The Unified Group, a national network of 47 independently owned HVAC mechanical contractors, has formed a board of advisors to oversee the group's five business areas, including purchasing, business opportunities, membership, training, and marketing.
The Association of Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa (SMCI) recently held its 36th Annual Statewide Meeting at the Hotel Ft. Des Moines. Guy Gast was elected to serve a two-year term as president.
The Grunau Co. announced that it has been hired to complete the design/build and installation of the HVAC system for the new $85 million headquarters that will house three GE Healthcare divisions.
Siemens Building Technologies will help the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to reduce its energy, water, and sewer costs through the design and construction of a central heating and cooling plant expansion, in conjunction with numerous campus-wide energy conservation improvements to existing systems and facilities.
A school bond issue in Royal Oak, Mich., a Detroit suburb, has drawn battle lines on both sides. The dispute is over the cost of installing air conditioning in three district schools.
Temperature Service Company Inc., a member of Excellence Alliance Inc. in Elk Grove Village, Ill., has partnered with the Excellence Alliance Foundation (EAF) to award a $2,000 scholarship to William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Ill.
The new residential energy code proposed by the Granholm administration will trap hundreds if not thousands of low and fixed income families in energy wasting older homes, according to the Michigan Association of Home Builders.
Indianapolis has become one of the nation's fastest growing markets for nonresidential construction. This increased demand in construction is predicted to create a skilled craft labor shortage - 637 workers for 2005. And that figure looks to escalate to 6,185 by 2008.