U.S. Labor Department announces $2 million grant competition to train veterans in green jobs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service has announced a $2 million grant competition under the Veterans' Workforce Investment Program....
Delmar, DEWALT release Contractor’s Daily Logbook & Jobsite Reference
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — Delmar recently announced the release of the DEWALT Contractor’s Daily Logbook & Jobsite Reference for contractors, builders and construction managers. ...
Construction and Manufacturing Groups Call for Greater Focus on Competency-based Education
The construction and manufacturing industries announced today a new national effort to place greater focus on competency-based education to help cut rising high school dropout rates....
Mahoney Plumbing celebrates 50th
Mahoney Plumbing here is celebrating 50 years in business on Chicago’s the North Shore. ...
Contractor finds smiles are contagious in Lubbock
Drivers coming and going to work in Lubbock had reason to smile on April 1st, thanks in part to the employees of Armstrong Mechanical....
The Unified Group hosts sales forum
BROADVIEW, ILL. — Forty-three Unified Group members attended the 2010 Sales Forum, Scottsdale, Ariz., March 16-19, learning that a great salesperson relies on his or her ability to ask good questions to better understand the customer’s needs and that sales is not about fast talking, but about building relationships, being honest, sincere and helping people....
Cooper prices likely to increase due to Chile earthquake
By now most everyone has seen the news footage of the earthquake in Chile. What many may not realize, however, is how much impact the quake will have not only in this country, but around the world. ...
Paychex offers free health insurance Webinar for small business April 8
Small business owners can learn about the benefits of consumer-driven health plans at an April 8 live, educational Webinar....
Roto-Rooter will be featured on “Undercover Boss”
CINCINNATI — Roto-Rooter has announced that it will be featured on an upcoming episode of the hit reality show “Undercover Boss” on CBS, Sunday April 4....
“The Celebrity Apprentice” features three home service brands
SARASOTA, FLA. — Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating and Mister Sparky, have partnered with NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice for the program’s ninth season. ...
ASME, ASSE, CSA sign harmonization agreement requirements for plumbing components
WESTLAKE, OHIO — Three North American standards development organizations have signed an agreement to harmonize five plumbing standards. ...
ICC releases green building code
WASHINGTON — The International Code Council and its partners have released the International Green Construction Code, a comprehensive model green building code designed to rapidly advance green building practice across the U.S....
Home renovation embodies carbon neutrality, is net-zero
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — What may be the nation’s first net zero energy, embodied carbon neutral home, has emerged from the ashes of a tragic fire that destroyed it last year. The 4,500-sq.ft., four bedroom, six bathroom house in Southampton has been renovated utilizing both cutting edge “green” building technologies as well as proven energy-efficient techniques. ...
Homebuilders will not challenge home sprinklers
WASHINGTON — The International Code Council has released the final action hearing agenda for the 2012 International Residential Code and there were no public comments challenging code requirements for residential fire sprinklers, the International Residential Fire Sprinkler Coalition reported. ...
Midwest Research Institute renovates HQ, earns LEED certification
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Midwest Research Institute (MRI), recently earned LEED certification for the renovation of two wings. ...
Hospital conserves energy by 27% with heat recovery chiller system
FORT BELVOIR, VA. — The military community hospital located here will be the first hospital in the country to be built to meet LEED Silver requirements and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 regulations....
QSC members explore ‘entrepreneurial myth’
HOUSTON — At the Quality Service Contractors’ Power Meeting XXXII held here, March 11-13, QSC attendees learned about the “entrepreneurial myth.”...
Battelle finds water softeners aid energy efficiency, appliance life
Water softeners maintain the energy efficiency of water heating equipment according to a study performed by Battelle Memorial Institute. ...
Fortune ranks Grainger tops among diversified wholesalers
Fortune Magazine has named Grainger the “most admired” company among diversified wholesalers in the magazine’s annual listing of the World’s Most Admired Companies....
Building Radiant: And now for something completely different
When the Radiant Panel Association holds its Building Radiant conference and exposition here in May, everything will be different, from the seminars to the prizes....
EPA announces new drinking water contaminant strategy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson in late March announced that the agency is developing a new strategy for protecting and regulating drinking water....
Target energy, green work, says MCAA’s Armistead
Energy efficiency and green contracting can be bright spots for mechanical contractors in this difficult economy. ...
Boston Mayor Kicks Off the Largest Public Housing Energy Efficiency Project in Nation's History
Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced in mid-March that Boston Housing Authority facilities across the city will receive $63 million in energy efficiency improvements....
Haberberger wraps up work at Taum Sauk Reservoir
Haberberger Inc. has announced the completion of two separate projects at AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk hydroelectric plant. ...
PHCC Vice President George Raburn passes away
STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — George Raburn, vice president of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors — National Association, passed away on Saturday, March 20, after a recurrence of cancer. ...
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