Christopher B. Hiemenz has been promoted to vice president of business development at Murphy Co., St. Louis, one of largest mechanical contracting firms in the nation.
Bryan Stansell, president and owner of Stamar Inc., Atlanta, was named the 2005 Trane/PHCC HVAC Contractor of the Year at the recent annual convention of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association (PHCC).
On October 15, Technical Standards & Safety Authority (TSSA) held a meeting of the Risk Reduction Group (RRG), a committee set up to assess the risks involved in the pressure vessel-related activities engaged in by industry members, with the goal of scaling the compliance program to the real level of safety risk.
Fred Dawson of DuPont Canada Inc. was reappointed chair of
Refrigerant Management Canada at the corporation's 5th annual meeting held in Mississauga,
Ontario, Oct. 19, 2005.
A total of 340 low-income senior and disabled homeowners in the Twin Cities, Mankato, and St. Cloud area communities received free furnace inspections, repairs, and smoke alarms on Saturday, Sept. 24, thanks to two local pipefitter unions and their union contractors.
The Kansas City Kansas Area Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of its Small Business of the Year Awards at an Oct. 14 luncheon at the local Argosy Casino.
ClimateCare, a Canadian co-operative of independent residential HVAC contractors, announced that it has completed negotiations for a strategic partnership with International Service Leadership (ISL) of Nashville, Tenn., to provide comprehensive business and sales management training programs to heating and cooling contractors in Ontario.
Pierre Martin, president, Pro Kontrol, Laval, Quebec, was appointed chair of the Canadian Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Wholesalers (CHRAW) at the association's recent Annual General Meeting in Huntsville, Ontario.
The Akron Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) recently completed free furnace inspections for 100 low-income homeowners in Summit County under the association's national program "Heat the Town."
While most sheet metal work is for the HVAC market, a story in the San Antonio Express-News showed that such training could also result in skills important in building parts for deer feeders, tractors, countertops, and jalapeno cookers.
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