Seeing the light on energy efficiency 

Church picks options that conserve resources, increase comfort and eliminate CO risk in retrofit. BY DAVE YATES SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR Commercial and residential...

Green Mechanical Council targets contractors 

BY ROBERT MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF DALLAS Tired of seeing green building points being awarded for items such as bike racks, a group of mechanical industry...

MCAA's new president: Manpower remains biggest issue 

BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF BERKELEY, CALIF. Dave Kruse, president of L.J. Kruse Co. here, will take over as president of the Mechanical...

Labor group donates to green building movement 

BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF LOS ANGELES The Piping Industry Progress and Education Trust Fund provided a $25,000 grant to the Los Angeles chapter...

Foster McCarl Jr. dies at 83 

BEAVER FALLS, PA. Foster McCarl Jr., founder of mechanical giant McCarl's Inc., died Jan. 24 at age 83. McCarl, founder of McCarl's Plumbing & Heating...

Nonresidential spending, jobs keep 'torrid pace' 

WASHINGTON Nonresidential building continues to outperform the residential segment, and construction industry job and wage figures reflect that trend,...

California approves CPVC pipe 

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. The California Building Standards Commission has completed adoption of new building standards that include approval of CPVC pipe statewide....

Bosch buys heat pump maker FHP 

Bosch has acquired all shares of FHP from a group of investors led by G.L. Ohrstrom & Co. The purchase price will not be disclosed. "With the acquisition...

Industrial jobs numerous on both coasts in '07 

Special to Contractor LOS ANGELES Industrial projects on the books for both the East and West coasts promise a more active 2007 after a strong 2006, according...

In Brief 

Quality Service Contractors announced that water heater manufacturer and QSC Industry Partner A.O. Smith has become the QSC POWER TOOL sponsor for 2007....

Tips on winterizing homes 

Via E-Mail My winterizing apparatus is functioning well and I haven't had any problems with it. My question to Dave Yates is: When people ask me about...

Please stick to plumbing 

Vis E-Mail We receive your magazine monthly and I find many of the articles very interesting. I always read the articles written by Dave Yates since his...

Your financial advice useful 

Poland, Ohio Just a note to thank you for CONTRACTOR through the years. I started my business in 1956 and part of my success was due to your financial...

American Standard to sell bath/kitchen business 

SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR PISCATAWAY, N.J. American Standard announced Feb. 1 that it would split itself into three parts. It will sell the bath and kitchen...

Hydronics market to see modest growth in 2007 

BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF SALES AND SHIPMENTS in the hydronic heating market should increase in the low single digits in 2007, manufacturers...

QSC Power Meeting to 'Strive for Excellence' 

Members of Quality Service Contractors will be told Feb. 22-24 at their Power Meeting XXVI in Scottsdale, Ariz., that superior business management processes...

ASHRAE Meeting Centers On Energy Efficiency 

ASHRAE will show off its technical expertise Jan. 29-31 in Dallas at the 2007 AHR Expo where 16 technical sessions will be held. Designed to share ASHRAEs...

In Brief 

Bradford White continued its industry support by donating $15,000 to the Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors National Association. The company gave...

A Crescent City Welcome 

Eighty years of service in New Orleans and the loyalty of customers and employees make Bienvenu Brothers Enterprises our Mechanical Contractor of the...

Bienvenu Brothers exemplifies the best 

MUCH HAS been said about making ones own luck. Thats true of the way Bienvenu Brothers Enterprises survived Hurricane Katrina. The company got lucky when...

Industrial market 'good place to be' in 2006 and 2007 

SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR A WEAKENING U.S. dollar and falling oil prices are among the factors that should help the industrial construction market gain strength...

Contractors and Vendors in the News - January 2007 

Contractors The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association and PHCC National Auxiliary installed officers and members of the board of directors...

Habitat helps to revitalize Chester, Pa. 

BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF CHESTER, PA. When Kenny and Tamika Gilbert and three daughters Kiana, Tiara and Kerri moved into their new home...

Nonresidential Construction Spending Keeps 'Torrid Pace' 

Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors, said he was looking on the bright side when commenting on a Jan. 3 report from the...

Commercial plumbing is bright spot in 07 outlook 

BY WILLIAM ATKINSON SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR THE PAST YEAR and the new year are relatively easy to sum up for plumbing contractors: Residential and commercial...

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