Lowes launches Energy Smart water heater
WILKESBORO, N.C. Whirlpool Corp. and Lowes Corp. in September launched the new Energy Smart electric water heater that they say can cut homeowners standby...
Expect slow recovery, Kohler president says
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff KOHLER, WIS. A handful of builders will control the U.S. housing market by 2011, Ron Pace, president of Kohler...
Jury convicts inspectors
PHILADELPHIA A jury here convicted eight city plumbing inspectors in October on extortion charges for routinely taking bribes of $5 to $20 from plumbers...
Encompass prepackages Chapt. 11 reorganization
SPECIAL to CONTRACTOR HOUSTON Encompass Services Corp. announced Oct. 14 that it was proposing a financial restructuring plan as a prepackaged Chapter...
Arizona subcontractors get defects law
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff PHOENIX Arizona subcontractors scored a major victory when Gov. Jane Dee Hull signed HB2620 this past summer,...
PSI meets to win the war
ST. LOUIS Plumbers Success International welcomed its independent plumbing contractor members here in mid-September for its most recent summit. During...
CSI releases two MasterFormat drafts
ALEXANDRIA, VA. The Construction Specifications Institutes MasterFormat Expansion Task Team Oct. 22 released Draft 2 of a revised MasterFormat document....
Steam accidents injure workers
INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an explosion Oct. 10 that injured two people at an Eli Lilly Co....
PEOPLE NEWS
Contractors ALAN M. FRANKLIN and Kerry T. Mowlam have joined St. Louis-based Murphy Co. Mechanical Contractors and Engineers as a project engineer and...
Design-assist lets Goldman save hospital time, money
Special to CONTRACTOR OCOEE, FLA. Health Central, a 141-bed hospital built in 1992 in Ocoee, near Orlando, is known for its unique, hotel-like architecture....
Smith promoted at AMPAM
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS American Plumbing & Mechanical has promoted Lloyd Smith to president and COO/multifamily operations. Smith, who was previously president/HVAC...
Wisconsin OKs new point-of-entry water-treatment unit sizing
LISLE, ILL. The Water Quality Association announced that the Wisconsin Department of Commerce formally has approved a system for sizing point-of-entry...
New PHCC-NA president: Members drive services
BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTORs staff PASADENA, TEXAS Later this month in Toronto, Eddie Hollub takes over the easy job of being president of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling...
AHR Expo to recognize innovation
WESTPORT, CONN. The products judged to be the most innovative among the thousands on display at the 2003 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating...
Lets work together to improve PHC industry
GUEST COLUMNIST By Ike Casey PHCC Executive Vice President At a recent national industry summit, the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors -National Association...
Risk summit scheduled
FALLS CHURCH, VA. The Associated General Contractors of America and the Associated Specialty Contractors will hold a summit Nov. 8-9 at the Marriott Desert...
Stop, Thief!
By William Atkinson Special to CONTRACTOR Between October 2000 and July 2002, Raven Mechanical in Houston suffered the theft of more than $40,000 worth...
Feds sue UA over Diplomat
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against the trustees of the United Association Plumbers...
Housing bubble just local swelling?
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff THE ALLEGED housing bubble story is, to mix metaphors, rearing its ugly head again, even after Federal Reserve...
Contractor says wireless is the answer
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff HOLLISTON, MASS. Andy Rodenhiser went wireless for his customers and employees. In order to maintain a high level...
Consumers join PEX makers in California lawsuit
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff SACRAMENTO, CALIF. A coalition of consumer and business organizations on Sept. 6 announced their support for a...
Differentiate your firm with your people
BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTORs staff BALTIMORE Your competitors may sell and install the same products you do at the same price. Still, you can differentiate...
S&P cuts AMPAM credit rating
NEW YORK Standard & Poors Ratings Services on Sept. 23 lowered its corporate credit rating on American Plumbing & Mechanical Inc. to single-B from single-B+,...
Nothing in the air in newest radiant-heated Health House
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff ST. PAUL, MINN. The latest American Lung Association Health House here didnt start out as a showcase home it evolved...
The Heat's On Suppliers
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff Product quality and availability are the most important factors when hydronic heating contractors make purchasing...
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