A trucking company based in Georgia has proven itself an award-winning business. Kennesaw Transportation of White, Ga., which is 30 miles north of Atlanta, was named 2006 Cold Chain Carrier of the Year by Fresh Express, a producer of fresh, packaged salads.
Add
climbing up and down ladders, stairs, and scaffolds to an already strenuous
schedule and oppressive heat, and contractors could find themselves short a
technician. John Topper, a 22-year veteran of the HVAC industry, considered each of these burdens when he designed
The Liftworx Systems™.
Once
a year, the consumer magazine Cooking Light gets involved in
building what it calls a FitHouse that focuses on “a healthy and balanced
lifestyle” as well as “green building standards.”
In 2003, the Dallas City Council mandated that all new facilities owned and operated by the city achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification. The new Northwest Service Center is designed to meet the city-mandated green requirements.
If you are not being perceived the way you want, do things
to change the customer’s and prospect’s perception. This article presents six perceptions customers react
positively to.
Consumer financing "is working very well for
us,” contractor Jim
Thompson said. “It has done wonders for us. I would say that since we offered it, 50
percent of our customers take us up on financing of some sort.” The company has
been offering it approximately 90 days.
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series on the “Young Guns of HVAC,” The NEWS looked at reasons why some of the up-and-coming stars of the trade have been attracted to the business and why they stay. But is the future bright for other young people coming into the trade?
When
David Kruse was voted in as the 2007 president of the Mechanical Contractors
Association of America (MCAA), the president of L.J. Kruse Co. of Berkeley,
Calif., vowed that he would be pushing association members towards green and
sustainable building construction.
Dave
Lundberg did not mince words. “Good counter people are definitely hard to
find,” admitted the territory manager for Brauer Supply Co. “It
takes a certain person to handle all that needs to be handled at the counter."
Manufacturers are introducing new products that include everything from systems that diagnose themselves to variable-speed air handlers with electronic controls.
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