• Nexstarâ„¢ (White Bear Lake, Minn.) named Tony Flamino as the group's new controller/director of finance.

  • Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) (Washington) launched a redesigned Web site at www.abc.org. The site includes information on government affairs, training, and business development.

  • Tom Vossman has joined VenVest Inc. (Sarasota, Fla.). Vossman will lead sales and marketing development efforts for the company's two home services franchises, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing® and One Hour Air Conditioning and Heating®, for the eastern half of the country.

  • Emcor Group Inc. (Norwalk, Conn.) was named for the fifth year in a row to Fortune's annual Fortune 500 list, ranking at 387, up 17 spots from the 2003 list.

  • The Service Roundtable (Dallas), an Internet-based contractor group, said it recorded more than 1 million page loads as of March 17. The site is 18 months old.

    Publication date: 04/19/2004