Hydronic Heating Market Expects Moderate Growth
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff LETS BE cautious and say that the hydronic market is going to be up in the mid single digits, 5% or 6%. Then we...
Eagles, Opponents Land On Turf-Conditioned Field
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff PHILADELPHIA The old Veterans Stadium here had some of the most notorious Astroturf of any football stadium in...
8 Steps for Improving Commercial Salespeople
BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTORs staff ORLANDO, FLA. A slow economy is only one reason why nonresidential business may be sluggish these days. Wendell...
C2000 to Host Money Masters
WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINN. - Palm Coast, Fla., will be the host city Jan. 23-24 for Money Masters, a two-day seminar on the fundamentals of running an independent...
RSES To Meet in Calgary
DES PLAINES, ILL. - The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society will hold its 67th annual conference Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 at the Westin Calgary in Calgary,...
Jeff Forker, Feb.14,1943 - Jan. 22, 2004
Jeff Forker, former publisher of Contracting Business magazine, died at his home on January, 22 2004. A three-year battle with cancer shortened a vibrant...
Out of the Past
BY CHARLES WARDELL Special to CONTRACTOR For most magazines, a 50th anniversary is a time to lean back and reflect on the past. CONTRACTOR wanted to kick...
U.S. Plumbing Products to Get Promotion Boost Abroad
BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON Representatives of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute and the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a...
Tyco Plans Sale of Some Fire & Security Businesses
PEMBROKE, BERMUDA Tyco International in November reported a loss of 15 cents per share for its fourth quarter, compared to a loss of 72 cents per share...
Charter High School Program Offers Intro to Plumbing
ST. LOUIS The Plumbing Industry Council here, in cooperation with United Association Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562, in November launched a new career...
Lifted Steel Tariffs Could Spell Relief
BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON Steel-using manufacturers in the plumbing-heating-piping industry generally greeted reports of President...
Bill Would Give High-Rise Owners Sprinklers Tax Break
CHICAGO - Illinois State Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz has introduced a bill that could save the states high-rise building owners the cost of retrofitting their...
Shambaugh Receives DBIA Award
FORT WAYNE, IND. Shambaugh & Son has received a 2003 national design-build award from the Design-Build Institute of America. The mechanical contractor...
Great Lakes Plumbing Wins Performance Award
CHICAGO One of the Plumbing Council of Chicagolands 450 contractors has been awarded the Outstanding Performance Award for the year 2002 for Chicagos...
NATE to Offer Certification Test at AHR Expo
WESTPORT, CONN. -North American Technician Excellence Inc., a leading independent certification program for technicians in the HVAC industry, will again...
MD University Gets a New Start
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff TOWSON, MD. When the centrifugal chiller is busted and being used for parts and the only equipment working is...
Great Lakes Crew Moves Stealthily Through Night
CHICAGO No, its not the SWAT team or undercover FBI agents its the crew of fire sprinkler retrofitters from Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating Co. For the...
EMCOR Buys Siemens' Facility Services Business
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff NORWALK, CONN. EMCOR Group Inc. has purchased Siemens U.S. Facility Management Services business as part of a...
AMPAM Gets Financing Order
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS American Plumbing & Mechanical announced in November that it has obtained final approval of its debtor-in-possession agreement from...
Boiler Firm WARE Expands
LOUISVILLE, KY. Ivan Ware & Son Inc., dba WARE, one of the largest boiler rental companies in the country, announced that it bought Boiler & Heat Exchange...
Contractors Fight Accounting Rule Change
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON The accountants have gotten contractors all riled up. The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently...
Goodyear Stops short in Entran Settlement
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff TRENTON, N.J. The long legal battle between Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Heatway over Entran II hydronic radiant...
PHCC Celebrates Youth in Las Vegas
Special to CONTRACTOR LAS VEGAS Nearly a thousand members and associates of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association joined in...
John Ward Dies, Led PHCC in 1987-88
RALEIGH, N.C. John Ward, past national president in 1987-88 of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association, died Oct. 18 after a battle...
Fortune Favors the Fleet
By Steven Spaulding Of CONTRACTORs staff First there was a guy, his truck, his phone and his customers. And for a while that worked just fine. Then there...
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