County Enacts Plumbing Retrofit Law
Dekalb County, Ga. — Plumbing industry experts are cautiously optimistic about a new ordinance here that calls for any home built prior to 1993 to have low-flow toilets and plumbing fixtures installed before a homeowner can obtain water from the county. The ordinance, which becomes effective June 1, 2008, requires sellers to disclose the Inefficient Plumbing Fixtures Replacement ordinance when selling a home....
Standard 189.1P: The Future of Green Buildings
There is no question that high-performance green buildings are quickly becoming the norm of the building industry — as they should. Such buildings represent an enormous potential for saving energy and reducing carbon emissions worldwide....
Homeowners May Qualify for Entran Settlement Funds
Owners of property where Goodyear's Entran II radiant heating hose was installed may receive cash payments under a class action settlement, according to David Black and William Maywhort, who are among the class counsel that negotiated the settlement....
Contractors Encouraged to Take LEED Role
Las Vegas — The co-founder of the U.S. Green Building Council's regional chapter here encouraged union contractors to take advantage of the opportunities available under the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system....
RPA Moving REX to Spring in 2010
The Radiant Panel Association is moving its Radiant Expo (REX) back to the spring in 2010....
EMCOR Acquires Florida-based MSI
EMCOR Group Inc. recently announced it has acquired Mechanical Services of Central Florida Inc., a mechanical mobile services company headquartered in Orlando....
In Brief
A recent Gallup Poll shows that Americans perceive the lack of clean drinking water as a greater threat than climate change. Fifty-three percent of Americans...
Comfort Buys Wash. Mechanical
Comfort Systems USA Inc., a leading provider of commercial, industrial and institutional HVAC services, announced that it has acquired Merit Mechanical Inc., a full service commercial HVAC company based in Redmond, Washington....
Ga. Tech Buys Ultrapure Wastewater System
Atlanta — The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide multi-million dollar wastewater and ultrapure water treatment systems for a new, $80 million nanotechnology research center, located here....
MSI Builds UCF Biomedical Sciences Facility
Orlando, Fla. — Mechanical Services Inc. is underway on University of Central Florida's new five-story, 198,000-square-foot Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences building here under its design/build contract with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., HOK and Newcomb & Boyd....
A.O. Smith Recalls Gas Water Heaters
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with A.O. Smith Water Products Co., has announced a voluntary recall of the company's 75-gal. natural and propane gas water heaters....
EMCOR Subsidiaries Win Transit, Chrysler Jobs
EMCOR Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary Design Air Ltd. has been awarded a contract to upgrade the mechanical and electrical systems for Seattle Metro Transit's Central Base Facility and Revenue Processing Center, a 22-acre complex that maintains and houses a fleet of nearly 400 buses....
Court Settlement Puts Licensing Group on Guard
A master plumbers license enforcement committee here is keeping a vigilant eye out for those violating New Jersey's plumbing licensing law after settling a case earlier this year against Home Depot....
Green Building Products Gets Update
BuildingGreen, the publisher of Environmental Building News, has released the third edition of Green Building Products, a product directory for homebuilders, remodelers and homeowners....
S.I. Goldman Secures Six Mechanical Jobs
S.I. Goldman Co. Inc., a mechanical contractor and services company, has announced its work on six jobs that span from Kissimmee to Gainesville, Fla., and range from underground utility installation to equipment fabrication....
CDA Hails EPA Decision on Antimicrobial Copper Alloys
Proponents of antimicrobial copper alloys are hailing a recent decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to approve the alloys' registration....
Nonres construction drops in some segments: FMI
RALEIGH, N.C. – FMI, management consultants and investment bankers to the building and construction industry, announced that the Construction Outlook, a quarterly construction market forecast developed by FMI’s Research Services Group, notes that FMI’s outlook for construction for 2008 and 2009 has been revised downward since the fourth quarter of 2007....
Calif. state building gets green designation
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- The California Department of General Services announced at the end of February that the California Department of Rehabilitation’s headquarters in Sacramento has become the first state building to be awarded green building certification after undergoing a major renovation....
GreenPlumbers partners with American Standard
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- American Standard Americas has become the first founding partner of the innovative GreenPlumbers USA training and accreditation program....
Dwyer Group sets franchise sales record
WACO, TEXAS – The Dwyer Group, a holding company for six home improvement and repair franchise brands, sold a record 235 new franchises in the United States and Canada in 2007....
Comunale Wins Detroit Airport Fire Protection Contract
EMCOR Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary S.A. Comunale Co. Inc. has been awarded a contract for the fire protection systems for expansions to Wayne County Airport in Detroit....
Groups Produce Code Reference Series
Cengage Learning, the International Code Council and DEWALT have announced the release of the DEWALT Code Reference Series. ...
Clockwork Reports Franchise Growth
Clockwork Home Services has announced its fourth quarter and full-year franchise growth for 2007....
Clockwork Franchises Make Top 500 List
Clockwork Home Services Inc. has announced that both of its One Hour Air Conditioning and Heating and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing units are ranked among the nation’s top 500 franchises for 2008, according to Entrepreneur magazine’s 29th annual “Franchise 500” list....
Technical College Receives Boiler Donation
OAK CREEK, WIS. -- Cleaver-Brooks has donated two Clearfire Series boilers to Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Center for Energy Conservation and Advanced Manufacturing at the college’s campus here....
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