RoadShow reveals secrets of sales differentiation
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF DALLAS Industry consultant Drew Cameron unveiled the four secrets of sales differentiation Feb. 1 during the Comfortech...
The 'Catch 22' in training in our industry
BY MIKE BERGEN SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR (Editor's note: The author of the following article contacted CONTRACTOR after reading the letter, "Some technical...
Your options if budget cuts become reality
BY BOB MIODONSKI PUBLISHER AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR MOST CONTRACTORS I know hate the idea of big government. It means higher taxes and more burdensome regulations...
Small Business Health Plans Move Forward On Capitol Hill
Legislation that would permit the formation of Small Business Health Plans took a step forward March 15 when a Senate committee approved the measure....
2006 Calender of Industry Events - March
April Comfortech RoadShow April 12 St. Louis Kitchen & Bath Industry Show April 21-23 Chicago National Fire Sprinkler Association Annual Seminar and Exhibition...
Contractors and Vendors in the News - March 2006
Contractors The Wisconsin Valley Sheet Metal Contractors Association elected the following slate of officers at its March 15 meeting: President Jarvis...
QSC members get advice on their personal finances
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. An attentive audience at the Quality Service Contractors Power Meeting Feb. 25 here listened...
Tyco offers free sprinkler training to home builders
LANSDALE, PA. Tyco Fire & Building Products said in mid-February that it will offer free residential fire sprinkler training to home builders and developers,...
In Brief
The 16th Annual Construction Safety Conference and Expo will be held April 4 - 6 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. It is the...
New MCAA president wants 'to turn our ship around'
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF BELLWOOD, ILL. Michael Cullinane is single-mindedly devoted to union contractors, to the Mechanical Contractors...
Latter-day wonder: hydronic job at LDS Church
BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF DENVER In case you haven't been to Utah lately, the Mormons have been busy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Watts Water Technologies buys Dormont Mfg. Co.
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Watts Water Technologies has acquired Dormont Manufacturing Co. in a stock purchase transaction. Dormont's annual revenue for 2005...
GAMA upgrades database for energy-efficient products
ARLINGTON, VA. GAMA has upgraded its recently launched database search Website for energy efficiency-certified products. This latest upgrade to Gas Appliance...
State's Herb Lindahl, 78
ASHLAND CITY, TENN. Herbert Lindahl, 78, one of the founders of State Industries, died Jan. 2. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Chen Lindahl; brother,...
In Brief
The New Jersey Plumbing-Heating-Cooing Contractors and Pennsylvania PHCC are teaming up for their third annual two-state trade show May 19 at the Trump...
Sloan's Ren Owen, 60
FRANKLIN PARK, ILL. Ren Owen, Sloan Valve's vice president/business development, died Jan. 6. He was 60. Born Aug. 2, 1945, in Oak Park, Ill., to Ivor...
How you'll benefit from Home Depot's move
BY BOB MIODONSKI PUBLISHER AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR WILL YOU SEE better service from your local wholesalers as a result of The Home Depot's blockbuster...
Calendar of Events - February 2006
2006 Calendar of Industry Events March Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association Legislative Conference March 16 Washington PHCC-NA...
Contractors and Vendors in the News - February 2006
Contractors Tom Maniuszko of Day-Night Plumbing & Heating Co. in Richmond Hill, N.Y., received the Quality Service Contractors' first Contractor of the...
Chinese stainless fittings flood market
U.S. producers of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings in mid-February pointed to increasing volumes of low-priced imports from China as a serious...
Home Depot buys Hughes
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF ATLANTA The mid-January announcement that The Home Depot would buy Orlando, Fla.-based plumbing wholesaler Hughes...
Tyco to split into three companies
PEMBROKE, BERMUDA Tyco International's board of directors in mid-January approved a plan to split the company into three separate, publicly traded companies:...
Advanced Comfort Systems advances comfort
BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF BARRINGTON, R.I. Art Cannon knows his technology. An engineer by training, he runs an electro-mechanical sales...
Mid-Atlantic to see biggest industrial growth
HOUSTON Manufacturers in the Mid-Atlantic region are expected in 2006 to break ground on the largest increase in industrial project spending in the United...
EPA data lacking about lead in water: GAO report
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can't properly protect children from lead in drinking water in schools because...
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