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Elkay was founded in Chicago in 1920 by Chairman of the Board of Directors Ron Katz’s grandfather, Leopold Katz, a carpenter by trade, and Ellef Robarth, a tinsmith. They met while working for Litterer Brothers Mfg. Co., a company that supplied sinks. Together they founded Elkay (a mashup of their two names), bringing together their different experiences.

Gas-fired appliances are commonly used for space heating, water heating, cooking and more.

As long as you have a license, starting a plumbing company is easy. Succeeding, on the other hand, is not. 

Forty-eight years ago, I learned a valuable lesson as a plumbing apprentice.

A construction project in Calgary, Canada, called Cube, features several firsts. It’s the city’s first office-to-residential space conversion, and real estate developer Strategic Group’s first re-purposing project. 

With the start of a new year so begins a new tradeshow season, first kicking off with Design and Construction Week, held Jan. 21-23, in Las Vegas, followed by the AHR Expo, held Feb. 3-5, in Orlando, Florida

One of the nice things about my job is I’m usually busy. I like when I look up at the end of the day and see that the day has flown by.