With membership increasing and its postunification process in full motion, the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) certainly has the numbers - and more. At its last annual meeting and exposition, re-elected IAQA president Bob Baker reported that over 5,000 are now in the IAQA fold.
After months of having part of his house closed up, wall and ceiling materials torn out and replaced, furniture removed, holes cut into the ceiling, and general upheaval, it seemed hard for comedian Dom DeLuise to believe it was all over.
Sit down with the employees at Greiner Heating & Air Conditioning and you’ll receive a ton of reasons why they enjoy working there. The fact that that there is flexibility in the workplace and that abundant training is offered certainly rank high.
So how does an HVAC contractor build value in his or her business and know when the best time is to sell (or buy) a business? The NEWS asked some members of the leading HVAC contractor groups to give their opinions on this topic.
Before the 13 SEER mandate went into effect last January, multiple predictions were made as to where the shipment numbers would end up in 2006. Many expected a correction to occur. Currently, shipments are threatening to interrupt HVAC’s four-year, record-breaking streak.
Collecting delinquent debt is never easy - and during trying economic times it becomes even more of a challenge. So the best defense against delinquent payers is having a procedure in place prior to taking on customers, according to Richard Baron, of law firm Foley, Baron & Metzger P.L.L.C.
Does online auction selling of HVAC equipment such as furnaces have an impact on the traditional HVAC distribution channel? It’s bound to have some type of ripple effect, but is it enough to change how an HVAC distributor goes to market and retains a profitable business model?
What are HVAC contractors using the Internet for these days? Air-Advice Inc., developer of the AirAdvice® HVAC-IAQ™ program, recently asked some HVAC contractors for their input for its online IAQ management tools, titled AirAdvice SmartWeb™ Tools. The NEWS also wanted to know what some AirAdvice users felt about the importance of the Internet in their business - not just for the SmartWeb Tools but also for all applications.
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