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May 1999 Features

The Heat's On
A contractor’s showroom helps consumers explore the option of radiant heat.

Defining Radiant Retrofit
Three separate jobs embody the sprouting radiant retrofit industry.

Study Hall
A new office provides a testing ground for new hydronic heating methods.

Searching For Your Next Project Manager
Surviving the personnel crunch for white-collar help will require a combination of creativity and strategy.

Tough Jobs
Whether it’s spending the night in a snow cave or resurrecting a steel system, radiant contractors know what to do.

May 1999 Columns

All Jobs Are Not Equal
Contractors can produce more profit and less risk by using labor in a intelligent manner.

For Your Own Health
Checking the proper motions to use to reduce injuries is always a good idea.

Carving Out More Profit
Simple changes that you are committed to produce the best profit results.

Two Birds With One Stone
You can’t adequately measure productivity without first considering specific conditions encountered on each jobsite.

Stand And Deliver
We need a tough, but fair way to reward producers and encourage those who can do more.

ARS, U.S. Filter, Poole & Kent Deals Are An Industry Turning Point
Large-scale acquisitions mark the transition to a phase of consolidation in which deal making gives way to performance.

Fearless Firing: 10 Tips For Avoiding Legal Grief
It’s important to understand what wrongful discharge cases are all about — and what you can do to reduce the risks.

Choosing Your Priorities
Load diversity allows a heat source to be reduced with respect to peak load.

Two For The Price Of One
Some hydronic systems use a separate reset-controlled mixing device for each water temperature required. It works, but it's not always necessary.

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