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Reeves Journal’s Top 20 Plumbing Products of 2015

February 11, 2016

We went back through the online archives and tallied up the Top 20 RJ Plumbing Products of 2015.

Training to reinvent

Opportunities and challenges for contractors in a morphing industry.

Randeep Pal

February 11, 2016

The proliferation of advanced energy-efficient products is transforming the plumbing and HVAC space. It marks an unprecedented turning point for contractors in the form of opportunities as well as challenges. Those who adapt and reinvent themselves for this paradigm shift will emerge as winners.

Plumbing contractors are natural leaders in water quality; drinking water, contaminated water, Water Quality Association, legionnella

Relieving customer water concerns

Water worries for consumer drinking water.

Kelly Faloon

February 11, 2016

Plumbing contractors with the right knowledge can fill a need for consumers concerned about the quality of their drinking water.

Mansfield Plumbing; high-efficiency toilet flush engines; water conservation, high-effiency toilet

Testing high-efficiency toilets

Toilet technology in the 21st-century.

Nadia Askar

February 10, 2016

The tests and certifications behind high-efficiency toilets.

28-story condominium building in Chicago; pipe relining, piping, water quality,commercial plumbing

Pipe restoration for water quality

High-rise pipe restoration.

Amanda Strouse

February 8, 2016

How epoxy-coated pipe-lining technology helps prevent water contamination issues.

PHCC-National Association Executive Vice President Michael Copp; education, careers in the trades, Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association

PM Profile: PHCC Executive Vice President Michael Copp

Copp sees opportunitiesfor PHCC to grow as it helps contractors to thrive.

Bob Miodonski

February 8, 2016

New executive vice president of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors — National Association wants to crowdsource priorities for education, advocacy and programs.