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H.R. 5911, the Lead Exposure Reduction Amendments Bill of 2012, would  help homeowners and contractors to better comply with the costly work practices and recordkeeping requirements of the rule without compromising safety standards.

Plumbing & Mechanical readers are invited to a one-time-only, no-cost training teleseminar June 13 called “Skyrocket Your Social Media in 10 Minutes a Day.”

The deadline to submit a completed application - including typewritten description, photos and schematics/drawings for consideration in any of six categories - is July 15.

The date change is in response to USGBC members’ requests for more time to absorb the changes in the next version of the rating system, said USGBC President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi.

He has also been appointed to the Board of Directors of Bradford White Corp.

A little over a week after Vice President Joe Biden commented that "there are an awful lot of smart plumbers," PHCC president Keith Bienvenu has reached out to Biden for help in spreading positive messages about the plumbing profession whenever he can.

Over the past two years, construction employment was virtually unchanged but the number of unemployed hardhats fell by 605,000, suggesting workers are quitting construction, either to take jobs elsewhere, return to school, retire or otherwise leave the workforce.

The grand-prize winner will receive a trip for two to one of the 111 most beautiful water locations, valued at $5,000.

Members of the ecobee team are traveling cross-country in an ecobee-branded RV and will stop at more than 50 ecobee distributor locations by June 25 to host morning, lunch and afternoon events for HVAC contractors.

The purpose of the foundation is to raise awareness of the industry, attract new members to the workforce and enhance the quality of the available workforce in the industry.