ARS Buys San Antonio Contractor 'Will' Fix It
American Residential Services L.L.C., a privately held, nationwide provider of plumbing and HVAC services, has acquired the Fix It brand, San Antonio,...
MCAA Offers Help For Contractors Going Green
By John R. Gentille Special to CONTRACTOR We have reachedan exciting juncture in the mechanical construction and service industry: Each of us has the...
Contractor Offices Move To New Address
Special to Contractor CHICAGO CONTRACTOR's main offices, including those of the publisher and editors, have moved from Des Plaines, Ill., to a new location....
A New Age In North American Hydronics
By Mark Eatherton Hydronic Heating Contractor During the ISH Frankfurt show in March 1999, I was exposed to a product that made my mind race. I saw, for...
Women in HVACR to Convene in Saint Louis
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- Women in HVACR, the organization committed to educating, networking and mentoring women in all facets of the HVACR industry, has...
Arbitrators Unveil Home Construction Rules, Procedures
NEW YORK The American Arbitration Association announced June 1 the launch of its Home Construction Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures, a new process...
Sprinklers Could Have Saved Nine Firefighters
By Robert P. Mader Of CONTRACTOR'S staff CHARLESTON, S.C. A fire sprinkler system would have saved lives in a furniture store and warehouse inferno that...
Engineered Green Building Conference Shows How to Attack the Green Market
According to the U.S. Green Building Council, the products and services market for green building is expected to exceed $12 billion in 2007. Virtually...
Arbitration: Do You Want To Use It?
By Susan Linden McGreevy Construction Attorney I know that no one reading this column wants to think about getting into disputes. You just want to concentrate...
Plumbing Council Partners With Cardinals
ST. LOUIS The St. Louis Plumbing Industry Council, in conjunction with United Association Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562, has become a corporate sponsor...
Brad Sell, 54, Crusaded For Cancer Awareness
Special to Contractor MARION, MASS. Brad Sell, who made it his mission to educate the male-dominated plumbing-and-heating industry about early detection...
Elegant Retreats
K/BIS retains its place as the beauty contest for the home-building and remodeling industry. By Robert P. Mader Of CONTRACTOR staff A couple decades ago...
A High-Tech And Personal Relationship
By Adams Hudson Marketing Authority My sister is coming to visit in a couple of weeks. Oh, and my other sister is too plus at least one of their children...
RPA Meeting, REX Trade Show To Sport All-Stars' Theme
LOVELAND, COLO. Contractors, builders, designers, floor-covering professionals, specifiers and other interested trades are invited to attend the upcoming...
Contractors and Vendors in the News
Contractors The Green Mechanical Council has elected a new board of directors to sever a one-year term. The new executive board members are: chairman...
Service Management Tools For Field Work
By William and Patti Feldman Computer Authorities Here are two solutions for contractors active in service work. Both take advantage of evolving technologies....
35 years later, your value is still front-page news
By Bob Miodonski Publisher and editorial director The headline over the lead story on the front page of our May issue states that manufacturers should...
Carbon Monoxide Safety Is Both Right And Green
By Robert P. Dwyer, CO Training Authority It's easy for me to fit into the green current. i am one of the many fortunate thousands of technicians influenced...
Home Depot To Sell
Special to CONTRACTOR ATLANTA The Home Depot has reached an agreement to sell its HD Supply wholesale business to a consortium of private equity firms....
Manufacturers Push 1.28-gpf Toilet Law
By Robert P. Madeer Of CONTRACTOR'S staff SACRAMENTO, CALIF. The Plumbing Manufacturers Institute has partnered with California Rep. John Laird to establish...
Estimates For Some Jobs Pulled ... From Thin Air
By H. Kent Craig Project Management Authority It's been a long-standing practice in mechanical contracting to throw numbers out on some jobs that are...
Device aims to halt backflow preventer thefts
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. Building developer/contractor Byron Bishop has been in the construction business for more than 30 years and is a victim of metal...
Add-ons work like magic
By Matt Michel CEO, Service Roundtable THE EASIEST WAY to boost your company's profitability is to increase add-on sales during service calls. For a profitable...
Be part of solving labor development issue
By Jo Wagner Special to Contractor THE MAY ISSUE of CONTRACTOR did a wonderful job of addressing the workforce development issues facing the p-h-c industry....
Subcontractors must stand firm against builder
TUCSON ARIZ. The news story about Lennar Corp. is outrageous ("Builder tells subs to cut prices mid-contract," March, pg. 7). We know it is commonplace...
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