Do HVAC contractors often have problems communicating with their local mechanical inspectors? It would be a safe bet to say that some do. At the recent meeting of the Mechanical Inspectors Association of Michigan (MIAM), inspector members learned about conflict and conflict management.
How much leverage do employers have when deciding whether an employee stays or goes? What kind of rules apply to hiring and firing employees and do these rules tend to handcuff the employers?
Local HVAC contractors cited the tax breaks that new businesses are given as paving the way for many new businesses to move into the area and the reason for the growth in both its commercial and residential new construction markets.
The relationship between the local Southeast Technical Institute (STI) and the local Sioux Falls HVAC Association has proved beneficial to HVAC contractors and students entering the HVAC trade.
All HVAC contractors have similar goals, including increasing revenues, reducing expenses, improving cash flow to fund growth, and improving employee retention and recruitment. According to some, all of these goals can be achieved by implementing one thing: fleet leasing.
Jo Wagner isn’t just the president of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling-Contractors (PHCC) National Association. She is also a business owner. She spoke about her business concerns to members of the ACCA of Texas/APHCC at the Texas Annual Conference & Tradeshow.
The growth of a strong HVAC contracting company depends on many factors, such as the entrepreneurial smarts of the individual business owner or the collective strength of a network of contractors backing each individual owner. The HVAC trade has seen a good deal of both, beginning with the growth of the mom and pop businesses, to franchising opportunities, and the most recent trend, consolidation. Where will a new wave of growth come from?
The primary attention is given to heating equipment, but there are many other sources of deadly carbon monoxide (CO) that kill people year-round. With that in mind, I thought it would be a good idea to see how our trade is equipped to combat CO ignorance.
Contractor Terry Boone attended the ACCA 2007 Conference & Indoor Air Expo. Boone knew he would benefit a lot from meeting with his peers in a national arena. He brought back valuable information, using some almost immediately.