

RIDGID roadshow unveils schedule 

The RIDGID Reputation Roadshow 2008 will visit cities across the country this summer to showcase and demonstrate the newest technology RIDGID has to offer. ...

State lifts ban on waterless urinals 

ST. PAUL, MINN. – Lawmakers here have lifted a statewide ban on waterless urinals initially supported by a trade group that wanted amendments to the state’s plumbing code addressing the water-saving devices....

Groups produce code reference series 

State Water Heaters Awards Scholarship 

State Water Heaters recently awarded Angel Espericueta, a South Texas College student, with an academic scholarship to continue studies in the HVAC and plumbing associate degree program....

MSCA Adds 2 Contractors to STAR Program 

The Mechanical Service Contractors of America has announced that GHS Mechanical Inc., Elk Grove, Ill., and Ruthrauff Service LLC, Pittsburgh, recently achieved MSCA STAR status, bringing the total number of STAR contractors nationally to 89....

Giants Cautiously Optimistic 

So, are we entering a recession? Yes and no. For the nation's largest mechanical contractors, the answer is probably no. Contractors who are in the residential market or building strip malls will feel differently....

Studies Confirm Energy Savings of LEED Buildings 

Two recently released studies, one by the New Buildings Institute and one by CoStar Group, have validated that third party certified buildings outperform their conventional counterparts across a wide variety of metrics, including energy savings, occupancy rates, sale price and rental rates....

Plumbing Industry Week Recognized 

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a resolution recognizing the plumbing industry and supporting the goals and ideals of National Plumbing Industry Week, which was celebrated April 27-May 3....

PEOPLE NEWS 

Two new members have been elected to the Nexstar board of directors, John Hucker of Hucker Electric, Waukegan, Ill., and Tommy Newton of Rapidan Plumbing, Fredericksbug, Va. ...

Raleigh Reverses Disposal Ban 

Raleigh, N.C. — The city council here recently reversed its decision to ban garbage disposal installations, nearly a month after the ban took effect in mid-March....

Q2 Industrial Spending Off 65% From Last Year 

Last year at this time, the U.S. industrial manufacturing industry was booming, noted research firm Industrial Info Resources here....

RPA Sets Annual Conference 

Schaumburg, Ill. — The 2008 REX (Radiant EXPO) will be held at the new Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center here from Aug. 13-15, 2008....

Symposium Addresses Energy Efficiency Goals 

Washington — More than 30 representatives from the federal government, energy utilities, foreign embassies and the HVACR industry gathered here in early April to answer the question, “Is the tide turning with regard to the future of energy and energy efficiency strategy?”...

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