The offerings include topics from commercial piping solutions to radiant design and LoopCAD.

With The Squad — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — leading the way, most Democrat presidential candidates are committed to fossil-fuel elimination by 2050.

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, we begin to focus on what to expect in the year 2020. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an increase in the construction industry’s jobless rate. It rose to 4 percent at the end of the third quarter, despite a gain of 10,000 jobs.

The PVF Roundtable experienced another year of exceptional growth in 2019 — in membership, sponsors and event attendees. We are supported by an all-volunteer board of directors and dozens of individual volunteers at each of our events.

When potable water is set at the wrong temperature and does not circulate enough in the piping, bacteria reproduce particularly fast.

The manual covers best practices, safety, and planning for the proper installation of Aquatherm polypropylene piping systems.

The company took students on a tour of the foundry and showed them several critical processes used to make cast iron soil pipe and fittings.

As family-owned and operated businesses, both Patterson Supply and Blake Equipment have successfully supported the trades and industry throughout western Connecticut and eastern Hudson Valley New York for many decades.

Brian Tuohey, president of The Collins Companies, is a longtime member of the STCC Foundation Board of Directors and its past president.

Year-to-date through September, sales across the industry were up 4.8 percent on average and up 6 percent for the trailing 12 months prior.