New Year's Resolution: Plan for 2007
OF THE 90,000 to 100,000 plumbing and HVAC contractors in business today, less than 10% do any planning, consultant John LaPlant told us a couple months...
Most requested products
1 THE TITAN TRIANGLE TOILET can be installed in the corner of the bathroom, giving homeowners and designers maximum space-saving functionality. The gravityfed...
QSC Power Meeting to Strive for Excellence'
FALLS CHURCH, VA. Members of Quality Service Contractors will be told Feb. 22-24, 2007, at their Power Meeting XXVI in Scottsdale, Ariz., that superior...
Sprinklers douse townhouse fire with minor damage
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTORS STAFF DURANGO, COLO. Former firefighter Gretchen Schmeisser watched in disbelief as flames from her overheated van threatened...
Editors choices
1 THE WALL-MOUNTED CONDENSING MASCOT BOILER offers high efficiency and versatility in a small package. The low NOx, sealed-combustion, fullymodulating...
Be selfish this holiday season!
BY JOE HODES SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR WHAT ARE YOU in business for? Are you risking everything each day only to spend your "free" time trying to figure out...
Talk won't make meetings powerful
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF DENVER In preparing for a business meeting, you should devote most of your attention to how you start it and how...
Utility program covers plumbing emergencies
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF VOORHEES, N.J. Independent water utility American Water has introduced the InHome Plumbing Emergency Program,...
Comfortech RoadShows to visit six cities
CLEVELAND The successful Comfortech RoadShow Series will return in 2007 with an all-new program for plumbing and HVAC contractors. Produced and managed...
Weil-McLain and CPSC recall Ultra Series boilers for CO hazard
WASHINGTON WeilMcLain and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in November announced a voluntary recall of Weil-McLain Ultra Series gas boilers....
Construction material prices to rise by 6% to 8%
WASHINGTON "A welcome slide in energy costs gave producer prices, including those for construction, much-needed relief in October," said Ken Simonson,...
Comfortech Roadshows Unveil New Program Of '07
The highly successful Comfortech RoadShow Series will return in 2007 with an all-new program for plumbing and HVAC contractors. Produced and managed by...
Few contractors plan for business growth
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF CHARLESTON, S.C. Contractors want to grow but few have any idea how to do it right. Steven Little, senior consultant...
Contractors and Vendors in the News - December 2006
Contractors Scott McQuade, a construction manager with Trimech Corp., a subsidiary of EMCOR Group in New Jersey, has received the 2006 EMCOR Diamond Award...
In Brief
Mechanical contracting company Haberberger has been recognized by Anheuser-Busch Cos. for its safe working environment and was recently presented the...
Contractors will feel urban-infill' impact
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF WASHINGTON Aging and upwardly mobile ethnic population shifts are among the factors contributing to "urban infill"...
Yellowpages.com Data Says Holiday Season Busiest For Plumbers
Turkey, sweet potatoes and much more head down the drain and through the garbage disposer during the holidays. The result is the busiest plumbing season...
Pa. contractor helps fix Katrina's ravages
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF PIPERSVILLE, PA. Mechanical contractor Worth & Co. in early November sent 14 employees, trucks and supplies to...
QSC Power Meeting to 'Strive for Excellence'
Members of Quality Service Contractors will be told Feb. 22-24, 2007, at their Power Meeting XXVI in Scottsdale, Ariz., that superior business management...
Apology for urinal remarks
YORBA LINDA, CALIF. My letter to the editor that appeared in the October issue of CONTRACTOR magazine regarding politics and non-water urinals was clearly...
Police seek contractor's killer
PARK RIDGE, ILL. Gerald Dhamer, 48, president of a suburban Chicago plumbing firm, was gunned down Nov. 13 by a ski-masked assailant who shot him two...
Treated wastewater saves drinking supply
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR SAN PEDRO, CALIF. A water recycling facility here is saving 2.5 million gal. of potable water daily enough potable water to serve...
As company marks 100 years, contractor looks forward
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF ALSIP, ILL. Some contractors think about doing something different, but Bill Erickson thinks about doing something...
ASHRAE to develop water saving standard
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON A representative of the U.S. Department of Energy has invited the plumbing industry to give its feedback on a water conservation...
Private equity firm to buy Jacuzzi and Zurn
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. Private equity firm Apollo Management L.P. announced in mid-October that it is buying Jacuzzi Brands for $1.25...
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