Steve Smith

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Heating & Plumbing Engineers Inc. Builds its Own Workforce

For the past decade, the Colorado mechanical contractor has run its own in-house certified apprenticeship school.

February 4, 2019

Colorado mechanical contractor runs its own in-house apprentice program recognized by the Department of Labor to turn out its own future PHCP contractors.

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Steam Boilers, Process Piping System Help Launch Wisconsin Distillery

Spirits maker requires reliable source of steam to make its signature rye whiskey.

February 4, 2019

Steve Smith

DeGarmo Plumbing & Piping installs steam boilers and process piping system to help Wisconsin craft distiller.

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Oracle Opens Construction Tech Test Site

New facility plans to drive digital transformation in the construction and engineering markets.

January 5, 2019

Steve Smith

Last August, Oracle Construction and Engineering opened an Innovation Lab in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield designed to accelerate the company’s efforts to help the construction industry explore the latest technologies and drive the type of digital transformation that only sounds futuristic.

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Q&A on Bradford White’s Consumer Financing Program for Contractors

Water heater manaufacturer’s new program offers contractors the opportunity to close more sales – and not just for water heaters.

January 5, 2019

Steve Smith

Last year, Bradford White teamed up with Fortiva Retail Credit to allow contractors to offer financing to the “second look” customer, those customers with a lower than “good” credit score. And there are a lot of those customers – more than half of the U.S. population has less-than-prime credit profiles.

NFPA: ‘Significant Share’ of Contractor Electrocution Deaths are Construction Workers

December 20, 2018

Steve Smith

Construction trade workers represented 57 percent of fatal electrical accidents.

Contractor of the Year

Cannistraro’s Lean Approach to Modular Construction

Among many accomplishments, the mechanical contractor opens The FID, a 157,000-square-foot multitrade prefab center.

December 5, 2018

Steve Smith

Among many accomplishments, the mechanical contractor opens The FID, a 157,000-square-foot multitrade prefab center.

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Commercial PEX Plumbing and Heating Q&A with REHAU

A conversation with Ryan Westlund, REHAU Building Solutions Division, on the growth of PEX for commercial plumbing and heating.

December 5, 2018

Steve Smith

We spoke to Ryan Westlund, a senior manager of radiant heating and cooling with the Building Solutions Division, to find out more about the commercial market for PEX.

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2018 CONNECT Attracts More than 800 to Albuquerque

This year, RSES and RPA members also took part in the PHCC’s annual conference and trade show.

December 5, 2018

Steve Smith

A total of 817 members from not only PHCC, but two other trade groups traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico to attend CONNECT 2018 and Product & Technology Showcase, Oct. 10-12.

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Aquatherm Hosts First BIGGEXCHANGE

International crowd from Germany, the United States, South Korea, China, Finland, and New Zealand gained the perspectives of 16 world-class experts from architecture, industry and science.

December 5, 2018

Steve Smith

More than 270 architects, planners, engineers, contractors and suppliers from around the world accepted Aquatherm GmbH’s invitation to gain insights into the latest trends in commercial and industrial construction at the company’s inaugural BIGGEXCHANGE.

OSHA Cuts Plumbing Company’s Unsafe Trench Fine

December 3, 2018

Steve Smith

OSHA found Arrow Plumbing LLC committed six willful and eight serious violations of workplace safety standards, and initially proposed a $714,142 fine.