Articles by Steve Smith

Three years after federal mandates regarding 1.6 gpf toilets first went into effect, 59 percent of our respondents think current installation regulations should be relaxed.

Free agency comes to contracting ...

Surviving the personnel crunch for white-collar help will require a combination of creativity and strategy.

A contractor’s showroom helps consumers explore the option of radiant heat.

CSST is the biggest innovation in gas piping in the last 100 years.

As of Aug. 6, the Safe Drinking Water Act prohibits anyone from "introducing into commerce" any faucet – or fitting, piping or fixture, for that matter – that is not lead-free.

Downsized doesn’t mean dressed down.

If there’s anything I like better than the plumbing industry, it’s the movie industry.

Seventy-five percent of Americans think they should take more positive action toward the environment.

What makes memorable marketing stick with you isn’t so much an award-winning jingle as much as a respectable message promoted again and again … and again.