Radiant Tube Sales Hit All-time High 

By Robert P. Mader of Contractors Staff Loveland, Colo. North American sales of radiant heating tubing hit a record-breaking 150 million lineal ft. last...

Radiant Floor Heat is Educated Choice 

By Bob Miodonski of Contractors Staff Boston Radiant floor heat frequently isnt the easy choice when retrofitting an older home. But when Bob and Judy...

Ferguson parent buys Westburne 

By Bob Miodonski of contractors staff Newport News, Va. Plumbing wholesaling giant Ferguson Enterprises just got bigger. Fergusons British parent company,...

REX Attracts the Best 

by Robert P. Mader of Contractors staff Salt Lake City Boiler manufacturers made a big splash down on the show floor at the Radiant Panel Associations...

NORA to raise profile of oil-heating industry 

By Bob Miodonski of Contractors staff Hershey, Pa. Members of the National Association of Oil Heat Service Managers met here May 15-17 and were briefed...

Bill Targets Keyspan 

By Robert P. Mader of Contractors Staff Boston Saying they cant get straight answers from Keyspan about the activities of the utilitys unregulated subsidiaries,...

Office, industrial vacancies drop 

By Daryl Delano National vacancy rates for both office and industrial space fell during the third quarter of 2000 from their levels of three months earlier....

PHCC-NA leader Hiley dies 

Rochester, Minn. Charles F. Hiley Jr., 57, an active leader of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association, PHCC Educational Foundation...

Health on the high end 

By Steve Spaulding Of Contractor's staff Many people when they set out to build their dream home begin with a list of things they want the enclosed porch...

National Cathedral cool for hot summer 

Special to CONTRACTOR Washington When a project is as massive as the National Cathedral, located here at the intersection of Massachusetts and Wisconsin...

Interstates Burnette dies 

Knoxville, Tenn. Daniel R. Burnette, 60, an active leader of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association, PHCC Educational Foundation...

ARI certification for ERVs 

Arlington, Va. Following five years of development, the Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Ventilation Equipment Certification Program has been initiated by the...

Charity and EAI laud Rodenhiser heat project 

Holliston, Mass. Two area families are having a warmer winter, thanks to a partnership between Rodenhiser Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning here and...

Web makes presence felt at AHR Expo 

By Robert P. Mader Of Contractors staff Atlanta Close to 50,000 HVACR professionals, including more than 27,400 registered attendees and more than 22,300...

USMC wants Lejeune kids 

Special to CONTRACTOR Camp Lejeune, N.C. Marine Corps officials are still seeking former Marine families who conceived or raised children while living...

How to get to zero accidents 

By Bob Miodonski Of Contractors staff Rosemont, Ill. Getting to zero accidents may seem to be an unattainable goal for some construction companies. Yet,...

Remodeling spending reaches $148 billion 

By Daryl Delano Cahners Economics The U.S. Commerce Department reports that expenditures for improvements to, and repairs on, residential properties during...

2000 unitary shipments set record 

Arlington, Va. Unitary shipments backed into a record year in 2000, despite falling below year earlier totals from July onward. Shipments nearly seized...

Public housing authority wins conservation award 

Oakland, Calif. Oakland Housing Authority was awarded the East Bay Municipal Utility District Water Conservation Project Award for 2000 for a job designed...

MCA partners with NetClerk 

St. Paul, Minn. The Minnesota Mechanical Contractors Association and NetClerk, a provider of online permitting and licensing technology, have announced...

State sues Lockformer 

By Robert P. Mader Of Contractors staff Lisle, Ill. Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan and DuPage County States Attorney Joseph Birkett have filed suit...

County jail goes solar 

Oakland, Calif. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors has given the green light for PowerLight of Berkeley to install a 500kW solar electric installation...

Remarks on Goodyear land Chiles in hot water 

By Robert P. Mader Of Contractors staff AKRON, OHIO Comments made to CONTRACTOR by Heatway Vice President Dan Chiles got him pulled in front of Federal...

Goodyear responds to Chiles comments 

AKRON, OHIO In an article appearing in the March issue of CONTRACTOR magazine (pg.1), Dan Chiles of Heatway was quoted, commenting about a federal court...

CES' expertise raises the 'Titanic' 

ORLANDO, FLA. Comprehensive Energy Services provided custom-designed hvacr, environmental controls and plumbing on a design/build basis for the Titanic...

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