Survey Shows Optimism in Construction Industry
TEMPE, ARIZ. The 29th annual CIT Construction Industry Forecast indicates that U.S. construction industry leaders are predicting a strong year ahead....
Wireless Dispatch Helps You, Your Customers
By Greg Crumpton, Mechanical Contractor HAVE YOU EVER wondered if paperless dispatching is right for your company? If youre interested in increasing the...
Contractors Can Use Supply Chain to Increase Profits: Study
Special to CONTRACTOR ROCKVILLE, MD. Contractors can be more profitable by streamlining their work methods, improving relationships with key suppliers...
ABS Adopts Linc Identity
HOUSTON On the heels of celebrating its 25th anniversary, Houston-based Affiliated Building Services LLC, (ABS) a provider of outsourced facility management...
Spread Word About CO Tests
DENVER Hydronics columnist Mark Eatherton has created a press release that should help CONTRACTOR readers publicize the importance of carbon monoxide...
Viola Reappointed to Code Panels
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. Plumbing Manufacturers Institute Technical Director David Viola will again serve as a member of the PHCC - NAs National Standard Plumbing...
Management Columnist Joe Schmitt Dies
Special to CONTRACTOR ST. CHARLES, MO. Joseph R. Schmitt Sr., who gave business management advice to CONTRACTOR readers for 20 years through his monthly...
One-Day HVAC & Plumbing Seminars coming to your AREA IN SPRING 2005
Contracting Business and Contractor magazines take to the streets in 2005 with the Comfortech RoadShow Series for HVAC and plumbing contractors. Based...
People in the News
Contractors Michael Moore has joined the staff of Nexstar Inc. as a sales assistant. He will focus on helping owners of independent service providers...
Palmolive Building Rehab Anything But Mild
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff CHICAGO The rehab of the Palmolive Building here into luxury condominiums is a material handling nightmare, said...
Maddaloni Resigns As UA President
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON Martin Maddaloni has resigned as president of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters along...
J.F. Ahern Co. Celebrates 125th Anniversary
FOND DU LAC, WIS. Beginning as a small steam heat and plumbing shop in 1880, J. F. Ahern Co. today employs about 1,000 people in five states, and sales...
Refuse To Be An Average Company
By John Zink, PHCC Educational Foundation THE SUCCESS OF a business often can be traced to the owners dedication to continuing education and encouraging...
Steam System Chugs Through Too Many Vents
By Patrick Linhardt, Steam Heating Authority THE PHONE CALL: The service manager called me at the supply house during the holidays sounding nervous and...
Hydronics Sellers Cautiously Optimistic
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff HYDRONICS INDUSTRY manufacturers and suppliers are cautiously optimistic about the industrys sales forecast for...
Executive Plumbing Opens Offices
CORONA, CALIF Executive Plumbing Inc. President Cecil Hallinan announced the opening of two new locations in Oceanside and Palm Springs, Calif. The company...
RPA Slates Radiant Outfitters Classes
LOVELAND, COLO. The Radiant Panel Associations new Radiant Outfitters education program will begin with schools on the East and West coasts in January...
Webstone Marks 50th Year
WORCESTER, MASS. Webstone Co. is celebrating its 50th year of providing products and service to the plumbing-and-heating industry. Webstone has evolved...
RPA Certifies Radiant Techs
LOVELAND, COLO. The Radiant Panel Association will offer its Hydronic Designer and Hydronic Installer radiant certification exams along with its new Radiant...
Plumberex Files Antitrust Suit
Special to CONTRACTOR PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. - Plumberex Specialty Products has filed suit against Truebro in federal court in Riverside County, Calif.,...
PHCC Installs Officers, Board Members
BOSTON The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association and PHCC National Auxiliary installed new officers and members of the board of...
California Court Orders PEX Review
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORS staff LOS ANGELES After three years of litigation, the California Court of Appeals here ruled that PEX pipe for domestic...
Homeowner Gets Nothing in Mold Verdict
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff RIVERSIDE, CALIF. A Riverside County jury returned a defense verdict in favor of a home builder in a closely watched...
Plumbing Code Questioned for Kidney Dialysis Machines
Special to CONTRACTOR ARLINGTON, VA. The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials is sorting out differences with the Association...
KeySpan Plans Sale of Contracting Operations
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff BOSTON Finding that its tough to make a buck in the plumbing-and-heating business, utility KeySpan Corp. said...
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