Construction spending in May totaled $753 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, the sixth consecutive monthly decrease and the lowest figure since 1999, the Census Bureau reported July 1.
North
American plumbing organizations came together June 7 to discuss current issues affecting
the plumbing community, focusing on the recent study by Johns Hopkins
University staff on electronic hands-free faucets.
BNP Media, parent company of pme has entered into a partnership with Mike Rowe, host of cable show Dirty Jobs, to supply blogs for his website Trades Hub.
The plumbing provisions of the IAPMO Green Plumbing and Mechanical Code
Supplement (GPMCS) will be included as an Appendix to the 2012 edition of the
National Standard Plumbing Code.
NIBCO
held a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 9 to mark the official completion of its
iron valve plant expansion and grand opening of its distribution center in Blytheville, Ark.
Although it seems that in recent weeks the market has
reflected a new sense of impending doom, manufacturing industry economist, Dr. Chris Kuehl says the slowdown is only temporary and not
the start of another breakdown in the economy.