Chances are, if you're a builder or contractor in Nevada, you've probably seen R. Supply Co.'s showroom on wheels. It's pretty hard to miss -- a 48-ft., green-colored trailer with the company name on it.
FirstEnergy sells off contractor, to refocus business in the Northeast; PSEG rids itself of 12 mechanical contracting firms; Encompass has two offers on the table to buy back companies
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs, in response to a lawsuit filed by the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association against the California Building Standards Commission and other state agencies, ordered the inclusion of PEX plastic pipe into the California Plumbing Code.
The U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously ruled that there is a "reasonable indication" that malleable iron pipe fittings from China sold in the United States at less than fair value have injured or threatened to injure the domestic industry.
Instead of its traditional fall Super Meeting, this year Contractors 2000 held its first Super Training Week Oct. 16-19 in Nashville, Tenn., which was comprised of some of its most popular training programs.
The future of the plumbing, heating and cooling industry depends on exposing today's young people to the trades, said Richard Trethewey in his standing-room-only keynote address Nov. 1 at ISH North America in Toronto.
