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Spotlight on Schaafsma: 110-year-old Company Is Stronger than Ever

I In 1905, the Republican Party celebrated the election victory of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency of the United States, the Wright Brothers’ third airplane (Wright Flyer III) set a new world record for longest flight by staying in the...

Standing Out From the Crowd

by Mike Weil

The southern shores of the Great Lake Erie were once the domain of Native American Indians, including the Wyandot, Ottawa, and Erie people. These groups helped their French and Dutch allies to develop a very lucrative fur trade, especially on the lands to the west of...

Member Spotlight: Holt Plumbing and Heating

by NCI Staff Writer

Member Spotlight: Holt Plumbing and Heating by Steve Vannoy, NCI Technical Curriculum Manager From time to time we like to revisit our members to see what types of new and innovative ideas or programs they have implemented since we last checked in. This month we...

Working on Implementation: The Struggles and Successes of Performance-based Service

by Mike Weil

Working on Implementation: The Struggles and Successes of Performance-based Service by Mike Weil, NCI VP Communications & Publications In some ways, FisherAir Heating and Air Conditioning, of Brea, CA, is a very typical HVAC service company. In other ways, the...

Performance Instead of Promises: Aire Rite, Inc.

by Mike Weil

Contractor Spotlight: Performance Instead of Promises: Aire Rite, Inc. by Mike Weil, NCI VP Communications & Publications In the HVAC world, a performance-based contractor delivers a healthy, comfortable, safe, and energy efficient environments with proven...

Member of the Month – T.M. Johnson Bros

by NCI Staff Writer

Member of the Month - T.M. Johnson Bros Statistics tell us that the majority of new businesses fail in their first five years of operation, and only about 1 in 4 make it past the 15 year mark. So, for a company to beat the odds and not only survive, but thrive, for 50...

Masterworks Mechanical

by National Comfort Institute, Inc.

Dave and Masterworks received the NCI 2013 National Training Excellence Award at the Annual NCI Summit and were recognized for their dedication to Performance-Based Contracting™ Blend one part staunch...

Keil Heating & Air Conditioning

by National Comfort Institute, Inc.

According to most statistics, the majority of businesses fail during their first five years in existence. So a business that is thriving after 104 years is a rare phenomenon indeed. And under the guidance of owners Milton Baum and Barbara Keil, Keil Heating & Air...

John’s Refrigeration December 2015 Member Spotlight

by Mike Weil

John's Refrigeration December 2015 Member Spotlight Mike Weil, NCI VP Communications & Publications Food for thought: Back in 1970, the U.S. was still embroiled in the Vietnam War, four college students lost their lives on the campus of Kent State University in...

JN Electrical Temperature Control, Bowersville, GA

by National Comfort Institute, Inc.

Jason Nikkel, owner of JN Electrical Temperature Control is April's NCI Member of the Month. We informally dubbed Jason as Mr. Congeniality in his own quiet way at last month's NCT Summit in Clearwater, Florida. He seemed to have the ability to develop meaningful...