Action plans bring business plans to life
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF BALTIMORE Saying that 90,000 to 100,000 plumbing and HVAC contractors are in business today, consultant John LaPlant...
Add value ... by using your vendors' resources!
BY MIKE MARKOVSKY SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR IN TODAY'S BUSINESS environment, smart operators seize on every opportunity to get an edge. That means differentiating...
Contractors focus of employee classification law
BY BRIAN WASAG Of CONTRACTORs staff CHICAGO Illinois contractors who intentionally misclassify their workers as independent contractors could face $2,500...
AGC: Private nonresidential construction shows vigor
WASHINGTON Reports Sept. 1 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on construction employment in August and from the U.S. Census Bureau on construction...
Triangle Tube announces water heater recall
WASHINGTON Triangle Tube/Phase III and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in early September announced a voluntary recall of about 3,000 Delta...
Politics in play on lead bill, waterless urinals
YORBA LINDA, CALIF. You are probably tired of hearing from me with opinions on items in CONTRACTOR magazine, but the August issue again stimulates me...
State laws show public policy advances for subs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. As the 2007 legislative session draws to a close for the majority of states, construction subcontractors in key states have cause to celebrate...
In Brief
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association President Jim Stack recently announced that PHCC has entered an agreement with Hudson, Ink...
Workforce, insurance hinder industry, Finley says
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff NEW ORLEANS Lack of new young people coming into the industry and the high cost of insurance are the two biggest...
Rustic on the outside, high-tech radiant inside
BY STEVE SPAULDING OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF SEATTLE The "river" in the Mountain River Lodge refers to the Yakima, and the lodge overlooks a bend of the river...
Make plumbing and HVAC licenses an act of Congress
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. I have been reading in the last couple issues of CONTRACTOR newsmagazine the letters pro and con on the licensing issue. What I see as...
Viega opens N.H. training facility
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR NASHUA, N.H. Viega North America opened its first educational facility Sept. 18 in grand style before a turnout of nearly 350 attendees....
On the spot
A ductless mini-split does the job when a room over an unheated garage becomes living space. SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR When the Thomas family built their...
Schwarzenegger signs anti-lead faucet bill
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF SACRAMENTO, CALIF. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sept. 30 signed into law Assembly Bill 1953, which reduces the...
ServiceMaster Co. sells ARS
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. The ServiceMaster Co. announced in early October that it has completed the sale of American Residential Services, its plumbing and...
Family persues contractor's killer
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF SAN FRANCISCO Three years ago on Halloween, Victor Bach, owner of Western Plumbing & Heating here and a past...
Contractors should not hire illegal workers
VIA E-MAIL I read Valerie Stakes' Industry Education column in CONTRACTOR magazine's September issue and was surprised that someone who is supposed to...
EMCOR wins contracts for facilities services
EMCOR wins contracts for facilities services NORWALK, CONN. EMCOR Facilities Services, a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, has been awarded several major new...
Keep big picture in mind for one plumbing code
BY BOB MIODONSKI PUBLISHER AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR WHEN THE TWO major model code bodies began talking about a single national set of plumbing and mechanical...
Unlicensed plumber should join PHCC, QSC
JIM STACK STACK PLUMBING KIRKLAND, WASH. I would like to respond to the young Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick's letter "Young plumber is unlicensed and proud...
In Brief
The National Center for Construction Education and Research will release a Careers in Construction Guide that showcases available opportunities to high...
Calendar of Events - September 2006
2006 September Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association 2006 Convention Sept. 26-30 Chicago ISH North America Sept. 28-30 Chicago October...
'Unlicensed plumber' is an oxymoron
MICAH JOHNSON, LMP ROARK PLUMBING INC. LONG LAKE, MINN. I am writing to respond to Michael P. Fitzpatrick Jr.'s letter about being an American tradesman...
Up, Up and away
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF The old plumbing joke is that hot is on the left, cold is on the right, poop flows downhill and don't bite your...
Contractors lose a champion
JOHN A. SCHWEIZER FORMER CHIEF EDITOR CONTRACTOR MAGAZINE BARRINGTON, ILL. Plumbing-heat-ing-cooling contractors lost one of their most respected and...
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