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January 2020

Volume: 20
Edition: 1
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.

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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
Steve Smith
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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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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
Steve Smith
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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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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
Steve Smith
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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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A Perfect Score Got Her Noticed

Now this apprentice contest winner is sharing her story — and it comes with some teachable moments for employers.
January 7, 2020
Katie Kuehner-Hebert
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If you want to stand out as a professional trying to enter the plumbing, heating and cooling trade, try getting a perfect score at your local apprentice contest!
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2020 AHR Expo

A forecast of the show and trends to anticipate as a result in 2020.
January 6, 2020
Ashlei Williams
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Taking place in February instead of January, the 2020 AHR Expo heads to sunny Florida this year. The expo will take place February 3-5, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
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What Awaits Us in 2020

Does the party continue or is the hangover due?
January 6, 2020
Dr. Chris Kuehl
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It seems that recession talk always greets the arrival of a new year. It is not as if anything changes as far as the economy is concerned when the calendar flips to a new year, but it seems to be the trigger for people to take stock of their decisions and assumptions regarding the next year. 
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It's Showtime!

Design & Construction Week feature two of the hottest industry shows.
January 6, 2020
Ruth Mitchell
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Las Vegas is the stage and backdrop for Design & Construction Week (DCW), taking place Jan. 21–23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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Rebranding The Art of Plumbing

Water as plumbing professionals’ life-giving art to give to the world
November 29, 2019
Paul M. Onder
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I started practicing the art of plumbing at the early age of 15 years old in 1978. In 2010, I quit my job as the district plumber for northern New Jersey Board of Education.
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Understanding the Mechanics of the Mechanics Lien

It is the most powerful tool at your disposal to ensure you obtain compensation for your hard work.
January 7, 2020
Patrick Hogan
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If you have been working as a contractor for a while, you are probably no stranger to the numerous payment issues that plague the industry. Payment delays and even nonpayment are all too familiar possibilities contractors need to prepare for every time they take on a construction project. 
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Safety Tech for Jobsites

How technology can help protect your employees on the job.
January 6, 2020
Jason Fuiman
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No one goes to work expecting to be seriously injured — or worse — but, unfortunately, it happens. In the latest figures released (for 2017), 5,147 workers died during their duties on jobsites.
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The Future is Now

City, Building Technology in the 2020s-2030s

We’re running out of excuses for inefficiency and systems that damage the environment.
January 6, 2020
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In last month’s column, I reviewed recent high-impact technology from the past — the 2010s. This month, we’ll look forward. What technologies will shape the building industry in the 2020s and 2030s?
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Contractor Stories

One-Step Program

My heating paraphernalia collection obsession is too much fun to stop.
January 7, 2020
Stephen Minnich
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It started innocently enough. It was just one every now and then. Until it became a daily routine — an obsession, if you will. Once I had one, I couldn’t stop myself. I had to have more.
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Contractor Profit Advantage

Fear Keeps You from Realizing the Price is Right

Confidence that your prices have been properly calculated based on your true operational costs will allow you to maximize profits.
January 7, 2020
Richard DiToma
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Make a New Year’s resolution to understand the amount of money you must charge for the services you provide to the public to recover the costs you incur providing those services. The right price also allows you to earn the profit you deserve for delivering excellence through those services. 
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The Riso Report

Are You Confident About the Country’s Direction?

Forget about the entire impeachment circus and the upcoming elections — what do you feel in your gut?
January 7, 2020
Mark Riso
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As we head into what will more than likely be one of the most fascinating — and perhaps explosive political times in our nation’s history — now is an excellent opportunity to sit back and reflect on how you feel about the direction of the country. 
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Momentum Building Marketing

Your Vision Story

Communicate your goals to your team so everyone is working toward the same end game.
January 7, 2020
Heather Ripley
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Every business, no matter how big or how small, needs a vision, some kind of guide to future success.
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Alternative Energy

Now What?

How do we repurpose our wastelands?
January 7, 2020
Max Rohr
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From illegal dumping areas to retired mining operations, brownfields aren’t ideal for redevelopment. What could we do with our wasteland sites other than fence them off forever?
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