RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS

Prairie Capital Advisors Inc. (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.) is advising Addison Smith Mechanical Contractor Inc. (Carrollton, Ga.) in its transition to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) company.

MANUFACTURERS

John Engalitcheff Jr., the late founder of Baltimore Aircoil Co. Inc. (Jessup, Md.), was inducted into the Legacy 100 Club at the Natural Refrigeration Foundation (Alexandria, Va.).

Burnham Holdings Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.), which owns several HVAC-related manufacturers, promoted Paul Spradling to senior vice president and CCO, and Bryan O’Toole to senior vice president of business development.

Eva Karlsson was appointed CEO of Swegon Group AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

Rinnai America Corp. (Peachtree City, Ga.) won a 2026 Green Good Design Award from the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies (Athens, Greece) and The Chicago Athenaeum (Galena, Ill.) for its REHP Series electric heat-pump water heater.

ORGANIZATIONS

Zoeller Pump Co. (Louisville, Ky.) joined Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – National Association (Falls Church, Va.) as a corporate partner.

HVAC Excellence (Mount Prospect, Ill.) has certified these instructors as master HVACR educators: Benjamin Laskowski of San Bernadino Valley College (San Bernadino, Calif.), Ivor Fairweather of Palm Beach State College (Lake Worth, Fla.), Kati Theurer of Jefferson College (Hillsboro, Mo.), and Arturo Medina of Centro De Capacitacion Professional (Alexandria, Va.).

The Connecticut Heating and Cooling Contractors Association (Glastonbury, Conn.) joined Air Conditioning Contractors of America (Alexandria, Va.) as an Allied Contracting Organization.