REPORTS 6 President’s Letter Can You Take Some Time to Support Our Association? 12 Executive Director’s Report That Would Never Happen … INSIDE FALL <strong>2019</strong> 8 Do You Know What You’re Signing? Our Legal Seminars Can Help 10 Legal Seminar for Specialty <strong>Contractor</strong>s 14 Active Shooter Preparedness 15 Service Roundtable – New Benefit for <strong>PHC</strong>C-WI Members 16 Building Your Business and Customer Rapport with a Water Audit 17 EPA’s New Tech Report on Residential Air Cleaner Technologies Raises Awareness of Ozone Danger 20 Improving the Efficiency and Reliability of Water Systems with Variable Speed Pumps and Pressure Sensors 24 Plumbing Seminars 28 Product News A. O. Smith Unveils First Comprehensive Line of Residential Water Treatment Solutions for Wholesale Rheem’s HotWave Hose Sprayer Never Runs Out of Hot Water Water-Right Announces new ONE Filter System Designed to Tackle Harmful Contaminants A.O. Smith Strengthens Its North American Water Treatment (NAWT) Division Raypak Expands Availability of Advanced Commercial Hydronic Boiler Line Through New Partnerships 32 Industry News Meet Your Directors – Rob Spence and Howie Heier Worker Misclassification Welcome New Members Budget Bill – Veto Protects DSPS Funds PFOS/PFOS Exploding Toilets Governor Establishes Lead Pollution Czar Call for Nominations DSG Names VP of Sales-Mechanical By the Numbers Quotable 42 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>PHC</strong>C-WI Auxiliary Scholarship 44 Member Benefits Calendar of Events Ad Index 45 <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Plumbing Code Book & POWTS 46 <strong>2019</strong> Membership Application <strong>2019</strong>/20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS <strong>PHC</strong>C WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION Master Plumbers/Heating & Cooling <strong>Contractor</strong>s of <strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>PHC</strong>C <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Association P.O. Box 833 • Germantown, WI 53022 888-782-6815 • Fax: 888-287-4116 mail@phcc-wi.org President: Fred Gardner, Badger State, Inc., 2507 Fortune Drive, Eau Claire, WI 54703-3898, 715-874-7777, fred@badgerstateinc.com Vice President: Tyler Arndt, Arndt & Son Plumbing, P.O. Box 70, Brooklyn, WI 53521, 608-455-6392, arndtplumbing@frontier.com Secretary: Matt Bub, Dave Jones Inc., 2225 Kilgust Road, Madison, WI 53713, 608-268-7531, mbub@davejonesinc.com Treasurer: Bernie Friedenfels, Bernie’s Well & Water LLC, P.O. Box 547, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202, 920-559-6652, berniesww@gmail.com Immediate Past President: Carol De Young, Countryside Plumbing & Heating, Inc., 321 <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Drive, New Richmond, WI 54017-2614, 715-246-2660, carol@countrysideph.com Directors: John Buresh, Tweet/Garot Mechanical, 2545 Larsen Road, P.O. Box 11767, Green Bay, WI 54307-1767, 920-498-0400, john.buresh@tweetgarot.com Dan Callies, Oak Creek Plumbing, 640 E. Ryan Road, Oak Creek, WI 53154, 414-762-4060, danc@oakcreekplumbing.com Jeffrey Kuhn, S&K Pump & Plumbing, Inc., 20880 W. Enterprise Avenue, Brookfield, WI 53045, 262-782-7190, jeff@snkpump.com Industry Partner Reps: Howie Heier, Hydro-Flo Products, 3655 N. 124th Street, Brookfield, WI 53005, 920-428-2001, hheier@hydro-flo.com Jon Hirsch, Auer Steel & Heating Supply, 2935 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53209, 414-349-0019, jon.hirsch@auersteel.com Rob Spence, Rundle-Spence, 2800 Industrial Drive, Madison, WI 53713, 608-222-0636, robs@rundle-spence.com Master Plumbers/Heating & Cooling <strong>Contractor</strong>s of <strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>PHC</strong>C National Director (Zone 3): Jeff Berndt, Best Plumbing and Best Bath, 5080 8th Avenue, Marion, IA 52302, 319-393-0255, jeffb@bestbathplumbing.com Executive Director: Jeff Beiriger, P.O. Box 833, Germantown, WI 53022, 888-782-6815 • Fax: 888-287-4116, jeff@assocmgmtservices.com The <strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>PHC</strong> <strong>Contractor</strong> is published four times a year for the <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling <strong>Contractor</strong>s Senior Editor - Jeff Beiriger Advertising and Editorial Office: Ron Sonntag Public Relations 9406 N. 107th Street Milwaukee, WI 53224 p | 800.969.0200 f | 414.354.5317 | www.rspr.com Advertising Inquiries: Patty Johnson, Ron Sonntag Public Relations, 800-969-0200, ext. 103, E-mail: patty@rspr.com. Editorial Submissions: Cynthia Marsh, Ron Sonntag Public Relations, 800-969-0200, ext. 104, E-mail: cynthia@rspr.com. Cover Photo: iStockphoto.com/JamesBrey Master Plumbers/Heating & Cooling <strong>Contractor</strong>s of <strong>Wisconsin</strong> 4 The <strong>Wisconsin</strong> <strong>PHC</strong> <strong>Contractor</strong> FALL <strong>2019</strong>
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