SimCo Sales Inc., Shrewsbury, Mass., is a new rep firm opened this year by Michael Simonelli, president, who formerly was northeast regional manager for Sharpe Valves and Sharon Piping & Equipment.
Anticipating the full publication's release, a number of public and private construction organizations, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Navy Facilities Engineering Command, the Sweets construction products catalog, and Reed Construction Data's First Source, have decided to make the transition to the 2004 edition of MasterFormat™, according to the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Ferguson (Newport News, Va.) acquired Home Equipment Co., which trades as Cline Contract Sales and is based in Richmond, Va., through a stock transaction completed Sept. 1.