Well, it finally happened. Michigan weather heated up, and my AC sputtered and died a sad death. 

Service World Expo will employ multiple safety measures, including temperature screenings, complimentary face masks, hand sanitation stations and increased cleaning and sanitation of common areas. 

Nearly 6,000 Houston-area students got the chance to “test drive” lucrative design and construction careers through an NKBA program. It provides BridgeYear/NKBA Career Tours to schools at no cost and will expand to markets beyond Houston over the next two years — and possibly add virtual options — with the goal of impacting more than 24,000 high school students.

We learned from the pandemic that education is available in many more places than just at live seminars. 

“Hire willing people and provide them the skills — as opposed to hiring spoiled, experienced people with skills and behavior problems.” 

The virtual internship program will leverage Oatey’s state-of-the-art workplace collaboration technology to keep interns connected with their teams, projects and fellow interns while they work from home.

Whether designing a residential or commercial system, there are several lessons to be learned from Siegenthaler, a.k.a. “Siggy,” including thermal considerations, piping, heat pump technologies, panel radiators, slab heating, controls and ECM circulators in order to provide the ultimate goals: Comfort, high efficiency and a happy customer.

Victaulic University features more than 45 piping technology courses are available at no cost in two virtual formats: Live, instructor-led webinars and self-paced courses, which are available on-demand at any time.

As vice president of education, Swetye is responsible for leading educational initiatives within the Hydraulic Institute.

Contractors who want to increase their knowledge and add skills can now receive Viega training online and interact with trainers.