Back in 1981 the world was a very different place than it is today. Californian Ronald Reagan ascended to the presidency of the U.S.; the Iran hostage crisis came to an end; and then Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat were shot – Reagan...
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Contractor Spotlight: Lakeside Service Company
Customers Go Strong for SAFE Maintenance Plan By: Michael Weil, VP Communications & Publications Lakeside Service Company is a 31-year-old second-generation HVAC company located in Brighton, Michigan, just 40 minutes outside of Detroit. Founded by Tom Boylan, the...
System Renovations are the Spotlight of this Company’s Success
System Renovations are the Spotlight of this Company’s Success by Mike Weil, NCI VP Communications & Publications Lawton, OK – not the largest city by any means, but it’s plus 94,000 population marks it as the fifth largest city in Oklahoma, according to the 2010...
Diving Headfirst into Performance-Based Contracting
It takes a lot of nerve to re-evaluate your business, decide a change is necessary, and make a move that actually cuts more than a million dollars of revenue in one fell swoop. Ouch! But that is exactly what happened to Wighton’s Refrigeration in late 1997 as they...
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
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...
It’s out! Manufacturers are building and selling super high efficiency heating and air conditioning equipment. How cool is that? Wait a tick – that’s old news right? That’s been happening in this industry since the first Oil Embargo back in 1973. So why is it after 42...
Member Spotlight: Thomas E Clark
Member Spotlight: Thomas E Clark by Mike Weil, NCI VP Communications & Publications It’s just not every day that you get to meet an HVAC contracting company that has been in business for 123 years. But such is the case for Thomas E. Clark, Inc., of Silver Spring,...
Working on Implementation: The Struggles and Successes of Performance-based Service
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.
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...
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