According to the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), it has a "high powered" team that offers its customers innovative and cost-effective HVAC solutions to meet their needs today and in the future.
Tonawanda's John W. Danforth Company Inc., a full-service mechanical contractor founded in 1884, has acquired a majority of the assets of Orchard Park-based Niagara Frontier Sheetmetal Inc., a 28-year-old sheet metal fabricator and installer, to create what it calls the "first" single-source mechanical/sheet metal provider in western New York.
The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) has released the 2003 update on the Canadian CFC chiller stock study. This update estimates that 278 chillers previously operating on CFC refrigerants were converted or replaced during 2003 in Canada. This represents a 33 percent increase in conversions/replacements compared to 2002.
Tempo Mechanical Services, a member of Cincinnati-based Excellence Alliance Inc. (EAI), has partnered with the Excellence Alliance Foundation (EAF) to award a $2,000 scholarship to ATI Technical Training Center.
The Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas (PHCC Texas) is in the midst of organizing a worker's compensation self-insurance program. The chapter has collected financial data from interested members, and First Cardinal of Texas, the administrator, is now asking for members who will act as trustees.
Ohio will become the first state that will require workers who were exposed to asbestos or silica dust to demonstrate that they have developed lung cancer or suffered a significant loss of lung function before filing certain asbestos claims, according to the June 30, 2004 issue of Construction Labor Report.
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) conducted a survey in the spring on the Energy Star high efficiency symbol. A presentation based on the survey results was made during NRCan's Energy Star participants meeting held on May 26 in Montreal.
Robert (Red) Fawcett, president of Kingston Oil, announced that Jeffrey Champignie is a new burner technician and Maura Shepard has been hired as a service coordinator.
Contractor members of the Massachusetts Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association (PHCC), who provided emergency plumbing and heating service to families of military troops stationed overseas, were recognized by Brigadier General Donald J. Quenneville, Adjutant General of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.