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EPA
Requires Contractors to Become Lead-Safe Certified By April 22
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
has announced it expects more than 125,000 renovation and remodeling
contractors to be trained in lead-safe work practices by April 22, the
effective date for a rule requiring such training. The agency is on
target to implement the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule, which
will protect millions of children from lead poisoning, on April 22,
2010.
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Health care
reform — what does it mean for plumbing-heating-cooling
contractors?
BRISTOL, TENN. — SESCO Management Consultants here has
analyzed what healthcare reform will mean to employers. SESCO has been a
human resources consultant for members of Quality Service Contractors,
an enhanced service group of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors
– National Association.
The firm’s analysis, which follows, was first published in its monthly
newsletter, The SESCO Report. Recent passage of the Affordable Care Act
(the Senate bill) and the Health Care Reconciliation Act mark the most
significant change to the nation's health care laws in at least four
decades. Following are some of the important consequences for employers
and their group health plans.
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HIRE Act gives contractors tax credits
BRISTOL, TENN. — Contractors who hire the unemployed
are eligible for a number of tax credits, said human resources experts,
SESCO Management Consultants. SESCO is the human resources consultant
for Quality Service Contractors, an enhanced service group of the
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – National Association.
Two new tax benefits are now available to employers hiring workers who
were previously unemployed, SESCO reported. The Hiring Incentives to
Restore Employment (HIRE) Act allows an employer to claim the tax
benefits for a newly hired employee who has not worked more than 40
hours during the 60-day period preceding the date of employment.
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PHCC’s
2010 Legislative Conference to focus on small business issues
FALLS CHURCH, VA. — A little over a month after the
passage of health care reform, members of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling
Contractors — National Association (PHCC) from across the nation will
gather for a Legislative Conference April 28-29 to convey PHCC’s small
business, energy-conscious message to Congress.
Water and energy efficiency issues, funding for Career and Technical
Education and the estate tax will be key issues brought up during visits
on Capitol Hill.
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Buy
this book! Buy this book! Buy this book!
BY ROBERT P. MADER
Matt Michel, the president/CEO of the Service
Roundtable, has written one of the best books on pricing that I’ve
ever read. Every contractor should buy The Power of Positive Pricing
(How much is your pricing costing you?). I love this book.
The book is worth it just for the appendices, like the service rate
calculator, the overtime rate calculator, and maybe the most valuable,
Service Roundtable Chairman Lee Rosenberg’s detailed list of all the
items that should be included in your overhead.
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ASHRAE
Research: Laboratory Test of Five Non-Chemical Devices Used in Cooling
Towers Showed No Effectiveness in Preventing Biological Growth
ATLANTA –New research supported by ASHRAE indicates
that non-chemical devices (NCD) marketed to control the growth of
biological agents, such as Legionella in cooling towers, may not
materially reduce biological growth.
Research project No. 1361, Biological Control in Cooling Towers Using
Non-Chemical Water Treatment Devices, a two-year project recently
completed by Dr. Radisav Vidic at the University of Pittsburgh,
evaluated five non-chemical devices using different technologies to
control biological activity in a model cooling-tower system. The
devices studied included a hydrodynamic cavitation device, pulsed and
static electric field devices, an ultra-sonic device and a magnetic
device.
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