Badger Meter Extends BlueEdge™ Suite of Solutions with Acquisition of SmartCover
[ad_1] MILWAUKEE, WI —(BUSINESS WIRE)— Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE: BMI) has announced the acquisition of SmartCover® Systems from XPV Water Partners, for $185 million. The transaction, funded with available cash, adds real-time monitoring of utility water collection systems, with a
Weekly Product Gallery: First Alert, Armstrong, REHAU, Toto USA, KEG, Duravit
[ad_1] Media GalleriesThis week's product gallery spotlights a water leak and freeze detector, a line of vertical in-line fire pumps, insulated PEX-a pipe for use underground, a one-piece toilet with bidet, a line of traction nozzles, and an ADA-compliant, two-piece
Monthly Plumbing Quiz: Drain Cleaning
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Disaster and the Limits of Design
[ad_1] The images on our screens have been astonishing. The orange glow across Los Angeles as seen from the Griffith Observatory; arial shots of acres of smoldering ruins; lines of parked luxury cars, covered in ash, haloed in sparks; and
Nonresidential Construction Spending Down 0.2% in December
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, DC — National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.2% in December 2024, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published by the US Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.241 trillion. Spending
Voting Now Open for Northern Tool + Equipment’s Third-Annual Klutch Welding Helmet Sweepstakes
[ad_1] BURNSVILLE, MN —/PRNewswire/— The third annual Klutch Welding Helmet Sweepstakes is here as Northern Tool + Equipment partners with the "King of Flames," Dave Perewitz, and his daughter, Jody Perewitz, for a father-daughter throwdown. The two have come head
Construction Hiring Historically Slow in December – Lowest Since April 2020
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, DC — The construction industry had 217,000 job openings on the last day of December 2024, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Natural Gas Water Heater Ban Backlash: What It Means for Consumers and Costs
[ad_1] Prencavage Jr. says that when informing a client on these new regulations, it’s been eye opening for them see the large estimate cost to convert home appliances over to another energy source. “There is a huge, unexpected cost to
J.C. Whitlam Manufacturing Company Announces Mark A. Whitlam as New President
[ad_1] WADSWORTH, OH — J.C. Whitlam Manufacturing Company, a leader in the plumbing industry since 1900, has announced the appointment of Mark A. Whitlam as its new President. Whitlam, representing the fourth generation of the Whitlam family, has been an