Edwards Engineering comes to condo's rescue 

Special to Contractor CHICAGO Imagine the basement of your home filling up with thousands of gallons of water. That's a very brief synopsis of what faced...

Sustainable buildings standard to define green buildings: ASHRAE 

ATLANTA A proposed new standard that will provide minimum guidelines for green building practices is nearing completion. Applicable to new commercial...

N.J. Master Plumbers tout insurance success 

Special to Contractor TRENTON, N.J. When New Jersey one-man plumbing shops buy health insurance through insurance administrator Association Master Trust,...

Contractors, union kill watered-down licensing 

BATON ROUGE, LA. Banding with several hundred other Louisiana plumbing contractors from the Mechanical Contractors Association of America and United Association...

Device aims to halt backflow preventer thefts 

LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. Building developer/contractor Byron Bishop has been in the construction business for more than 30 years and is a victim of metal...

Add-ons work like magic 

By Matt Michel CEO, Service Roundtable THE EASIEST WAY to boost your company's profitability is to increase add-on sales during service calls. For a profitable...

Be part of solving labor development issue 

By Jo Wagner Special to Contractor THE MAY ISSUE of CONTRACTOR did a wonderful job of addressing the workforce development issues facing the p-h-c industry....

Subcontractors must stand firm against builder 

TUCSON ARIZ. The news story about Lennar Corp. is outrageous ("Builder tells subs to cut prices mid-contract," March, pg. 7). We know it is commonplace...

Perfect sales call is 'golden' 

NORTHBROOK, ILL. I just read Bob Miodonski's article on the perfect service call presentation and feel the content is excellent ("Perfect sales call requires...

ISH not only biggest but best 

By Robert P. Mader Of Contractor's Staff ISH Frankfurt is where you go to see the absolute latest in heating and plumbing technology. It's the trade show...

Whats on Your White Board? 

By Mark Matteson When Jeff Bezos was a college student at Princeton, he slept at the Math and Computer lab, literally. As a result he enjoyed a 4.3 GPA....

Bring residential fire sprinklers into the code 

By Bob Miodonski Publisher and editorial director INSTALLING FIRE SPRINKLERS is a good idea that we've advocated for a long time. We've focused our discussions...

Study Assesses Causes of Large Contractor Failures 

Encompass Services Group, Guy F. Atkinson, J.A. Jones and Dillingham Construction. These are just a few of the large and historically successful contractors...

Affordable Concept Home Gives Blueprint for Green Building 

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in early June completed America's first PATH Concept Home in Omaha, Neb., featuring more than 60...

Building owners, architect state case for green construction 

BY SUZAN EREM Special to Contractor's OAK BROOK, ILL. About 100 plumbing contractors and inspectors attended a green building seminar May 9 here to find...

Hotel Cutoff Date Nears for QSC Ethics and Integrity Meeting 

As scandals in corporate America still make news, Quality Service Contractors will delve into Ethics and Integrity topics at its next meeting to make...

Industrial plant construction rises 33% in '07 

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS Alternative fuel production is among the industries leading this year's acceleration in industrial plant construction in the United...

Giant labor shortage needs educated solution 

By BOB MIODONSKI Editorial Director ALTHOUGH IT PROVIDES little comfort to this year's Giants and other contractors who face labor shortages, here's a...

Manufacturers told: Pay attention to contractors 

BY BOB MIODONSKI ASHEVILLE, N.C. The aging of America's population and building stock puts contractors in such a favorable economic position that manufacturers...

Contractors ramp up their recruiting efforts: FMI 

SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR RALEIGH, N.C. The changing workforce is forcing contractors to develop new ways to find, recruit and retain talent as competition...

65% of China's sink manufacturers to raise export prices in 2007 

HONG KONG Sixty-five percent of China's sink and basin manufacturers plan to raise export prices in 2007, according to Global Sources' " Sourcing Report:...

NY Thermal recalls part for condensing boilers 

Special to contractor WASHINGTON NY Thermal Inc. of Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, and the the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary...

TAC recalls Erie Boiler Boss controls 

WASHINGTON TAC LLC, formerly Invensys Building Systems, and the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced a voluntary recall of the Erie...

Contractor awards Plumbing Instructor of Year 

SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR LANSDOWNE, VA. Richard Carrington received the 2007 Plumbing Instructor of the Year award March 30 during the 2007 HVACR & Plumbing...

Condensing boilers have been in service here 

By Thomas J. Legutko UTICA, N.Y. In response to Mark Eatherton's Industry Education column "A matter of thermal efficiency," (March, pg. 22), ECR International...

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