CHICAGO — The Work Truck Show and National Truck Equipment Association Convention held here at McCormick Place in March, featured a variety of work trucks and vans, tools and technologies useful to plumbing and HVAC contractors. More than 400 e...
Many in the construction industry regard safety requirements as a burden and blame them for hurting profits and hindering the timely completion of a project. This mindset may be tied to the once prevalent notion that construction is a...
Redlands, Calif. Victaulic has announced plans to open a distribution center here by February 2008. The new 75,390-sq.-ft. facility will serve as a primary distribution point for Victaulic products and tools. The facility will replace an existing...
BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTOR's STAFF DES PLAINES, ILL. Nearly a quarter of CONTRACTOR readers purchase power tools at home centers, according to results of the 2007 CONTRACTOR Power Tool Survey. The "home center" category is new to...
BY MARTY SILVERMAN SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR RUTH COLEMAN, a schoolteacher in Somerset, Pa., came home to find her basement flooded. The whole house was tied into the floor drain, so when it was clogged, nothing in the house worked. She called Barry...
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF DES PLAINES, ILL. For the second straight year, the number of CONTRACTOR readers who buy their power tools online has increased, according to a survey conducted in January among this magazine's...
DES PLAINES, ILL. The interest of CONTRACTOR readers in tankless water heaters continues to run hot. For the second consecutive year, a tankless water heater is the product that generated the most inquiries from our readers in 2005. A.O. Smith's...
The reciprocating saw is the most popular corded power tool among CONTRACTOR readers with 90.6% of respondents to the 2005 CONTRACTOR Power Tool Study saying that they use the tool; 63.4% say they also use a cordless model. Close behind is the...
ANDERSON, S.C. Ridgid professional power and pneumatic tools will now carry a limited lifetime service agreement, the company announced in April. This new service agreement provides free service and parts on normal wear items, including batteries...
The 2005 AHR Expo, held Feb. 7-9 in Orlando, Fla., set a record for number of exhibiting companies with 1,871 exhibitors taking up 372,955 sq. ft. of exhibit space. The show continued its trend of attracting a growing number of international...
