Earlier Wednesday, an underground steam pipe
explosion in Manhattan near Grand Central Terminal killing one person and
wounding dozens of others. “Hundreds more ran for cover from flying rubble and
a towering geyser of steam “taller than the Chrysler Building,” according to
MSNBC.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new
residential construction statistics for June 2007.
While construction employment hasn’t fallen as
fast as the housing collapse would indicate, according to a recent ADP National
Employment Report, U.S. construction jobs could fall by 250,000 by the end of
next year.
The
Plumbing
Manufacturers Institute is sponsoring Senate Bill 651 in the California
legislature in order to clarify Section 116875 of the Health and Safety Code,
the statute that was amended by the plumbing lead reduction law AB 1953.
Two major distributors of industrial and oilfield PVF supplies, Red Man Pipe
& Supply Co. and McJunkin Corp. announced a merger that will make the new
company one of the leading industrial and oilfield PVF suppliers in North
America.