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How To Run a Showroom in The Age of COVID

Dan Callies kept customers out of his showroom, but still stayed in touch. Maybe more than before.

February 7, 2022

Dan Callies, Oak Creek Plumbing, Kitchens & Bathrooms, Oak Creek, Wisconsin, figured out how to keep customers out of the showroom, but still keep in touch.

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High 5 Plumbing Gives High Fives to Denver Community

Contractor’s program has been helping local charities since 2018.

January 3, 2022

Steve Smith

High 5 Plumbing’s High 5 Cares program has been helping local charities since 2018.

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NextGen Prepares NextGen for the Trades

Chad and Tyler Peterman build on their dad’s business with more than just a new look.

January 3, 2022

Steve Smith

Chad and Tyler Peterman, Peterman Brothers, build on their dad’s plumbing and HVAC business with training for new techs and existing workforce.

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Q&A with R. Mery Jimenez, Product Development Director, Brimar Industries Inc.

Brimar began as a regional distributor of pipe, valve and equipment makers, but quickly pivoted to manufacture those products to meet the needs of its customers.

January 3, 2022

Steve Smith

Founded more than 30 years ago, Brimar Industries Inc. has grown into a foremost source of pipe markers, valve tags and safety signs as well as street signs, parking signs and mailing tabs.

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Design & Construction Week Returns In-Person in 2022

The largest event of its kind for the residential market is expected to feature more than 1,000 exhibitors and 800,000 square feet of exhibit space.

January 3, 2022

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PHCC ReCONNECTs in Kansas City

Plumbing and heating professionals from across the country gather again in person for PHCCCONNECT2021

December 6, 2021

Steve Smith

There’s no doubt to any of the hundreds of PHCPPros who attended the PHCCCONNECT2021, Oct. 20-22 in Kansas City, Missouri, that it was good to see all those hundreds of faces again as the plumbing and heating community gathered in person for the first time in two years for the PHCC’s annual meeting and trade show.

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The All Pro Toilet Car

Get a couple of car nuts together, add a few beers and – no surprise, really – this is what you get.

December 6, 2021

Steve Smith

Hot rod toilet car from All Pro Plumbing, Heating, Air & Electrical.

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Contractor of the Year: Bassett Mechanical

A comprehensive, collaborative behavior-based safety program strives to continuously protect associates.

December 6, 2021

Steve Smith

Bassett Mechanical’s comprehensive behavior-based safety program focuses everyone’s attention and actions on individual and collective safety conduct.