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 Trucks: the modern contractor’s beast of burden
BY AL SCHWARTZ
At the turn of the 20th century, when the automobile was new, most heavy lifting and hauling was done by horse, mule or oxen. The term “horsepower” is not a quaint colloquialism, it had real relevance when the internal combustion engine was new. What horses did then, trucks do in today’s economy. Contracting businesses of all types rely heavily on their work trucks.
A new toy… er, truck
In better times, regularly trading in work trucks was almost a rite of passage. What owner, foreman or journeyman didn’t salivate over getting a new truck every couple of years? It was almost like a hidden, or not so hidden, incentive. In fact, it was a great tax incentive because you could depreciate the vehicle over a short term. If you were moderately successful in business, it was easy to justify the expense of trading in your older trucks for newer ones regularly and the new factor just added a bit of “successful bling” to you and your business.
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Applewood Plumbing & Heating helps families with loved ones in the hospital
DENVER - Applewood Plumbing, Heating & Electric here has always been charitable. Its history of good works and helping the community was one of the reasons why Applewood was selected as CONTRACTOR's 2009 Contractor of the Year. The firm is continuing that tradition by opening up Applewood House, a place for out-of-town families to stay when they have loved ones at St. Anthony's or Exempla Lutheran Hospitals.
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 Oregon State’s Energy Center cogen system handles 50% of electricity needs
BY CANDACE ROULO
CORVALLIS, ORE. — Oregon State University’s new Energy Center, which contains a cogeneration facility that combines heating and electricity generation, allowing OSU to generate approximately half of its electric needs, recently received U.S. Green Building Council Platinum LEED certification.
The cogeneration system, which is calculated to lower the university’s energy costs by approximately $650,000 a year, has a maximum generation capacity of 6.5MW, and is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 38% relative to the old plant. The cogen plant provides a reliable, cost-effective and efficient source of power, to partially offset the University’s electrical power demand from the utility.
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Renovated Hotel Felix becomes Chicago’s first LEED Silver hotel
BY CANDACE ROULO
CHICAGO — This April Hotel Felix kicked off Earth Month by unveiling its U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification at a special event members of the media were invited to. The hotel opened in April 2009 after an extensive redevelopment of the 1926 building and received USGBC LEED certification in August 2010, making it Chicago’s first LEED Silver certified hotel.
Some of the hotel’s energy efficient and water conserving features are in-room motion sensors to control heat and air conditioning for a savings of approximately $30,000 per year; water waste reducing plumbing that saves 1 million gallons of water annually; and fluorescent lighting throughout the property that saves nearly $44,000 per year, according to George Jordan, general manager of Hotel Felix Chicago.
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Resist lightning-induced damage to gas pipes
CounterStrike is a patented CSST innovation based on the existing TracPipe CSST product, but that is engineered to significantly decrease the potential for lightning induced damage to fuel gas piping systems. CounterStrike has been designed with a proprietary jacket material in place of the standard yellow jacket. This black jacket has energy dissipating properties that will help protect the TracPipe stainless steel pressure liner as well as other fuel gas system components if the CounterStrike becomes energized due to lightning. OmegaFlex.
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