The city of Pasadena, Texas, voted on March 4 to adopt NFPA 5000™, Building Construction and Safety Code™, which will become effective 90 days from that date.

In a recent article in The Dallas Morning News, it was reported that hundreds of Texans, who were defrauded by a now out-of-business heating and cooling contractor, will be eligible for free equipment inspections, repair, and contract renegotiations.

With the tremendous heat load produced by broadcast operations servers and associated high-tech equipment at the corporate headquarters of Scripps Networks in Knoxville, Tenn., mechanical engineer Greg Farmer needed a reliable means to cool and dehumidify the space.

The Baton Rouge campus of Louisiana Technical College has been granted national accreditation for its HVACR program.

Ed’s Supply has four Arkansas locations and each branch takes time to show its appreciation to loyal customers — and Christmas 2002 exemplified this tradition.

During the most recent Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) Conference in Las Vegas two individuals from the Nashville, Tenn.-area were honored.

C. Kent Conine, a home and apartment builder from Dallas, Texas, was elected 2003 president of the 205,000-member National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) during the association's 59th Annual Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas in late January.

A recent golf outing among contractors who are members of Excellence Alliance Inc. included a Georgia contractor on the winning team.

The Texas legislature is reviewing a proposed bill (S.B. 129) to regulate mold remediation and other mold-related activities, providing civil, administrative, and criminal penalties.

The new president of the Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal, and Air Conditioning Contractors Association (FRSA) is Steve Sutter of Sutter Roofing Co., Sarasota, Fla.