David Cooper has won a weekend getaway at the Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdale for guessing the correct day of Phoenix's first 100 degree day as part of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association-Arizona Chapter (SMACNA Arizona) 100 Degree Contest.
Members of the PHCC of the Sacramento Valley in California helped repair 13 houses for needy families in the area on April 29 as part of a Rebuilding Together in Sacramento project.
Aerotech P&K recently donated over 700 units of its 10 Minute Mold Testâ„¢ to The Center for School Mold Help, a non-profit school aid organization based in California.
Contractor consultant Al Levi has released a group of new business improvement tools for use by contracting business owners. Called Power!Plansâ„¢, each of the four sets has been developed to address a critical area of the contracting business and provide information, systems, and forms which an owner can use to master the challenges of that particular aspect of his/her business.
Cathedral City is taking advantage of the sun. This California city recently completed a solar canopy that is helping the city lower operating costs, improve air quality, and protect against rising energy costs.
Philip Curtis, P.E., has been named a vice president at Syska Hennessy Group. In his new position, Curtis will serve as managing director of the San Francisco office and assume the leadership of the firm's existing Bay Area clients.
For the folks at Burke Engineering Co., giving back to the communities in which they do business is an important part of their business model. Often, it takes on an ambitious role, aligning the company with national charities and international relief efforts through substantial donations of time and money.
Ron Biscaro, the Hesperia (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce's two-term president, recently handed over the gavel to the organization's new president, Eric Schroder of Above All Heating and Air Conditioning.
Cooling a building in the Arizona desert - and doing it efficiently - seems about as possible as getting water from a stone. At the U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, engineers designed an award-winning cooling system for not one but nine buildings.
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