DETROIT, MI — Seventy employees of the Detroit Police Dept. were ordered to evacuate the seventh floor of the police headquarters after complaints of poor ventilation, leaky ceilings, mold, vermin,
The history and future of refrigerants filled up Dick Shaw’s seminar at the Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s (ACCA’s) 34th annual conference. Shaw, ACCA’s technical education consultant, presented a discussion on the topic, “Contractors, Are You Ready For the Next Refrigerant Transition?”
Sam Dowdy has been a contractor for 22 years. He has done a lot of insurance work in that time and dealt with a lot of insurance companies. It would be safe to call him an authority on insurance claims involving plumbing issues. That’s why the latest black mold hysteria has prompted Dowdy to come up with his own method of protecting his company in the event of a black mold lawsuit.
If some quick lessons on how to solve problems topped their agendas at the Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s (ACCA’s) 34th annual conference, then many contractors found their way to sessions of “Problem Solving 101.”
Dick McKinley, an American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning dealer with the O’Connor Co. in Kansas City, MO, recently received American Standard’s North Central Region Sales Achievement Award for 2001.
Energy Management Systems, Inc. (EMS) won the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)’s “Excellence in Training” award at the 2002 Contractor Excellence Awards ceremony during ACCA’s annual conference in Kissimmee, FL.
There is a new health concern among homeowners. It’s called Stachybotrys, or “black mold.” And it could mean a new revenue stream for contractors. But at what cost?