Business advisor Bruce Tulgan maintains that even before Sept. 11, the United States was operating in an environment of complete uncertainty.

Not often does one get the opportunity to hear General H. Norman Schwarzkopf in person. The same can be said of business guru Tom Peters, former Burger King ceo and now international speaker Barry Gibbons, U.S. Olympic gold medal wrestler Rulon Gardner, and syndicated columnist George Will. Over the course of five days, more than 1,600 attendees of the 2002 Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) convention had the good fortune to listen and learn from these five speakers.

In her presentation “Face First: Presenting Your Brand to the Public” at the 2002 MCAA convention, Nancy Nehlsen tried to help contractors find their unique selling proposition.

To prove his point that talent matters in today’s business world, Ron Magnus introduced a recent study from The McKenzie Group, which surveyed and interviewed over 6,000 executives from 77 Fortune 50 and 100 companies. The report, “War For Talent,” concludes that “Talent matters more than the tangible assets such as financial capital.”

Christian Burger is the first to admit that technology is changing so fast, no wonder contractors seem to be at a loss of what to do (or not to do) regarding information systems and upgrades.

The Arizona Heat Pump Council (HPC) was scheduled to present its Outstanding Customer Service Awards this week at the 2002 Hvacr Expo and Conference, to be held at Veteran’s Coliseum March 13.

When The News asked for additional comments at the end of the article “Aluminum Vs. Copper: The Great Condensing Coil Debate” (Feb. 18, The News), the floodgates opened. Out rushed Trane and American Standard dealer-contractors.

The recently enacted New Mexico Retainage Act is a victory for the New Mexico Sheet Metal Contractors Association.

Mesa 3, Inc., of San Jose, CA, and Scott Companies, Inc., of San Leandro, CA, were among the winners of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s (MCAA’s) Safety Awards Program for 2001.

Kinetics Southwest captured the E. Robert Kent Award for Management Innovation, announced the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) at its sixth annual Awards of Excellence program, held recently at MCAA’s 113th annual convention at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, FL.