The latest business and management best practices, written by CONTRACTOR columnists and other industry professionals, for plumbing and mechanical contractors
AS LONG AS there are projects to be managed, there will be a need for project managers. Executives in many contracting firms dont want to get their hands and minds dirty with details of how much money youre going to earn for them, or really how...
ONE OF THE BIGGER challenges in replacing the domestic hot water system on a multifamily housing project is maintaining service to the users while installing the new system. In the case of the older apartment complex that we started to discuss...
DATA NETWORKING, e-mail sharing and surfing the Web, all from any computer in the office and without cables? The time and price are right. For small offices and home offices, wireless local area networking (WLAN) based on Wi-Fi (802.11 format) is...
HERES A QUESTION to ponder: Which is the best method for piping two water heaters together parallel or series? In a number of homes, weve had to correct improperly piped twinned water heaters and, in others, weve had to decide whether to install...
THE HOLIDAY SEASON is fast approaching. One of the gifts you can expect to receive if you are a service plumber is a substantial increase in the number of calls about house sewer clogs. I dont need to tell you how you may want to prepare...
AS ECONOMIC TIMES get tougher, we are seeing more and more instances where banks are getting nervous about large outstanding lines of credit to their customers. One reaction to this nervousness is to invoke a clause in the fine print of that...
THE SAD BUT TRUE fact is that the IRS changed the rules on split-dollar insurance in the middle of the game. If you or anyone in your company has what is commonly called a split-dollar life insurance plan (Split-$ Plan), this article is must...
