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Ferguson (Newport News, Va.) announced appointments of individuals who have joined the company through the Familian Northwest integration.

The Turner Corp., a national general builder, projected construction costs in the second quarter of 2003 to remain the same as the first quarter of 2003.

Helping Those Who Serve: Seven members of the Southeast Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors Association installed a new boiler for free for the family of Robert A. Slater in Stonington, Conn., while he was serving in Kuwait.

Home Depot opened its first two-story store, with about 40,000 sq. ft. of space on each level, last April in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, offered $34.30 (U.S.) per share to shareholders of Buderus Aktiengesellschaft, Wetzlar

Hughes Supply (Orlando, Fla.) said its net income rose 32% and diluted earnings per share increased by 30% for the year ended Jan. 31, 2003.

For the first time in its 75-year history, Orlando, Fla.-based Hughes Supply will have a non-family member as its chief executive officer.

Hercules Chemical Co. announced that Jay Fidler, chairman, retired April 30 after a 57-year career with the company.

Jay R. Smith, 92, chairman of the board and former president of Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co. from 1942 to 1978, died of natural causes at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla., March 28.

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (3,000+ members), the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, the American Backflow Prevention Association and the World Plumbing Council have endorsed ISH North America.