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.
As Benjamin Franklin once famously said, “In life, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Many business owners might argue that “regulations” could have been added to that quote as well, given the large number of new rules imposed each year by local, state, and federal governments.
There is so much happening in our business world today that it is often difficult for us as contractors to stay focused on the real purposes for which we are in business. What is that purpose and how can you stay informed?
Every week, contractors miss out on 30 percent or more of the work they could be doing. The work is there, it’s ready to be taken, and customers are eagerly waiting to give you their hard earned dollars to do the work — if, and only if, you get your head out of your past and join modern society.