John von Harz is joining the online job Website MEPatWORK as president/COO. The announcement comes as the company celebrates 10 years providing career and hiring solutions for the HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and general construction industries.
Matt Hahr has been installed as the 2007 president of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Metropolitan Washington (MCAMW). He is the vice president of John J. Kirlin LLC, a full-service mechanical and fabrication contractor.
The Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) continues to identify problems with the new provision in the 2007 supplements to the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) B149.1, Natural Gas and Propane Installation Code, requiring plastic piping used for gas appliance vents to be certified to ULC S636.
The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors of Canada (HRAC) has launched a new Website that provides commercial contractors with all the necessary information required to comply with the Technical Safety and Standards Authority (TSSA) Regulation 220/01.
Fourteen students enrolled in Ferris State University’s (FSU’s) HVACR program were guests on Jan. 30, 2007 at a special event hosted by TAC, a leader in building automation, security systems, and energy solutions, at its Dallas headquarters.
Supply New England took 172 heating and plumbing contractor customers and their spouses to the Dreams Los Cabos Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, this past March. The vacation trip was all-inclusive for Supply New England’s guests.
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) staff attended a meeting of the CSA P.11 Subcommittee on Gas-Fired Unit Heater Efficiency, which was held at Canadian Standards Association (CSA) headquarters. The subcommittee agreed to include GAMA’s recommended definitions for intermittent ignition device, power venting, automatic flue damper, and automatic vent damper in the CSA P.11 draft standard.
Tim McElwain, president of Gas Appliance Service Training and Consulting and the Gas Training Institute, has announced several special boiler seminars scheduled for May and June.