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Pa. residential fire sprinkler mandate is under attack in legislature
BY CANDACE ROULO
HARRISBURG, PA. — Last month the Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved legislation, H.B. 377, to repeal the residential fire sprinkler mandate in the state’s construction code. The bill would exclude all new one- and two-family residences from the sprinkler requirement that became part of the Uniform Construction Code, effective Jan. 1, 2011. The measure is now headed to the Pennsylvania Senate for consideration.
Pennsylvania was one of the first two states in the country to require sprinklers in every new home based on the International Code Council (ICC), mandating the installation of residential fire sprinklers in all new one- and two-family residences, including townhouses in the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC). In December 2009, the Pennsylvania Review Commission voted to adopt the IRC and its residential sprinkler requirement, updating the state’s Uniform Construction Code.
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 Contractors can get comprehensive solar training at National Solar Conference
RALEIGH, N.C. — The American Solar Energy Society (www.ases.org), the nation’s oldest solar association focused on advocacy, adoption and advancement of solar energy, is offering one of the industry’s most comprehensive and affordable training opportunities for installers at its annual National Solar Conference, Solar 2011, in Raleigh, N.C., May 17-21. This is the 40th consecutive year ASES has held its conference, which brings together academics, government agencies, installers, manufacturers, consumers and others invested in solar’s future.
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Mr. Rooter Plumbing Announces $50,000 in In-Kind Donations to Ronald McDonald House Charities
WACO, TEXAS - Just a year after kicking off its national sponsorship, Mr. Rooter Plumbing marked the milestone of giving $50,000 in in-kind donations to Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Mr. Rooter Plumbing franchisees and their teams donated plumbing and drain cleaning services, as well as volunteered their labor and time to Ronald McDonald Houses across North America. These contributions total $54,530.73.
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 ISH Frankfurt continues to be a can’t-miss event
BY ROBERT P. MADER
Publisher Dan Ashenden and I were fortunate to attend the ISH Frankfurt show in Frankfurt, Germany, in mid-March. I’ll cover the show itself extensively in the April issue of CONTRACTOR magazine and on www.contractormag.com, but I have some general impressions and reflections here.
Gas runs about €1.60 per liter. That’s approximately $2.22 per liter or about $9.38 per gallon. That’ll get you onto the train, won’t it? The trains are great, clean and on time. Dan and I rode the train to Rudesheim, about an hour west of Frankfurt. The trains (at least the ones I saw first-hand) are electric, using overhead wires. Even the freight trains.
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Tucker Mechanical CEO wins MCAA Distinguished Service Award
MERIDEN, CONN. -- EMCOR Group Inc. announced that Robert Turner, President and CEO of its Tucker Mechanical operation here has been recognized by the Mechanical Contractors Association of America with its highest honor -- its Distinguished Service Award -- for the year 2010.
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Proper usage of the standard pipe wrench
BY CHUCK STEVENS
When it comes to having the right tools for the job, no toolbox or tool corral is complete without a standard, straight, heavy-duty pipe wrench. A tool designed to grip and rotate cylindrical material appears very simple on the exterior but peel back the covers and it becomes apparent that a lot of thought went into the engineering of this tool. The pipe wrench has changed over its 140-year history, but the current design of today has remained virtually the same for the past 90 years.
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