Incoming PHCC President Jo Wagner will conduct a seminar on starting an apprentice program at this year's Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association 124th Annual Convention, Sept. 26-30, The Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago.
Like many aspects of modern life, we all owe a debt of gratitude to the ancient Romans. Up until the time Roman armies conquered the world, about the best you could hope for was a fire in a fireplace.
The Radiant Panel Association will be beta-testing plans to offer its Radiant Basic and Precision classes online this month and will launch www.rpacampus.com sometime in June. At the same time, RPA is also working with a national online testing company to allow its members to more easily take its certification classes at local RPA members' supply houses throughout the country.
Notable speakers at the Mechanical Contractors Association of America's annual convention, this year held March 19-23 in Maui, included Joe Theismann, John Cleese and Tom Ridge; attendees learned practical use of lean construction; and MCAA student chapters grows to 36.
Federal legislation to address the 11 million people living illegally in the United States and regulate the flow of others bound to continue to cross the country's border will be one of the topics discussed at this year's Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association 124th Annual Convention, Sept. 26-30, The Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago.
Wet Heads can now take their own version of two North American Technician Excellence certification exams on hydronic heating. Beforehand, techs could be certified only on the air side. The Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association's Hydronics Institute teamed up with NATE and developed the tests over the past 18 months.
A busted boiler would have stayed busted if not for members of National Association of Oil Heat Service Managers' chapters identifying needs right in their backyards.
