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August 14th, 2019

Problem-solving, determination, and innovation are the core values that have helped make Stokes Mechanical Contractor, Lake Worth, FL, successful for nearly 60 years. “There’s no ‘secret’ to our success,” company President Susan Stokes says, “We just truly believe in and live those core values.” Those values also have served Susan well as she has led Read More

May 30th, 2019

Seventy-nine percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2019 but an almost equal percentage are worried about their ability to locate and hire qualified workers, according to a survey by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Sage Construction and Real Estate. “Construction executives appear to remain confident about their market Read More

October 16th, 2018

By this point, it’s probably not a surprise to most of us that the skilled trades are facing a labor shortage. Not a week goes by that the topic doesn’t catch the attention of either the trade or news media. Now that hurricanes Harvey and Irma have laid down their own paths of destruction, the Read More

October 16th, 2018

Aquatherm North America is pleased to announce Larry Hope has joined the polypropylene piping company as an Area Manager covering Alberta, Canada. A part of the plumbing and heating wholesale industry for almost 20 years at the Red Deer, AB, branches of Crane Supply and the Westlund division of EMCO Corp., Hope has worked with Read More

October 16th, 2018

Aquatherm North America (NA) has published a fresh-off-the-press case study about how non corroding Aquatherm Blue Pipe® saved the day by eliminating a plant’s future downtime. Because even a half-second loss in production time can cost an injection-molding facility tens of thousands of dollars, the stakes are high when it comes to replacing piping systems. Read More