This is the fourth installment of an eight-part series by Mark Roberts, who details the lessons he learned as a result of having to place his HVACR business into Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Here, Roberts discusses risk management.
On March 17, the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) announced that the trade association has withdrawn its challenge of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regulation affecting central air conditioners and heat pumps that has been pending in federal court since 2001.
This is the third installment of an eight-part series by Mark Roberts on lessons learned as a result of having to place his HVACR business into Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Here, Roberts shows contractors how to determine a company's short-term cash requirements.
When she has a question, Jean Boseman does not have time to wait by the phone. According to Boseman, Prophet 21 Web-based support relieves her from the responsibility of waiting for return calls.
MEP At Work, an online jobs board for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) industries, announced that it is securing agreements with major companies and contractors for the year 2004.
Bryant Heating and Cooling Systems held its national dealer meeting Feb. 18-20. The meeting attracted over 3,500 dealers and distributors, making it the largest national dealer meeting in the company's history.
York International's Unitary Products Group (UPG) announced the launch of its new Web site. Accessible at www.yorkupg.com, the site represents a completely new look from the original UPG site.
Lennox recently introduced ComfortZoneâ„¢, an interactive Web-based tool to help builders sell home comfort system upgrades and options to new home buyers.
What if you threw a Web site survey party and nobody came? When a metro Detroit HVACR contractor group polled its members about their Web sites, very few took time to respond.
Using a location-based wireless system for mobile resource management, Aire-Flo was able to increase its number of daily field service calls and improve its profit margin, even as the company decreased maintenance and administrative costs.