The California Plumbing Code has approved PEX, and in response Uponor has launched its new www.CaliforniaPEX.com microsite to educate consumers and builders about the material’s benefits.
The North Central Wholesalers Association
reported significantly negative sales for the first three months of 2009 based
on a survey of 23 wholesalers.
Fluke Corp., manufacturer of portable electronic test and
measurement and thermal imaging technology, has published guidelines and tips
for facility managers under pressure to cut energy costs in the current economic
downturn.
Construction spending during
February 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $967.5
billion, 0.9 percent below the revised January estimate of $976.2 billion,
according to the Commerce Department. January construction spending fell 3.5
percent.