Tyco in Turmoil
Special to CONTRACTOR NEW YORK The day after Tyco International announced that Dennis Koslowski had resigned for personal reasons, Koslowski was indicted...
Unclogging the filtration business
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff Click here to download a printable .pdf version of this article. Water filtration is an odd market. On one hand,...
Females face trade bias, report says
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON Young women and girls face widespread sex discrimination in high school vocational and technical education...
Jacuzzi names Devine CEO
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. U.S. Industries Inc. in mid-June said that its Jacuzzi subsidiary has appointed Donald C. Devine president and chief executive officer....
PEX Makers Sue California
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff SACRAMENTO, CALIF. Manufacturers of PEX water pipe are suing the California Building Standards Commission and...
Kinetics sets IPO on manufacturing unit
Special to CONTRACTOR MILPITAS, CALIF. Kinetics Holdings Corp., parent of mechanical giant Kinetics Group Inc., has filed a registration statement with...
Horns get sprinklered
Special to CONTRACTOR AUSTIN, TEXAS The University of Texas at Austin is in the midst of a major fire sprinkler retrofit project that is scheduled to...
U.S. Attorney Indicts 19 N.Y. City Inspectors
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff NEW YORK Federal prosecutors have indicted 19 current and former New York City inspectors on bribery charges....
Radiant upgrades help comfort, bottom line
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff CINCINNATI Never make any assumptions about what a customer will buy was the message at two seminars May 10 at...
MCAA joins landmark effort to cut energy use in buildings
By Robert Mader Of Contractors's Staff NEW YORK Former President Bill Clinton in mid-May announced the creation of a global Energy Efficiency Building...
Commercial radiant offers challenges
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff CINCINNATI Some residential radiant contractors may be thinking of diversifying into commercial markets. Theres...
NewMech wins national, state safety awards
ST. PAUL, MINN. NewMech Cos. Inc., a CorVal Group company, has received both national and state recognition for its safety performance. The Associated...
Water heater double whammy
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff WATER HEATER manufacturers are facing two significant design and manufacturing challenges in the next 20 months....
Homeowners win $3.2 million from Goodyear, Heatway
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff DENVER Five Beaver Creek, Colo., homeowners and a homeowners association have won a $3.2 million jury verdict...
Wrong way to lower fixture flush requirements
WHILE CALIFORNIA must be applauded for taking the problem of its water shortages head on, a new bill there that would lower the required amount of water...
A.O. Smith moves offices
IRVING, TEXAS A. O. Smith Water Products Co. has announced that it is moving its headquarters to the Ashland City, Tenn., site of the primary manufacturing...
Calif. bill would mandate lower-flushing fixtures
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF STATELINE, NEV. A proposed California law that would lower the required amount of water used to flush toilets and...
OSHA not finished with ergonomics
By William Atkinson Special to CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON Business and industry heaved a sigh of relief in March 2001 when Congress invoked the Congressional...
U.S. steel shipments dip in 1st quarter, imports up
Special to CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON Despite a sharp drop in steel imports in March, U.S. mills shipped less steel in the first quarter than in the same period...
Plumbers Pride targets contractors
MONTGOMERY, ALA. The Water Heater Division of the Rheem Manufacturing Co. has launched a marketing program through its wholesalers dedicated to the licensed...
Roto-Rooter contest seeks D-I-Y mishaps
CINCINNATI Roto-Rooter is calling on do-it-yourselfers to share their most catastrophic home plumbing disaster for The Do-It-Yourself Disaster Contest....
Roto-Rooter parent to sell patient unit
CINCINNATI Roto-Rooter parent Chemed Corp. in May announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its wholly owned Patient Care subsidiary to...
Safe Haven
Click here to download this article in an Adobe Acrobat PDF version. Some trends were unmistakable at the first Kitchen/Bath Industry Show since last...
ECR International recalls gas boilers
Special to CONTRACTOR UTICA, N.Y. ECR International, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is voluntarily recalling about 8,000...
Mechanical innovation marks Pittsburgh convention center
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff PITTSBURGH Architect Rafael Vinoly took his inspiration from the Allegheny River and three nearby suspension bridges...
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