With a goal of saving two billion gallons of water this year, the American Standard Responsible Bathroom Tour kicks off this week with visits to more than 300 plumbing wholesale locations.
The
Mechanical Contractors Association of America is introducing a new two-day course,
BIM Technology for Mechanical Contractors, to be held Oct. 11-12, 2010, in
Chicago.
The
Plumbing & Mechanical Association of Georgia, along with Karen Raburn, has
asked that those who wish to make a memorial contribution should make their
gift to the PHCC Education Foundation endowment fund in her husband George’s
memory.
Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell has released a
UL-listed fire alarm relay module with enclosure, designed to enable the
control of building systems such as fans, dampers and elevators during
emergencies.
Construction
spending tumbled in February by $11.6 billion, or 1.3 percent, to $846 billion,
a low last recorded in 2002, according to an analysis of new federal figures by
the Associated General Contractors of America.
The State of Georgia and the City of Chicago have both incorporated provisions
from IAPMO’s Green
Plumbing and Mechanical Code Supplement (GPMCS) in their respective water
efficiency standards.