The sessions focus on a specific topic each month that PHCC
hopes will immediately improve its members’ business operations and create
value for their companies ...
Rosemont, Pa., artist Joe Dillon transforms
scrap tubing into arching sculptures and develops innovative hydronic furniture
that radiates heat through hot water circulating inside ...
Mechanical contractor McKinstry Co. (Seattle) bought the
plumbing contracting firm of Ramsey Plumbing & Heating (Spokane, Wash.).
Terms of the deal were not disclosed ...
Solar
design-build company Allsolar Service Co. has been awarded a state grant to
help educate Central Floridians about residential solar-energy options ...
There are a
dozen or so Web sites that review local businesses across the country. BusinessWeek
highlights a few so you can read what people are saying behind your back …
Auer Steel & Heating Supply Co. will host “Contemporary
Hydronic Design Concepts” seminar and tradeshow in three locations this
October, with presentations by John Siegenthaler ...
A.O. Smith Water Products Co. announced the recipients of
its 2008 Professional Contractor Association Scholarship Program. The 10
finalists each received $2,000 to apply toward higher education pursuits ...
The
National Association of Home Builders expressed its strong disappointment with
a recently published standard on workforce safety that the association says has
been deemed ineffective and unworkable by the residential and commercial
construction industry ...
BusinessWeek
reports that a law making it a felony to be an undocumented worker is sowing
conflict in Mississippi, as states take action in the absence of federal
immigration reform …
According to an AP-Yahoo News poll, $4 per
gallon gasoline is not only causing Americans to drive less, it’s causing them
to cut back on their air conditioning use ...
The
restrooms, installed in early 2004, have become so filthy and overrun with illegal
activity that, although use was free, even some of the city’s most destitute
people refused to step inside them ...
Designers of the Orion space capsule have to solve a
pressing issue of waste removal in space as astronauts work on the moon, so
they’re asking for employee samples …
A
contest through Irwin Tools asks consumers to share their stories of using
the popular tool. Grand prize is an Irwin VISE-GRIP custom-branded chopper valued
at $25,000 …
As
counterintuitive as it might sound, avoid discounting. BusinessWeek Online columnists
offer advice on positioning your company to survive and thrive …
Viega’s
Fall Hydronics Seminar with John Siegenthaler Oct. 14 and 15, 2008, will
combine a full-day technical program on contemporary hydronic system design
with unique networking opportunities at its state-of-the-art educational
facility in Nashua, NH ...
ISH North America announced that Atlanta-based distributor HD
Supply Plumbing/HVAC will support its trade show and conference this fall.
ISH NA will be held in Atlanta Oct. 1-3 ...
A survey of some
4,000 self-employed individuals and business owners with 10 or fewer employees
finds most can't afford to offer health insurance to employees …
Plumbing and HVAC equipment is being purchased online at
very low prices from the Department of Defense’s exclusive surplus contractor,
Government Liquidation …
Marburg, Germany, population 80,000, has become the first
German municipality to make solar heating a mandatory requirement for all new
and renovated buildings ...
The session
“Economic Analysis of High Performance Strategies (Part II)” will explain which
types of work and processes can result in unforeseen expenses, additional time
and hidden headaches ...
Dan Holohan will join Ellen Rohr during her free one-hour
teleseminar series Tuesday, June 24 (3 p.m. CT). Dan and Ellen will discuss
“How To Sell To Selfish People” …
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