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July 2025

Volume: 25
Edition: 7

Teamwork Promotes Skilled Trade Careers to the Next Generation: Local contractor, Air-Tech, and wholesaler, Auer Steel, work together with a Wisconsin high school to educate future crews.

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Teamwork Promotes Skilled Trade Careers for the Next Generation

Contractor, Air Tech, and wholesaler, Auer Steel, work together with a Wisconsin high school to train future crews.
July 17, 2025
Steve Smith

Faced with a critical labor shortage, Air Tech Heating and its longtime wholesaler Auer Steel are proving that hands-on mentorship, local partnerships, and investment in high school trade programs can spark a powerful pipeline of the next generation of HVAC professionals.


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Crash Course in Underfloor Air Distribution in Office Buildings

UFAD systems can be a market differentiator providing energy efficiency, thermal comfort, and tenant flexibility.
July 1, 2025

While overhead HVAC remains the norm, underfloor air distribution (UFAD) systems offer compelling advantages in energy efficiency, flexibility, and comfort—if designers and contractors understand the unique considerations that make or break UFAD success.


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Demystifying Decarbonization

Industry trend sparks changes for consumers, contractors and manufacturers.
June 16, 2025

Ariston Group's Kyra Macaroco shares how a quiet revolution is reshaping the heating industry as decarbonization moves from buzzword to blueprint, challenging contractors and manufacturers to rethink how we heat our homes—one heat pump at a time.


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Laser-Focused on Backflow Prevention

BAVCO is a one-stop supplier for backflow prevention parts, assemblies and industry knowledge.
December 2, 2024
Ruth Mitchell

 Backflow prevention assemblies are installed where a trained inspector finds a place in a plumbing system where a hazard could contaminate drinking water.


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Building Smarter Shops: How Process Flow, Lean and Ergonomics Work Together

By focusing on these elements, contractors can reduce waste, improve fabrication operations and create a competitive, future-ready workspace.
July 1, 2025

A smart shop layout—built on workflow, lean principles, and ergonomic design—can transform an HVAC or sheet metal fabrication space into a safer, more efficient, and future-ready operation.


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Contractor Profit Advantage

Recipe for PHC Business Success

By managing costs, hiring and training great employees and maintaining high standards, contractors can build a loyal clientele and achieve profitability.
July 1, 2025
Richard DiToma

Running a successful PHC business takes more than technical skill — it’s a carefully balanced recipe of knowledge, business sense, pride, and the drive to deliver excellence at every turn.


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CONTRACTOR STORIES

This Tariff BS

The biggest challenge for our industry is combating the number of unknowns while quoting projects.
July 1, 2025
Tom Soukup

As a 90-day U.S.–China tariff truce takes effect, a hydronic pro unpacks the real-world chaos it creates for pricing, planning, and staying afloat in a volatile market.


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