FEATURES INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Volume 39, Number 10, October 2011
Variety of Groundwork Keeps Contractor Busy The business model for Lakes Heating and Air Conditioning Inc. has been to stay on the cutting edge of emerging technology.
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Walking the Walk An in-depth interview with GEO president and CEO Doug Dougherty.
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The Changing Contractor Role Heating and air-conditioning experts can grow their bottom lines today using lessons learned from the high technology computer industry.
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Are You Tending Your Socialscape? Thousands of professionals in all walks of life and all age groups now prefer to get their information and communicate with colleagues via social media channels. Story on page 56
Slant/Fin — Well-engineered Hydronic Products Plumbing Engineer recently conducted an exclusive Q&A with some of the team members at Slant/Fin.
Story on page 60 Providing Environmentally Friendly Products is Not
Just the Right Thing to do, It’s the Law Lead-free plumbing is fast becoming the standard across the nation for plumbing products.
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INDUSTRY NEWS & OTHER DEPARTMENTS
8 | World Plumbing Council taps Chaney as new chairman
8 | Grundfos pump donation keeps water flowing in UDLL home
8 | Curaflo founding partners reac- quire company
10 | ASTM International Sponsors Workshop on the History of Mechanical Testing
10 | REHAU expands Celaya, Mexico, plant
11 | Wilo ‘Street Fleet’ hits the road
11 | EMCOR Group subsidiary award- ed contract for University of Pittsburgh project
Editor’s Letter: Your Socialscape Designer’s Guide: Confessions of a water waster
Code Classroom: Green codes & standards: Which one should you use? FPE Corner: Water mist fire protection systems, Part 1 Modern Hydronics: A different take on marketing Solar Solutions: Photovoltaic solar circulator pumps
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12 | Texas town adopts UPC 36 | THE LEAD FREE REPORT 66, 68 | NEW PRODUCTS 72 | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 72 | CLASSIFIEDS 74 | INDUSTRY MOVERS 73 | AD INDEX
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