The Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada’s (HRAI) Contractors Division presented Wayne Fischer with the Gerald Inch Award for chapter leadership within the division at the institute’s annual general meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
According to Bill McBean, there are seven important facts about business ownership. Facts that could help you avoid the mistakes and pitfalls that trip up so many other businesses, and go on to achieve the success you’ve dreamed of. He calls them the Facts of Business Life.
Mason Mechanical Heating and Cooling of Mesa, Ariz., announced that it is a finalist for the BBB Ethics Award presented by the Better Business Bureau of Greater Arizona. This award, with 15 finalists and five winners, judges customer-recommended businesses based on a number of criteria.
The economy, the fiscal cliff, sequestration, and energy independence are just a few of the issues facing the winners of the 2012 election. But, as one of Washington’s leading pundits recently stated, “This isn’t the first critical election where the stakes are high, and it won’t be the last.”
Consumers Energy announced that it awarded nearly $3.7 million in incentives to commercial and industrial customers in the third quarter of 2012 to help fund 996 energy efficiency projects that will provide long-term savings.
During a recent conference, I had the pleasure of sitting in on a session led by Frank Besednjak, a trainer, teacher, coach, and consultant with decades of HVAC industry experience. Besednjak shared the thought-provoking claim that business is a lot like baseball.
These comments are concerning Joanna Turpin’s article “Regulations Burden Contractors,” Oct. 15, 2012, on the costs to small businesses to comply with government regulations.
To help field service businesses build a strong team, HindSite Software, a provider of field service software, has released a free eBook, 6 Rules for an Awesome Service Department.
As its pool heater business continues to grow, Lochinvar announced that it has expanded its team of employees dedicated to pool product development, sales, and support.
