WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that construction and renovation contractors, including HVACR and plumbing contractors, are eligible this year for a new 3 percent domestic production
MADISON, Wis. - Tweet/Garot Mechanical, of Green Bay, Wis., and August Winter and Sons, of Appleton, Wis., were recently awarded the 2004 Build Wisconsin Award for their work on the
ARLINGTON, Va. - The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) has announced the finalists for the association's 2005 Contractor Excellence Awards.Finalists for ACCA's "Excellence in Residential Contracting Award" include: AirRite
CHANTILLY, Va. - The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA) has urged that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) exclude welding from its proposed rule on
ATLANTA - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has published its 2004 refrigeration systems safety standard, which establishes procedures for operating equipment and systems to assure
LEWISBURG, Tenn. - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for the furnace sound shield used in the International Comfort Products (ICP) line of multipoise 80 percent
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. - Osman Ahmed, senior principal engineer for Siemens Building Technologies Inc., has been named "Inventor of the Year" by parent company Siemens AG.Ahmed's work involves research in
ARLINGTON, Va. - Michael Whiting, of Liberty, Pa., and Jerrold Witz, of Minneapolis, have each been awarded $2,000 scholarships from the Clifford H. "Ted" Rees Jr. Scholarship Foundation, which promotes
CLEVELAND - Dennis Laughlin, president of Arzel Zoning Technology Inc., has announced that cfm Distributors Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., has been named the exclusive distributor of Arzel Zoning products
CHANTILLY, Va. - The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA) has published the second edition of its Rectangular Industrial Duct Construction Standards.According to SMACNA, the updated 446-page