Industrial outlook sees more activity
HOUSTON While 2002 was an uncertain year, 2003 should see improving business conditions as corporate finance is reformed and consumer confidence returns,...
NSMC unveils service unit
TOPSFIELD, MASS. North Shore Mechanical Contractors, a specialty plumbing firm based here, has formed a new division dedicated to smaller installations,...
Federal terrorism coverage may lower insurance costs
BY William Atkinson Special to CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 on Nov. 19 by a vote of 86-11, following...
Limbach 'passes through to the light'
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff HOUSTON On Friday the 13th of December 2002, Limbach Facilities Services won its independence from Enron as management...
Toilet test results clash
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff UPPER MARLBORO, MD. October was the month for clashing toilet test results. First, Consumer Reports revealed its...
Teams work, safety record wins childrens hospital R&D building
Special to CONTRACTOR CHICAGO Industrial and commercial contracting firm Team Mechanical has started work on a $4.5 million project for Childrens Memorial...
RADIANT PREFERRED
Special to CONTRACTOR If youre in the home comfort business, look to the Rocky Mountains for the grandest of jobsites, five-star surroundings, plentiful...
ISH-NA shows promising future
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff TORONTO The ISH North America show is like a rookie ballplayer with plenty of upside. The first show, Oct. 31-Nov....
PHCC will have first woman president
Special to CONTRACTOR TORONTO Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association will have its first woman president in a couple of years and...
ISH-NA features product intros
Special to CONTRACTOR TORONTO ISH North America certainly isnt the worlds biggest plumbing show that honor would go to its German cousin or the Kitchen...
CSI keeps mechanicals unhappy
Special to CONTRACTOR ALEXANDRIA, VA. The Construction Specifications Institute has failed to win over any converts in the mechanical industry to its...
Geberit acquires W/C Technology
DES PLAINES, ILL. Effective Nov. 1, the Chicago Faucet Co., a member of The Geberit Group, has acquired 100% of the shares of W/C Technology Corp. from...
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...
Recruiting may bring contractors into alien territory
LAS VEGAS Most contractors have no idea how different todays young job seekers are, consultant Robert Wendover told contractors here. Wendover, who runs...
Follow the Fleet
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff GPS-type truck-tracking devices are proving to contractors that they can save time and money as they improve customer...
Wenninger names officers
NEW BERLIN, WIS. Exelon Services Wenninger Co. announced that Norbert Schmidt has joined the company as president. Schmidt brings 23 years of estimating,...
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