Ohio’s Summa Health System is undergoing a $4.2 million building infrastructure upgrade to reduce operating costs and improve patient and staff comfort. Summa plans to accomplish these improvements with no capital outlay. It financed the one-year boiler and lighting system upgrade through a performance contract arrangement with Siemens Building Technologies Inc.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) presented its Contractor of the Year award to Mark Small, senior vice president and chief financial officer, Cleveland Construction Inc., Mentor, Ohio, at the association’s national convention in San Diego.

The St. Louis and Southern Illinois Chapters of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) are hosting a conference and trade expo on Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Keynote speaker will be John R. Hall, business management editor for The News.

The Michigan Public Service Commission cited Consumers Energy for various violations of the Commission's code of conduct for its appliance service plan (ASP) program.

Ray Armstrong is quite the marketer, according to a story in a recent issue of Heil’s “Dealer Link.” If he wasn’t the owner of Armstrong Plumbing & Heating Inc., he might have embarked on a career in marketing.

Temp-Masters Inc., a Midwest installation and contracting company, has announced the formation of two operations centers to better serve customers for commercial refrigeration and HVAC.

Columbus State Community College and the Central Ohio Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) chapter have joined together to present a two credit hour college course designed to provide better understanding of carbon monoxide and the prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Yale Mechanical Inc. recently purchased its company back from the consolidated owners who had acquired it in 1997. Encompass Services Corp., the consolidator that purchased Yale, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2002.

Mechanical Inc., a division of The Helm Group, has acquired Borg Mechanical Contractors Inc. of Hillside, Ill. Borg, a Chicago-area HVAC and process-piping contractor, will continue to operate under the Borg name.

Planning in uncertain times is the top concern of middle-market companies, according to the fourth meeting of the Grant Thornton Business Owners Council.