David Shapiro won the Trane/PHCC HVAC Contractor of the Year award at the recent annual convention of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association (PHCC).
Shapiro is founder of Shapiro & Duncan Inc., a mechanical contracting company in Rockville, Md. While his two sons now run the business, Shapiro is focusing on providing training programs for educational institutions ranging from elementary schools to engineering colleges. He also provides advice and coordinates donations of needed materials and fixtures for eight different vocational-technical schools and two night training centers in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.