Realtors Predict Home Sales May Set New Record
WASHINGTON Economic growth is expected to remain above historic averages over the next two years, stimulating job growth and sustaining home sales despite...
AMPAM Sells Riggs Assets
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS American Plumbing & Mechanical announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, has...
5 S's That Would Make Any CEO Happy
BY DENNIS SOWARDS, Special to CONTRACTOR The 5Ss came to America as part of the Lean Thinking movement in the 1990s. Theyre not a cure-all for all that...
Ahern Awards Scholarship
MADISON, WIS. Ahern Fire Protection Vice President Ken Collins recently presented Madison Area Technical College student Julie Boland with a $650 scholarship...
Septic Odor is a Symptom; Treat the Problem
By Keith Kirkman Special to CONTRACTOR I HAVE BEEN a plumber for 30-plus years in Darke County, Ohio, and I have pumped septic tanks for the last 25 years....
Fluid Fights Fires Without Water
NEW YORK Tyco Fire & Security has introduced its Halon replacement Ansul Sapphire Fire Suppression System. The technology uses a new chemical agent that...
Homeowners May Fight Goodyear Entran II Settlement
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff TRENTON, N.J. Goodyear hopes that its class-action settlement with New Jersey plaintiffs puts its Entran II problems...
Who Will Be the Builders of Tomorrow?
BY STEVE LAMB Special to CONTRACTOR AMERICA IS EXPERIENCING a skilled labor shortage, and predictions show it may get worse. A Construction Industry Institute...
Pension Funding Bill Doesn't Spell Relief for Multiemployer Plans
Special to CONTRACTOR CHANTILLY, VA. Despite last-minute efforts by the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association and the Mechanical...
Code Representation: It's the Contractor's Responsibility to Get Involved
If theres one thing p-h-c contractors can get passionate about, its the codes they must comply with every day in their businesses. Whether its the plumbing...
RPA Hosts First RadFest
MADISON, WIS. The Radiant Panel Association hosted its first April 15-16 here in what the RPA plans to make annual regional events. A second regional...
REHAU Sets Radiant Training
LEESBURG, VA. REHAU announced its 2004 schedule of Skill Builders training classes, offered through REHAU Academy. The schedule includes a set of advanced...
VocEd Students Build a House, and their Future
By H. Kent Craig SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR HUDSON, N.C. The principal of the first specialized vocational trades high school in North Carolina to be based...
Self-Insured Group Knocks Down Comp Costs
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff ONTARIO, CALIF. Imagine a workers compensation program from an insurance plan that has 12 employees servicing...
Comfort President Chambers Resigns
HOUSTON Mechanical contracting consolidator Comfort Systems USA Inc., announced in mid-April that Norman C. Chambers would resign his roles as president,...
N.J. Plumbers Fight Big-Box Law Loophole
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff TRENTON, N.J. The New Jersey Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors is calling on New Jersey Gov....
Radiant Cooling Makes a Stand in New Mexico
By Michael Weil, Executive Editor, Contracting Business SANTA FE, N.M. With its rugged landscape and colorful mix of inhabitants, the Santa Fe area is...
Midwest Home Building Outlook Remains Strong
ROSEMONT, ILL. Economic analysts at the recent Midwest Builders Show here said the housing industry is benefiting from an economy that continues to gain...
Copper and Brass Industry Seeks Export Controls
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON U.S. copper and brass foundries have filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce asking it...
Seven Keys to Mastering the Art of Networking
By BOB MIODONSKI of CONTRACTORs staff SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. Many contractors have discovered the power of networking through peer groups, trade associations...
Construction Forecast Hinges on Demographics
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff ORLANDO, FLA. Hugh Rice, managing director of FMI Management Consultants, doesnt pretend to be a soothsayer, but...
Engineering Principles for the Common Man
JOHN SIEGENTHALER has brought a whole new perspective of the engineering world to hydronic heating. He brings an insiders look and interprets those engineering...
Five Trends Make 2020 Another World
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff ORLANDO, FLA. The world in which mechanical contractors will work in 2020 may have some strange components to...
CO Testing the American Dream
By Mark Hunt Special to CONTRACTOR When Doug and Sarah Haight signed the final papers at their closing, they achieved part of the American dream, owning...
Prudames, 64, Led Sales Effort
MONTGOMERY, ALA. Charles N. Prudames, vice president/sales for Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co., died April 4 after losing a long battle with cancer. He was 64....
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