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Codes Corner

Codes Corner: Encouraging economic recovery

Creating sustainable communities requires modern building codes to reflect society’s needs.
Guy Tomberlin
January 29, 2021

Amid one of the most impactful pandemics this nation has ever faced, one lesson that continues to be compounded is public buildings need to be updated to provide citizens with a sense of security in order to encourage an economic recovery. 


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Cybersecurity

10 tips to protect your contracting business against cyberattacks

Donald Walker
January 28, 2021

Here are 10 measures that you can implement right now as part of your organization’s cyberattack prevention plan.  


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Matt Michel

Matt Michel: Don’t become a target

8 steps to protect yourself.
Matt Michel
Matt Michel
January 28, 2021

Large plumbing companies with strong brands make more money than small companies. 


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Dave Yates

Dave Yates: Trial by fire

The climb to success doesn’t include an elevator or escalator; there are only stairs to climb.
Dave Yates
Dave Yates
January 27, 2021

I always hated the business side of being in business. After a hard day’s work, we would retire to our home office to do billing, write checks and fill in the books. 


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Wagner Helmut

REHAU founder dies at age 95

REHAU is mourning the loss of company founder and honorary president Helmut Wagner.
January 26, 2021

REHAU is mourning the loss of company founder and honorary president Helmut Wagner. He passed away last Sunday at the age of 95 in Switzerland surrounded by his family. The news of the death of the popular founding father, who was highly committed to the end, has moved REHAU employees around the globe. 

 


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Kenny Chapman

Kenny Chapman: Ideas are OK; plans are better

Three strategies for forging ideas into successful ventures.
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Kenny Chapman
January 26, 2021

Leaders are often made up of people like me. We often lie awake at night or feel inspired randomly with new ideas. 


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Dan Holohan

Dan Holohan: How Frank and John taught me to see

All about master venting.
Dan Holohan
January 25, 2021

In 1989, when I was thinking about writing a book called, “The Lost Art of Steam Heating,” I went to see a young engineer named Frank Gerety. 


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Siggy

John Siegenthaler: Cascading heat pumps

Electrically-powered heat pumps will continue to gain market share.
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
January 23, 2021

Heat pumps are incredibly useful devices. 


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The 7-Power Contractor

Al Levi: The goal writing is on the wall

Setting goals is easy; it’s the follow through that is hard.
7 Power Blog
Al Levi
January 22, 2021

By the time you read this, most people’s New Year’s resolutions or goals will be a distant memory, and they’ll be back to doing the same things they said they weren’t going to do. 


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The Glitch

The Glitch & The Fix: Inadvertent flows

January 18, 2021

An installer recently read about the benefits of piping a buffer tank in a “2-pipe” configuration.  


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