Steve Smith

Steve Smith served as the editorial director of Plumbing Engineer in the 1990s, and brings 20 years of experience covering the plumbing, piping and radiant heating markets. From 1996 to 2009, Smith helped grow two industry magazines’ monthly editorial content, including adding seven supplemental publications. He has traveled throughout the U.S., and abroad to Japan, China and Europe to meet with industry leaders and represent various magazines. He can be reached at 847-564-1127 or steve@phcppros.com.

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Denron Follows a 'Quality First' Mantra

New Hampshire mechanical contractor prides itself on adding value all along the way to complete New England’s largest jobs.

January 7, 2020

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For more than 40 years, Denron has served the New England market with a “quality first” mantra that every employee understands.

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Q&A: ProVent Eliminates Vents, Revent Piping of Conventional DWV Systems

Company’s fab method — fixed-point fabrication — saves money otherwise spent on labor and extra piping.

January 7, 2020

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Ken Cornwall, spent 20 years as a mechanical contractor before developing a PVC single stack system in 2006.

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Q&A: Hydrolevel Marks 55 Years in Business

After a catastrophic accident, the company founder had a better way to ensure safe boiler operations.

January 7, 2020

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As we’ll see from our interview with William Montgomery, director of national accounts for Hydrolevel Co., not many companies can claim to have started out quite like Hydrolevel did.

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New Beginning for Triangle Tube

A look at how a “No Fault Forward” manufacturing philosophy helps build the company’s new Instinct Boiler.

January 7, 2020

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Robust. Now there’s a word you don’t hear much in the U.S. Maybe on a bag of coffee, but that’s about it. However, robust is a word we heard often from about 10 people we met during our tour of the Ideal Boiler manufacturing plant in in the UK city of Hull, about a three-hour train ride north of London.

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Bell & Gossett Reopens Renovated Little Red Schoolhouse

Since its inception in 1954, more than 62,000 engineers, contractors and other plumbing and heating professionals have been educated at the Little Red Schoolhouse.

January 6, 2020

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Xylem Bell & Gossett recently celebrated the official reopening of its Little Red Schoolhouse, the company’s suburban Chicago training center for PHCPpros dedicated to the plumbing and heating industries.

Contractor Gets Jail Sentence for Trench Deaths

December 13, 2019

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Otto and Atlantic had two prior Occupational Safety and Health Administration violations in 2007 and again in 2012 for failing to utilize trench safety precautions

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Navien Introduces Non-Condensing Line of Tankless Water Heaters

NPN series features some of the same technology that goes into the company’s popular NPE series.

December 5, 2019

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Navien Inc., the leader in condensing technology in the wall-hung tankless water heater, combi-boiler and boiler markets, introduced its first non-condensing tankless water heater models, at a gala event for about 100 contractors, reps, distributors and staff at its Irvine, California headquarters last month.

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Bell & Gossett Reopens Renovated Little Red Schoolhouse

Since its inception in 1954, more than 62,000 engineers, contractors and other plumbing and heating professionals have been educated at the classroom.

December 5, 2019

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GEM Plumbing and Heating’s Rebrand Means More Than Just A New Look

But that look is something else as the 70-year-old business plans to grow and attract the next generation of techs.

December 5, 2019

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Before you read anything else, take another look at our cover. Or any pictures included with this feature. What do you think of those colors? Teal. Orange. Yellow.