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Keep employees comfortable and focused

For personalized workplace comfort, opt for portable radiant heaters.

April 26, 2019

When creating the right office atmosphere, comfort is key. Employers want to ensure teams are not too warm where they may get sleepy, but also not too cold that they cannot concentrate. Unfortunately, many different types of workplaces face year-round temperature challenges and struggle to strike the perfect balance to keep all employees comfortable and focused.

Coburn Supply turns 85

The next generation of family leadership looks to take this Southeast PHCP-PVF distributor to even greater heights.

Mike Miazga

April 25, 2019

Since Beaumont, Texas-based Coburn Supply was named the 2012 Supply House Times Supply House of the Year not much has changed.

Luxury Products Group swings for the bath and kitchen showroom fences

Mike Miazga

April 24, 2019

BNP Media Plumbing Group Editorial Director Mike Miazga caught up with Luxury Products Group Director Jeff MacDowell during the recent IMARK Plumbing Spring Expo in Orlando, Florida.

A. O. Smith 2019 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year

A. O. Smith named a 2019 Energy Star partner of the year

April 23, 2019

A. O. Smith has been named a 2019 Energy Star Partner of the Year for its contribution and dedication to manufacturing high-efficiency water heaters.

DKrause, Photo of tap water with aerosols flowing into basin

Groundbreaking Legionella prevention model reported

April 23, 2019

Fatal Legionnaires’ disease has escalated 550% in the past 15 years. A new analysis model reported in AIHA’s The Synergist offers help for facility owners and operators who, due to new standards, are now responsible for preventing this “quiet killer.”

BNP Media's AEC BuildTech ready for blastoff

The inaugural event takes place April 30-May 2 near Chicago.

Jen Anesi-Brombach

April 23, 2019

The plumbing and mechanical industry is changing quickly, and the biggest catalyst of that change is technology.

March 2019 State Construction Employment 12-Month Change

Construction employment increases in 38 states from March 2018 to March 2019 ...

while 29 states add construction jobs between February and March.

April 20, 2019

Texas and West Virginia have biggest number and percent of annual job gains as Louisiana and Vermont lag; Washington has largest one-month gains, while Pennsylvania and Vermont experience worst losses.

Housing starts decline in March

April 20, 2019

Total housing starts fell 0.3% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.14 million units from a downwardly revised reading in February, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department that was delayed due to the partial government shutdown.

A. O. Smith acquires water treatment solutions provider Water-Right

April 19, 2019

The acquisition includes all Water-Right subsidiaries, real estate and sister company Mineral-Right.

Chart NAHB Wells Fargo HMI and Single-Family Housing Starts

Builder confidence edges higher in April

April 18, 2019

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose one point to 63 in April, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released on April 16, 2019. Sentiment levels have held in the low 60s for the past three months.