Service World Expo is an interactive seminar and trade show event for residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical service contractors. The event is a joint venture of Service Nation Inc. and BNP Media Inc. — parent company of The ACHR NEWS.

The QSC Board of Trustees was inducted by Michael Copp, executive vice president of PHCC. 

The Supermarket of the Future contest encouraged participants as teams or individuals to deliver innovative ideas that demonstrate new approaches to today’s supermarket challenges. Judges reviewed submissions from 45 students and chose three winning entries.

Seeking to draw on the creativity and technical expertise of the American public, citizens can now submit their ideas to six open calls for innovation with the chance to partner with a DOE national laboratory and a leading private sector partner.

The 2016 conference featured the inaugural Teachers-N-Trainers (TnT) competition, which allowed participants to showcase their skills by completing a series of time-based tasks that were arranged in elimination stages.

For the construction industry and affected Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) contractors, potential silica exposures are found in tasks that include drilling and cutting concrete and stone.