• David Shapiro, founder of Shapiro & Duncan Inc. (Rockville, Md.), won the Contractor of the Year award from Trane (Tyler, Texas) and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association (PHCC) (Falls Church, Va.). Runners-up for the award were Tony Robertson of Pettus Mechanical Services (Muscle Shoals, Ala.), James Murphy of Murphy Co. Inc. (St. Louis), and David Dugger of Kaltoff Inc. (Knoxville, Tenn.).

    Publication date: 11/24/2003