Digitized contracting and prefabrication help Premier Mechanical stay a lean competitor.

Christopher Redfern, taught high school biology for two years before heading into the PHCP trades and won first place in the 2019 PHCC National Plumbing Apprentice Contest.

Industry organizations collaborate to bring safe drinking water to a rural Texas family. Luis and Nancy Salazar, along with their daughter Nissi, had lived in their home for 24 years without their own water supply.

Evelyn Pacheco starts Nevada Women in Trades to encourage more women to consider a career in the construction trades.

In 1995, Russ Chaney, a gentleman with a strong background in the plumbing and mechanical industry, continued his journey by accepting the position of CEO at The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO).

If engineering superiority and cultural stigmatism don’t persuade you, the compelling economics of electric vehicles likely will.

None of us is an island. We — and our organizations — have a much better chance of reaching our performance potential when we surround ourselves with carefully selected people and partners.

A simple solar domestic water heater can easily be switched into solar-only mode by turning off the conventional (backup) heat source.

My last two columns have, instead, reviewed the critical modern technologies shaping our 2010s and 2020s built environment. It’s time to return to some actual projects.

That $9 billion figure is just enough to replace 25 percent of Massachusetts’ aging natural gas infrastructure — and expected to take two decades.