contents Volume 12, Issue 4 / Published in July 2023
PUBLISHER Melissa Broadus
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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
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Air Conditioning Contractors of America ®
ACCA Now is published by the Air Conditioning
Contractors of America.
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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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