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contents Volume 12, Issue 4 / Published in July 2023


PUBLISHER Melissa Broadus melissa.broadus@acca.org


AD SALES


Dylan Burkhart sales@acca.org 925-487-4667


ART DIRECTOR Lynn Riley Lynn Riley Design www.lynnrileydesign.com


BLOGGERS & COLUMNISTS David Bixby, Melissa Broadus, Chris Crew, Steve Coscia, Chris Czarnecki, Brooke Duncan, Kate Gadd, Tom Grandy, Barton James, Katie Kuehner-Hebert, Cody Novini, Keith Paton, Sean Robertson, Dick Shaw


ACCA Now (USPS 9910) is published bi-monthly for $29 per year by ACCA, 1520 Belle View Blvd. #5220, Alexandria, VA 22307. Periodicals postage paid at Alexandria, VA, and at additional mailing offices. ©2023 by ACCA Association, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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4 CEO’s Column 5


Air Conditioning Contractors of America ®


ACCA Now is published by the Air Conditioning


Contractors of America. www.acca.org


Chairman’s Column 6


Now@ACCA 8


Meet the Expert 9


ACO News Committee Crunch


12 Tech Tip


15 Commercial Capital


16 Training Tip 28


Resource Roundup 30


Service Savvy 2023 ACCA


Commercial Contractor of the Year


Gillette Air Conditioning Company is ACCA’s 2023 Commercial Contractor of the Year. The company, which has been in business for 64 years, is a standout in its market area for the processes they have in place that its


competition doesn’t. ACCA Now spoke with the Gillette team to find out what makes them a standout in the industry.


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10 Safe@Work


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Capitol Insights 34


Business Buzz 35


Legal Tools 36


Tech Challenge & Ad Index


37 Corporate Partner Spotlight— Federated Insurance


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