Home » Authors » Steve Smith

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 [email protected].

Articles

ARTICLES

Feature

Q&A with David Brakenwagen, CEO of Leonard Valve

Making installers, specifiers and distributors jobs easier is where the biggest opportunities are for the plumbing manufacturer.

September 3, 2021

Steve Smith

For more than a century, Leonard Valve Co. has supplied stakeholders in the plumbing industry with mixing valve technology for numerous commercial applications.

Feature

Ed Johann Wraps Up Long Career in Hydronics Industry

U.S. Boiler’s director of engineering and quality, opened R&D center, and led a team that designed more than 40 new products.

September 3, 2021

Steve Smith

Ed Johann, U.S. Boiler’s director of engineering and quality, opened Engineering and Technology Center, and led a team that designed more than 40 new products.

Feature

OK Pipe & Fittings Raises Money Through Shower Strike

The Hatfield family goes a full week without showers to raise money to dig wells in East Africa.

September 3, 2021

Steve Smith

The Hatfield family goes a full week without showers to raise money to dig wells in East Africa.

Feature

Hans Kuster: A Career Built on Innovation

‘How to Succeed in Business by Really Trying Hard,’ might be the motto of this founder of two companies built from scratch.

August 9, 2021

Steve Smith

Some two decades ago, Hans Kuster was running Sparco, a company he had founded in 1983 after a more than two-decade career at Taco.

Feature

Pfister Introduces ‘American Plumber Stories’

Docuseries spotlights contractors all while underscoring the need to attract the next generation to the trades.

August 5, 2021

Steve Smith

The first episode of the biweekly digital docuseries shares the story of plumber Ken Clark, whose passion for plumbing also fuels his passion for street outlaw racing.

Feature

Workforce Program to Diversify Trades Graduates its First ‘CHAMPIONS’

Comprehensive plan from industry partners MCA Eastern Missouri, Plumbing Industry Council and Local 562 sets 14 on path to the trades.

July 2, 2021

Steve Smith

Last September, 14 St. Louis-area men and women graduated from the initial six weeks of a year-long pilot program...

Feature

Cavalcade of Contractors, Supply Houses Helps Out Tommy’s Place

A revamped New England inn dating back to the 1800s needed plenty of PHCP to turn it into a home away home for kids battling cancer.

July 2, 2021

Steve Smith

The plumbing, piping and HVAC community helps out Tommy’s Place, a free vacation retreat for families with kids coping with cancer.

Feature

Flowban Stops Bathtub Floods and Saves Water

A simple solution to water damage also saves water and the energy to heat it, too.

July 2, 2021

Steve Smith

“Honestly, our guests can get drunk and forgetful sometimes,” a facilities manager in charge of a 300-room Washington state casino told us when we asked him about his experience with a product called Flowban.