The Ontario provincial government recently granted an additional $3.5 million to Skills Ontario raising it’s total investment for the 2020/2021 school year to $5 million. This money will be used to promote skilled trades to students from kindergarten to Grade 12. The ministry interviewed hundreds of people from 18 to 30 years old to learn … Continued
Today, most field service companies are using some type of field service management software. If the software is doing its job, your organization should be experiencing improvements in revenue generation, customer satisfaction, billing velocity, reporting and high rates of technician utilization. If you are not realizing positive performance metrics, than it’s time to replace your … Continued
United 2020, the national elevator trade show, was scheduled to be held in Houston in September 2020. Like all other trade shows, organizers were forced to convert the event into a virtual trade show due to Covid-19 restrictions. Trade-show organizers all over the world are working hard to keep exhibitors happy during the coronavirus pandemic—but … Continued
The race to secure a COVID-19 vaccine is continuing at high speed with many showing potential of coming into the market in the near future. However, as the search for a finalized vaccine continues, more people are becoming hesitant about receiving it. This can pose a problematic situation for small business owners such as HVAC … Continued
Elevator World Inc. sent out a Global Elevator Industry Survey to their members this past July inquiring about the current state of their elevator companies considering the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was meant to broaden the elevator industry’s awareness of the current and near future global elevator industry market trends. Question … Continued
Carnegie museums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are thinking outside of the box and highlighting the HVAC system as part of a new exhibit. This new exhibit uses a ceiling HVAC vent to demonstrate how HEPA filters keep indoor air clean. At the Carnegie Science Center, there is a large blue arrow in the middle of the … Continued
COVID-19 has made one thing clear about the American workforce: the skilled trades are deemed essential. By the end of the 2020 school year, 3.7 million high school students and three million college students will have graduated. Young people entering the workforce had difficulty securing jobs even before the pandemic, but with 50 million people … Continued
Andrew M. Cuomo, the governor of New York, recently announced that there are new finalized regulations to substantially reduce the use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in New York State. Near the end September, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) regulations were determined to adopt Rules 20 and 21 from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Significant New … Continued
It is increasingly difficult for Canadians to make a good living. According to a Statistics Canada report released in September 2019, more and more workers hold low-paying jobs. The report states that between 1998 and 2018, the percentage of employees earning minimum wage grew from 5.2% to 10.4%, with most of that growth occurring between … Continued
Vertical transportation is what makes multi-storey buildings possible. So, what happens when enclosed spaces, push buttons and efficiency become the problem rather than the solution? As buildings reopen, there are worries about physical distancing and touching surfaces. Both are a concern in the case of elevators where people are required to be in close proximity … Continued
The Company – Climatech Inc Headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, Climatech Inc is a full-service HVAC/R Service Company that provides maintenance, demand service, design/build, renewals, new installation and 24x7x365 emergency service to commercial, vertical multi-residential, industrial and institutional clients. Climatech Inc. has been proudly serving the GTA and the golden horseshoe (Hamilton to Oshawa to Barrie) … Continued
Transitioning to FIELDBOSS is a process. Getting your project to the go live stage is an important milestone in any software implementation. At FIELDBOSS, it starts with the initial sales demos that turn into a planning engagement. From there, the initial configuration is established, followed by data migration, testing, configuration adjustments, more testing, training, and, … Continued