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Ice Air Water-Source Heat Pumps Win AHRI 3-Year Performance Award

April 1, 2024

AHRI certification verifies Ice Air's WSHP portfolio as compliant with performance standards, covering consoles, horizontal units, vertical closets and vertical stacks.

MAX Service Group Names Mike Roszkowski New President

April 1, 2024

Roszkowski, who previously served as vice president of operations for MAX Service Group, has a long history of leadership experience with various roles within the mechanical and HVAC fields.

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Q&A with Gloria Salazar, Executive Director, Plumbing Contractors Association

With members wanting to teach and would-be students eager to learn, it was a natural for the group to start its own apprenticeship program.

April 1, 2024

Steve Smith

The Plumbing Contractors Association launched its Apprenticeship Program six years ago to teach the next generation of tradespeople.

Contractor Culture

Six Technology Trends for Plumbing and HVAC

Our traditional ‘old school’ industry is still filled with plenty of new high tech advancements.

April 1, 2024

The tradition ‘old shool’ plumbing and HVAC industries are still filled with new high tech advancements.

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UMC’s Manufacturing Mindset

Innovation on full display throughout contractor’s well-planned 95,000-square-foot production facility.

April 1, 2024

Steve Smith

Construction technology on full display throughout UMC Inc.’s well-planned 95,000-square-foot prefabrication facility.

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Environmentally Luxurious: How Low Flow Can Still Deliver Bliss

While water flow is important, the true feel of a showerhead comes from its design.

April 1, 2024

While water flow is important, the true feel of a showerhead comes from its design.

CONTRACTOR STORIES

The (Mechanical) Middle Class is Dying

I get more calls now to fix newer systems than at any other point in my career.

April 1, 2024

Tom Soukup

Societal divisions don’t only happen in the virtual world. The construction trades have seen the middle ground give way to high-end plumbing/heating applications and low-bid, low-skilled jobs. Tom Soukup has some ideas as to why that happened.

PMI Perspective

PMI’s Pipe Manufacturers Add Vital Views to Water-Efficiency Conversation

Advocating for a whole-system approach will lead to rightsizing piping systems behind high-efficiency fixtures.

April 1, 2024

Kerry Stackpole

The pipe manufacturing members of Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) have invested in growth while bringing their essential “behind-the-wall” perspective to the water-efficiency conversation.