Rock Hill Mechanical wins ethanol work
ST. LOUIS A year-long effort by Rock Hill Mechanical here and United Association Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562 has paid off with what the contractor...
U. of Colorado wins 2005 Solar Decathlon
WASHINGTON Eighteen colleges and universities set up solar houses on the National Mall here in October, competing to see who had the best engineering...
Weil-McLain adds jobs, operations at new North Carolina facility
EDEN, N.C. Weil-McLain announced Sept. 27 at the grand opening of its manufacturing plant and customer training facility here that it will expand operations...
AHR Expo to host Radiant House display
CHICAGO The Radiant Panel Association and AHR Expo will host " Radiant House" with installation demonstrations during the January 2006 show at Mc-Cormick...
ICC, IAPMO discuss joint plumbing, mechanical codes
IN RESPONSE TO the signing Sept. 28 of a memorandum of understanding, the International Code Council and the International Association of Plumbing and...
P&F Industries sells Embassy to Mestek
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. P&F Industries announced in mid-October that Embassy Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, sold substantially all its...
Higher heating bills let the sun shine in
ATURN OF a couple pages in this month's issue will take you from where this country is today with our energy supply to where we likely will be in the...
Danforth creates packaged mechanical rooms for Buffalo project
BUFFALO, N.Y. John W. Danforth Co. has won a long-term contract changing out the heating systems in 77 buildings for the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority....
Contractors feel impact of Katrina
METAIRIE, LA. Keith Bienvenu, owner of Bienvenu Brothers Plumbing-Heating-Cooling here summed up the Katrina situation on Sept. 22 when he told CONTRACTOR:...
Viega to acquire Vanguard, Midtec
BEDFORD, MASS. Viega signed an agreement in late September for the acquisition of the piping systems businesses of Vanguard Piping Systems and Midtec...
Trust and honesty smooth supply chain
P> ORLANDO, FLA. Life would be simpler if people just did their jobs. Contractors, wholesalers, manufacturers and a manufacturers rep shared ideas Sept....
Industry's Katrina generosity astounding
IN SEPTEMBER 2004, this magazine ran a front-page story headlined, "Hurricane brings out the best in plumbing industry," about how contractors pitched...
One national plumbing code just makes sense
Hurricane Katrina overshadowed another news story last month that promises to have far-reaching impact on the plumbing industry. We'd be remiss if we...
In Brief
Copper may sell for a record high of $4,000 per ton sometime this year, driven by high demand, low stocks and persistent buying by commodities funds,...
Subcontractors give states failing grades for 2005
ALEXANDRIA, VA. " The ASA Report: The Policy Environment in the States," published by the American Subcontractors Association, ranks New Mexico as No....
Union apprentices more likely to finish training: GAO
WASHINGTON Completion rates for apprenticeship programs have been dropping across the board, and the U.S. Department of Labor doesn't really know why,...
Brilliant Solutions
Stepping off the jet in mid-August at the Orlando, Fla., airport left me with no doubt solar was in my future right then and there! The heat and humidity...
Katrina disaster coalition seeks product donations
THE PLUMBING industry's disaster relief coalition, made up of nearly a dozen associations, in late September decided to ask manufacturers and suppliers...
Network '05 is 'time well spent'
ORLANDO, FLA. In their first foray hosting a joint convention, the leaders of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association and the American...
Industry rises to respond to Katrina
By Bob Miodonski Publisher and Editorial Director FOR THE SECOND time this year, we've devoted space in CONTRACTOR to a news story about a natural disaster....
Recall of Gas Valves for Water Heaters
Untitled Document Robertshaw Controls Co. and The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in mid-September announced voluntary recall of Robertshaw R110...
Physics of plumbing targets teachers
By Robert P. Mader Of Contractor's staff OAK BROOK, ILL. An effort begun last year to lure young people to the plumbing industry through their physics...
Pipe donations help out at H.O.M.E.
ORLAND, MAINE Every night, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than a half-million men, women and children across the...
Contractors losing dollars through phone lines: trainer
By Bob Miodonski of Contractor's Staff ST. LOUIS Consultant Nancy Friedman, the self-appointed "Telephone Doctor," told members of Quality Service Contractors...
Gama names president; Gaddis goes to NEMA
ARLINGTON, VA. GAMA Chairman Thomas F. Huntington announced in mid-August that Jack W. Klimp, a senior executive of the Phoenix House Foundation, has...
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