Like any institution, Mater Dei’s success depends on the quality of its people and facilities. So when an old, 1-million BTU boiler began malfunctioning in 2017 and placing the hot water needs of the entire school in jeopardy, officials knew they needed to act.

R-22 refrigerant (HCFC-22) is the most widely used refrigerant in North America. It will remain legal to buy, sell and use forever.

There’s a saying I like to use when it comes to designing systems: “Engineering is the art of best guess.”

The kitchen and bath industry is a small but booming one, dedicated to improving the lives of clients with great products, personalized service and expert advice

While some may claim the word “luxury” has been overused, it is still the best way to identify a trend that continues to gain momentum and sustain priority with leading designers.

What is the future? Five minutes, five weeks, five months or five years from now? Ready or not, it’s coming to you.

In our first installment, we reviewed the “ugly” numbers of distributors as online commerce grows; only 2 in 10 distributors show sustainable online progress.

The inherent message of the Zen Farmer is that one can never really know where the winds of prosperity will blow or even how they will chart one’s course — or how those winds may guide one’s future.

Over the past several years, I have focused on helping distributors become more profitable than they ever thought possible. In this mission, I realized how important the operational managers are to the success of the organization.

For Ipswich, Mass.-based United Pipe and Steel Corp., logistics is how it provides value to the pipe, valves and fittings supply chain.