Not a week seems to go by that we don’t receive a press release concerning the acquisition of yet another mechanical contractor. Big names, too. Rumors were circulating during February’s MCAA convention on who was going to be the next target. We decided to sit down with Ron Rodgers, president of J.B. Rodgers/Kinetics, and John Yale, vice president, about Rodgers recent acquisition by U.S. Filter. According to our 1998 ranking of the top plumbing and piping contractors, J.B. Rodgers came in at No. 46 with pipe trades revenue of $82.92 million. U.S. Filter also owns two other top mechanical contracting names, the Kinetics Group and Fullman Co., with 1998 pipe trades revenue of $378 million and $130.34, respectively. All three contractors are top providers in process piping — which as we’ll see fits in perfectly with their owner’s objectives.
PM: Tell us about how the sale of your company began?