The Mechanical Contractors of America chapter of Metropolitan Washington (MCAMW) sponsored a recent Project Manager Competition for the student chapter at Virginia Tech.
Tonawanda's John W. Danforth Company Inc., a full-service mechanical contractor founded in 1884, has acquired a majority of the assets of Orchard Park-based Niagara Frontier Sheetmetal Inc., a 28-year-old sheet metal fabricator and installer, to create what it calls the "first" single-source mechanical/sheet metal provider in western New York.
Robert (Red) Fawcett, president of Kingston Oil, announced that Jeffrey Champignie is a new burner technician and Maura Shepard has been hired as a service coordinator.
Contractor members of the Massachusetts Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association (PHCC), who provided emergency plumbing and heating service to families of military troops stationed overseas, were recognized by Brigadier General Donald J. Quenneville, Adjutant General of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
EMCOR Group Inc. announced that it has provided a gift of $150,000 to the Norwalk (Conn.) Education Foundation (NEF), to bring the NEF Saturday Academy program to all four Norwalk Middle Schools. The grant will be made over three years.
The Western Pennsylvania Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Chapter will sponsor a heat exchanger inspection course on Thursday, August 19, 2004, in Mars, Pa.
ABB received the 2003 World Excellence Award for Environmental Leadership from Ford Motor Co. in honor of ABB's "demonstrated environmental leadership and willingness to share information on emerging environmental trends and issues," the company said.
The Eastern Heating and Cooling Council announced that it will award the winner of the North American Technician Excellence (NATE) Certified Technician Competition with an additional prize (to be announced). The competition will take place in St. Louis, Sept. 15, 2004.
Kingston Oil, headquartered in Kingston, Mass., donated $10,000 to help the Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth create its "America's Hometown" Boys & Girls Clubhouse at 9 Resnik Rd., Plymouth, Mass.