One of the advantages of being a plumber is the independence that comes with the job. While you may have maintenance visits set to a regular schedule, more often it’s a job of emergency calls and unexpected situations. This type of job keeps away the monotony of a more structured career but also can leave plumbers in a pinch when an emergency call means an unexpected purchase of an expensive part.

The approaching New Year is always a great time to stop the craziness long enough to reflect on what went right last year, what went wrong last year and what you want or need to do in the coming year to make things better.

We all get tons of e-mails forwarded to us from people we know...

Use these ideas to make employees productive and your company profitable.

The “Business of Contracting” articles Frank wrote for this magazine for almost two decades were indeed helpful to thousands upon thousands of readers, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

PM staffers came up with this list of people whom we’d like to thank for their service to the industry.