Ferris State University was the recent backdrop for a NEWS survey on what current HVACR students expect from their future employers. But beyond that, we wanted to find out how employers can keep them interested enough in the trade to make it a lifelong career for them.
Rules, regulations, and legislation face contractors and technicians as they enter the transition year of 2009 that will end with a major cutback in supplies of HCFC-22 and the end of its use in new equipment. The inauguration of a new President is expected to result in stronger support in the United States for the Kyoto Protocol.
This information is based on responses to an informal survey sent by The NEWS to companies listed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as “EPA-Certified Refrigerant Reclaimers.” The intent is to give readers a general idea as to how reclamation companies are responding to issues of interest to contractors and techs.
The third “R” of recover-recycle-reclaim is solidly in place and just waiting for more contractors to bring in questionable refrigerant. That was apparent in the results of a NEWS survey of reclamation companies, listed as “Certified Refrigerant Reclaimers” by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Heating oil prices have come down lately. But many consumers, fearing that oil prices would rise even more as the year wore on, locked in a price for their oil shipments this winter. As prices have dropped, the locked-in price has jumped past current prices, leaving many consumers virtually “holding the bag.”
While the nation’s attention is focused on saving behemoth financial firms, small businesses are struggling to ride out a perfect storm of tougher credit conditions in a badly hobbled economy. Even government programs designed to help small business are falling down on their mandate just when they’re needed most.
During the last day of ceremonies at the Mechanical Service Contractors of America’s (MSCA) 23rd Annual Education Conference, in San Antonio, new officers were introduced and others were honored.
It used to be a common sight to see a business owner make a handshake deal with his or her local banker over the opening of a new line of banking credit or an increase in an existing line of credit. But now the ease of getting new credit or credit extensions with affordable interest rates is quickly disappearing from the small business landscape.
Boomers buy emotionally, but we won’t write the check until we validate our decision with value. We need to validate value. The more value you validate, the more we’ll buy from you. It’s just that simple. Here are the seven elements of often-overlooked value.
It has been said about parts of Texas that you can almost watch your dog run away for two days. The Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA) held its 23rd Annual Educational Conference, Oct. 12-15, in San Antonio where the Hyatt Hill Country Resort lay like a mirage where once only sagebrush and flat land stretched to the horizon.
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