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Articles Tagged with ''artificial intelligence (AI)''

Plumber on call

The Hidden Cost of Missed Calls for Plumbers

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Tom English
September 3, 2026

A frozen pipe at 9 p.m. doesn't wait for business hours, and neither does the homeowner calling about it.


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Smart Service Mission Control

New scheduling suite and Claude-powered analytics come built into Smart Service Cloud
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
August 19, 2026

Alongside Mission Control, Smart Service Cloud includes The Oracle, an AI reporting engine powered by Anthropic's Claude.


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SEO Has Changed. Has Your Business?

Part 1 of a 3-part series: SEO isn't dead. It's finally growing up.
Alicia Branham
Alicia Branham
August 11, 2026

SEO isn't dead, it's evolving. In Part 1 of this three-part series, discover why trust, expertise and customer-focused content have replaced keyword tricks, and what every business needs to know to stay visible in the age of AI.


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Birmingham Small Business Week

The Next Shift in Wastewater Training

As utilities prepare for large-scale retirements, Nyad is building an AI tool to preserve operator knowledge and deliver guidance when newer workers need it most.
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Kristen R. Bayles
August 11, 2026

For Nyad, success is not measured by removing operators from the process. It is measured by giving more operators access to the kind of guidance that has traditionally depended on who happened to be on shift.


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Bobyard Launches AI Takeoff and Estimating for Commercial Plumbing Contractors

Bobyard Plumbing Takeoff is designed for commercial plumbing contractors and estimators working on new construction projects.
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
July 31, 2026

Plumbing is one of the largest and most essential specialty trades in construction, with the U.S. plumbing industry projected to reach $191.4 billion in 2026 and include roughly 129,000 businesses nationwide, according to IBISWorld. At the same time, the construction industry continues to face a major labor shortage, putting more pressure on contractors to do more with their existing teams. 


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connected plumbing technologies

Connected Plumbing: An Intelligent Choice

Smart plumbing technology helps improve efficiency, conserve water, and simplify maintenance
July 28, 2026

From AI-powered leak detection to smart faucets, water heaters, and bottle filling stations, connected plumbing is reshaping how water systems are managed. Learn how intelligent plumbing technology is reducing maintenance costs, conserving resources, improving hygiene, and creating new opportunities for contractors and distributors.


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The New Flat Rate Releases Smart Pricing Benchmarks

The new release aims to help homeowners compare contractor costs.
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
July 19, 2026

Access to realistic and location-specific information about professional service and installation pricing is critical as residential customers rely on next-gen AI search platforms to compare options.


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PHCC Highlights Future of Skilled Trades at America250 Celebration

Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
July 7, 2026

PHCC vice president Tony Bertolino represented the plumbing and HVAC industry at a Great American State Fair event on June 30 on the National Mall.


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AI Is Exposing the Cracks in Contractors' Operations

Before contractors embrace AI, they need clean information, connected systems and consistent workflows, or risk automating the wrong processes.
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Kristen R. Bayles
June 29, 2026

Artificial intelligence won't fix broken workflows. It will simply expose them, says Powerhouse Consulting Group's Jenny Benbrook.


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New Survey Reveals the Job Tradespeople Most Want AI to Solve in the Field

Global survey finds half of workers say jobs get sent back for rework at least sometimes, and it’s the #1 problem they’d want AI to fix on the job.
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
June 28, 2026

The Fewer Callbacks, Faster Jobs study surveyed 1,000 skilled-trade workers across the United States and Europe (UK, Germany, France) between May 28 and June 14, 2026, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points.


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