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Canadian Housing Starts Almost Unchanged in May
Jun 11, 2014 Canadian housing starts were trending at 184,438 units in May 2014, from 183,872 in April, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts. “In May, the trend in housing starts was virtually unchanged for the third consecutive month. This is in line with CMHC...
BSH Home Appliances and Purcell Murray Extend Distribution R
Jun 11, 2014 Purcell Murray Company will continue to serve as the California/Northern Nevada distributor for BSH Home Appliances Corp. Under a new agreement, Purcell Murray will continue as BSH’s exclusive distributor for Bosch, Thermador, and Gaggenau appliances to dealers and the builder community in California and Northern Nevada through December 2017. Purcell Murray has served as a dist...
￡4.4bn in contracts delayed by legal issues
11 June 2014 The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has suspended the awarding of three contracts worth up to ￡4.35bn after one of the tenderers challenged a contract award. Babcock issued a ...
Triple contract win worth ￡38m
11 June 2014 Lovell has won three affordable homes contracts totalling over ￡38m for West Lothian Council, Scotland. Lovell will deliver a total of 443 new council homes as part of the authori...
Residential Home Performance as an HVAC Service: Part 2
Jun 11, 2014 April’s Last Word (bit.ly/H-Pservice) explored the concept of thinking about home performance as integral to what you do as a complete home comfort services company, rather than an add-on...
Bryant Names Medal of Excellence Winners
Jun 11, 2014 Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems, a leading supplier of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, presented its 2014 Medal of Excellence winners at the Bryant Dealer Rally on May 22. Fifteen Bryant Factory Authorized Dealers throughout the U.S. were chosen for this prestigious award. Bryant is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Tech...
New Control Valves guide helps designers avoid problems with
June 2014 Selection of Control Valves in Variable Flow Systems (BG 51/2014) has been produced to help designers avoid problems with the selection and application of control valves used in hydronic systems. Proper sizing of control valves is vital to ensure: Comfort Control - to ensure the heating outputs are properly regulated to meet the requirements of the application and thereby avoiding...
Industry responds to Queen’s Speech
10 June 2014 Following the Government’s proposed legislative programme set out in the Queen’s Speech last week (4 June), James Parkinson, commercial director and group marketing director of Ideal Boilers has welcomed the measures aimed at stimulating the housing/construction and manufacturing sectors. He said: “We hope these new proposals, including continued support for the ‘Help to Buy’ a...
Ingersoll Rand CEO Joins President Obama for Energy Efficien
May 9, 2014 -- Ingersoll Rand Chairman and CEO Mike Lamach joined President Obama today as he announced executive actions to advance energy efficiency, boost solar deployment and reduce carbon po...
Marks and Spencer Plan A 2020 revision sets cooling bar high
10 June 2014 Retailer puts zero carbon at heart of its strategy, extends targets to international operations and commits to ‘full evaluation’ of doors on fridges Marks and Spencer has set the e...
