When it comes to leading a football team, the head coach needs to be on the sidelines. The same can be said of an owner of a contracting business. He - or she - needs to lead the company. Not from afar, either. He needs to be on the front line, if need be, supplying the encouragement, needed guidance, and/or answering all questions from employees.
For contractors who work on supermarket refrigeration equipment, the issue of highest importance is food safety. Meats, fish, dairy products, and a whole host of other consumable items are subject to the slightest fluctuations in enclosure temperatures.
Contractors around the country say that green building requirements are changing the way they are currently doing business, and will continue to become a part of the changing built environment. On the other hand, almost an even number of contractors around the country have told me that most building owners are taking a wait-and-see approach to adopting green technologies.
Are you whiling away the time just kicking stones? I don’t doubt that some of you are feeling the effects of an economic slowdown and you’d like to be busier. There are plenty of things to do during the slow times - productive things that could keep you or your staff busy as you prepare for a busy fall season.
The refrigerant mandate that will become effective January 2010 is the next big thing on the HVACR radar screen, but this time, it’s actually a much bigger blip. It affects not only residential, but also commercial and refrigeration contractors.
Sometimes a flurry of activities and actions surface quickly
and then die down almost as fast. Such was the case in late spring - over at
least one round - regarding legislation that calls for cutting carbon dioxide
and other so-called greenhouse gases by about 70 percent.
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