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How Contractors Can Use AI to Avoid a $9,500 Consulting Bill

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Wade Kerzie
September 28, 2026

AI can do more than offer advice. With the right business context, it can turn a consultant’s playbook into scripts, processes, and workflows a contractor can put to work. Here’s where AI can replace costly playbook work, and where human judgment still matters.


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Reins launches Valuation

New product connects business worth with incentives that help retain the people driving growth
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
September 14, 2026

Valuation begins with the owner's own books and operating data to establish what the company is worth today. Its agentic analysis then identifies the factors driving that value, benchmarks the business against peers and highlights the levers with the greatest potential impact.


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Fleetio Expands AI Service Advisor

AI Service Advisor is a built-in maintenance expert designed to help fleets make faster maintenance decisions and automate routine processes.
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
September 10, 2026

AI Service Advisor assessed $1.4 billion in maintenance spend during open beta, aiming to help fleets reduce time in the shop and avoid unnecessary costs.


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Appropriate Designs Heat Load Pro 2.0

Appropriate Designs Heat Load Pro 2.0

The software estimates the heating load of residential and light commercial buildings.
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
August 3, 2026

Heat Load Pro is sold as a perpetual software license. Requires MS Windows 7 or higher.


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IAPMO Announces New Webinar

The webinar will take place on August 19th
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
July 6, 2026

In this 1.5-hour webinar, instructor Randy Lorge will review how to use the Water Demand Calculator, highlight its technical benefits, and demonstrate how to apply it to accurately right-size a water distribution system.


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New Survey Reveals the Job Tradespeople Most Want AI to Solve in the Field

Global survey finds half of workers say jobs get sent back for rework at least sometimes, and it’s the #1 problem they’d want AI to fix on the job.
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
June 28, 2026

The Fewer Callbacks, Faster Jobs study surveyed 1,000 skilled-trade workers across the United States and Europe (UK, Germany, France) between May 28 and June 14, 2026, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points.


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ServiceTitan’s Max Reports AI-Powered Growth for Contractors

ServiceTitan released early performance data for Max.
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
June 27, 2026

Max orchestrates end-to-end automation for trades businesses. 


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Nearly 60% of Gen Z Is Considering Skilled Trades Careers

Gen Z is increasingly interested in skilled trades careers, but attracting and retaining this generation will require new approaches to training, mentorship and workplace culture.
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Kristen R. Bayles
June 24, 2026

Industry leaders say Gen Z sees something previous generations may have overlooked: the trades offer purpose, opportunity and a chance to make a tangible impact every day.


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Probook Raises $40M from Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia

The AI operating system for home services announced a $34 million investment from Andreessen Horowitz, and a $6 million Seed round by Sequoia Capital.
Plumbing & Mechanical Editorial Staff
June 23, 2026

George Eliadis, CEO and co-founder of Probook, started the business to solve problems that he saw in his own business. 


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And So It Flows: Heat Pump Water Heaters in Real Life
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Heat Pump Water Heaters in Real Life

Contractors may want to start getting “heat pumped up.”
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Kristen R. Bayles
June 18, 2026
On a recent episode of And So It Flows, Kristen Bayles sat down with Gregg Holladay, business development manager for specialty markets at Bradford White, to discuss the growing role heat pump water heaters are expected to play in the residential plumbing market and why contractors need to start preparing now.
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