Articles by John R. Hall

In Dallas, as in other regions, the basic business philosophy is the same — service is more important than price.

If you judge a book by it’s cover, there’s a good chance you’d get mixed signals from three Tampa Bay-area contractors.

School construction-renovation work is a rapidly expanding market.

This Hvacr "Survivor" contest requires no personal hardships, travel or rat/ larvae dinners, but there's still going to be a winner.

Group Maintenance America Corp., formed in 1997 to consolidate contractors in the commercial and industrial mechanical trades, merged with Building One Services Corporation to form En-compass Services Corp.

While other consolidators have seen original owners fold up their tents and move onto other ventures, Comfort has been able to keep most of the people on board.

“Over the past thirty months, we’ve been surprised on how easy it is to acquire and how hard it is to integrate."

The purchase of 40 additional companies to join the ARS/Rescue Rooter operating team brings the total number of acquisitions of ARS/Rescue Rooter operating units to 115.

Unlike the other major consolidators, Lennox is not pulling back on its acquisitions, but instead is looking to acquire at least 10 more companies before the end of the year.

All is quiet as consolidation of residential and commercial/industrial hvac finally hits a wall.