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Commissioning: Quality Assurance For The Bottom Line

March 31, 2004
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Commissioning starts by preventing errors in the most critical, early stages: planning and design. After the ground is broken, the process checks for correct installation and start-up. Only the next two stages, functional and performance testing, check for incorrect operation.
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Stick To Your Resolutions With An Action Plan

March 30, 2004
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What is the best way to set goals and achieve them? Starting with a behavior-based plan is key. Here are some suggestions for goal setting and planning.
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Profits And Protection: The Benefits Of Surge Protection

March 19, 2004
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What is the homeowner's No. 1 complaint regarding his HVAC system? It's downtime. What is the No. 1 cause of downtime? Other than poor maintenance or old age of the equipment, the leading cause is power quality.
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Nationwide Recruiting: Your Best Bet

March 19, 2004
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Not all potential "superstar" recruits are in your own backyard. The best person for the position you have open may be in the next county, next state, or even 900 miles away.
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Btu Buddy 12: Tackling Low Airflow With Electric Heat

March 19, 2004
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In this edition of the Btu Buddy series, Bob gets a call from the dispatcher about an office that has electric heat. It is very cold outside and one of the office zones is not heating as it should.
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A Review For Safety's Sake

March 5, 2004
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For some of you, this article will be a review to refresh your memory about the importance of "safety first." For those of you starting out as technicians, it could keep you from serious injury - or worse - out in the field.
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VFD Electronic Bypass Benefits

March 5, 2004
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A VFD bypass assures the customer uninterruptible operation with their HVAC system - the ability to keep their fans and pump running at all times - even if the drive is taken out of the loop for whatever reason.
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Hot Topics, Cool Solutions 1: Hiring Your Kids, And More

March 5, 2004
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My twenty-something children are ready to enter the business and there is resentment on the part of some existing management and employees. Any suggestions on how to bring them onboard without a mutiny?
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Vanity Phone Numbers Increase Recognition For Contractors

February 26, 2004
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Vanity phone numbers allow a firm to create a unique image, which results in recognition, remembrance, and recall by the consumer to help bring in more profits, according to VantagePoint, a company that provides vanity phone numbers to HVAC businesses.
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Sharing Sales And Management Tips

February 21, 2004
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BSI, a major contractor member peer-networking group, recently introduced a newsletter called The HVAC Connection to help educate and train HVAC sales and operations professionals. Here are some sales and management tips from the initial issue.
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