These contractors have created workplaces that demonstrate care and commitment to both employees and customers, cultivate and train employees, and offer growth opportunities and retirement planning to plot a successful future, both professionally and personally.
Despite being a very large, high-volume dealership, Reliable has managed to retain its personal touch and commitment to providing outstanding service to every customer, every time.
Your company, branch, or department will achieve much more if you lead that group rather than act as its boss. A great New Year’s resolution would be to resolve to be a leader and not a boss.
Record attendance at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) in Bonita Springs, Florida, may have been helped by the warm weather destination, but was perhaps due more to the growth in membership and the proliferation of legislative activity that concerns members.
Daikin Applied has invested more than $1 billion in technology over the last 18 months. This commitment was on full display as the global manufacturer welcomed more than 1,100 individuals to its biennial customer appreciation event, Sept. 18-20, in Orlando, Florida.
Setting a price structure is typically one of a business owner’s greatest challenges. If a company’s commodity is priced too high, potential customers are likely to look elsewhere. And, if its costs are too low, the business may fail to generate enough revenue to pay it’s workers or management.
Search engine optimization (SEO) helps make your business more visible by moving it up to Page 1 in search engine rankings. But, how do you go about doing this? Here are some expert tips to help show the way.
Ever wonder why the most irritated people always call you? Actually, it could have less to do with you than it does with the kind of contracting business you operate. (Plus, there’s actually good news in the call, which we’ll cover in a moment.)
The Cleveland Clinic is well-known for its world-class care. In addition to its main campus in Northeast Ohio, the Cleveland Clinic has facilities in Florida, Las Vegas, Canada, and Abu Dhabi. With that big of a footprint, the clinic is always carrying out ambitious projects to optimize the performance of its physical plants.
There’s no such thing as magic in hydronics. There are no magic boilers, controls, or circulators that know what to do. If someone can’t explain to you exactly how a delta (Δ) P or a ΔT variable-speed circulator works, and why, without using the word “magic” or some derivative thereof, they don’t really know.
The HVAC industry has seen a significant increase in thermostatic expansion valve (TXV) usage in the past decade. Even though TXVs are the most popular metering devices for residential air conditioning systems, there is still a lack of knowledge about TXV functionality in the market.
Diagnosing airflow problems in an HVAC system can be a frustrating and intimidating task. When airflow problems arise without a defined troubleshooting approach, you’ll likely end up guessing at the cause. Real airflow troubleshooting begins with hunting down static pressure problems.
Owner Travis Smith believes in treating his employees just as well as his customers and has endeavored to provide them with the best health care, retirement plans, training, and tools.
Gold Medal’s commitment to training and employee health and satisfaction, as well as its commitment to its customers, has earned it the 2015 Best Contractor to Work For Award for the East region.
Illiana’s employee satisfaction level, charitable efforts, strong opportunities for growth, and ability to nurture long-lasting customer and employee relationships helped earn the company Best Contractor to Work For honors in the North Central region.
Kory Johnson has excelled in keeping USU’s critical heating and cooling systems in peak operating condition since he was hired seven years ago. He is known for his technical abilities, willingness to help others, and strong work ethic.
After receiving a record number of Innovation Award entries for the 2016 show, the AHR Expo was proud to contribute $19,600 toward replacing and upgrading air-handling systems at one of Jacksonville PAL’s facilities.
More than 50 free sessions will be offered, covering topics ranging from how to commission an economizer to cyber security measures for intelligent buildings to the latest advancements in China’s IAQ market. Attendees may participate in all AHR Expo-sponsored sessions, ASHRAE’s Design Build Track, and sessions hosted by endorsing associations and industry groups at no additional cost.
According to the survey, 86 percent of exhibitors are confident about their business prospects in 2016, with 14 percent answering “excellent” and 62 percent selecting “good.” Only 14 percent rated conditions poor or offered no opinion.
BSRIA Ltd. will present “Global Trends in the HVAC Industry,” NAFA will present “NAFA Best Practice Guideline for Hospital & Healthcare Facilities,” and more.
Shurtape Technologies LLC will present “Full System Closure at Your Fingertips,” ServiceTitan will present “Recruit and Retain the Best Technicians,” and more.
The IM200BAA has the capacity to create up to 200 pounds of individual square ice cubes daily, making it an appropriate under-counter unit for restaurants, bars, and clubs.
These grinders are ideal for professionals who need to perform a variety of applications in tight spaces, such as grinding and beveling steel, grinding welds, cutting pipe and steel plate, and concrete surface prep.
This series of IAQ monitors can measure ambient temperature, relative humidity (rh), wet bulb, dew point, differential pressure, barometric pressure, CO2, CO, O2, ozone, formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, NO, NO2, SO2, and H2S.
This product works much like any programmable thermostat by controlling heating and cooling calls, but it also automatically or manually directs more airflow to the upstairs during the cooling season and to the downstairs during the heating season.
The Snow Dam helps to prevent avalanches from snow or ice buildup on metal roofs. It permits water from melted snow to run off roofs while safely retaining up to 2,000 pounds of unmelted snow and ice.
This construction business intelligence tool allows construction firms to easily conduct self-service analyses of labor productivity and labor cost information contained within Penta costcodes.
The Quick Response Controller is a factory-installed control solution that provides automatic superheat, room temperature, and intelligent defrost control for refrigeration unit coolers.