Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) forecasts a continued steady economic recovery for the U.S. commercial and industrial construction industries in 2016. Despite a weak global economy, the industry’s solid economic recovery in 2015 should continue in 2016, led by strong consumer spending.

SAN ANTONIO — For years, one of the highlights of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s (MCAA’s) Annual Convention has been the economic forecast offered by Brian Beaulieu, CEO of ITR Economics in Manchester, New Hampshire.

The U.S. commercial refrigeration systems market is projected to expand at a healthy compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2 percent in terms of value through 2025, according to a report from Future Market Insights.

The ductless market has grown significantly in the U.S. in the last 20 years. What was once a fringe product has become a prominent subset of the HVAC world.

Struggling to grow revenue past $500K, Lavender transformed their operations with Sera, the all-in-one FSM solution.

Evaporative cooling is growing in demand as cooling needs are expanding.

Internet-connected thermostats are gaining wider acceptance in the marketplace. About 30% of residential thermostats in the U.S. and Canada are connected thermostats.

Both commercial facilities and residential domiciles are taking advantage of heating and cooling technology at accelerated rates.

Manufacturers and contractors are working to educate end users about the ways heat pumps work differently from traditional heat sources.

Consumer awareness and opinion of heat pumps are both improving, along with the technology. Manufacturers see a strong market ahead, although some challenges remain.

Kyle Gargaro, editorial director, The ACHR NEWS, traveled to Oklahoma City to talk with Climate Control Group COO Kevin McNamara about the state of the geothermal industry.

Technological developments are consistently improving the tools technicians have to use.

What is the best approach to providing a holistic smart home experience for consumers?

Only 4% of homeowners know modern heat pumps can heat down to -4°F. That’s a huge opportunity for HVAC contractors to step in and be the experts.

Joel Spolsky on founding Stack Overflow, “land grabs” vs. “bootstrapping with profitability”, raising more money using “proof points”, what developers and companies get massively wrong, choosing your next job, and how to ask and answer on Stack Over

Faced with the spread of militarized police training facilities known as "cop cities," grassroots activists are taking the call to #DefundPolice to cities nationwide.

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Do you remember Pesto the king penguin chick who reached stardom in September? Zookeepers say he is now entering his "awkward teenage phase".

Higher prices, increase in natural disasters drive up losses.

Marketing guru Benjamin Ricciardi gives tips on how to grow your business leads during CAT season…are you ready? This is just a snippet of what Benjamin will share at this year’s Fall Experience and Trade Show! 

Garnett Station Partners, a New York-based investment firm managing over $2.3 billion in assets, has made a strategic growth investment in Bristol Environmental. This partnership aims to expand Bristol's reach and enhance its environmental remediation and abatement services.

The winner won't be called until all the provisional votes are counted.

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Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow from SMU’s School of Social Sciences has researched on the areas of urban vulnerability to climate change; sustainability in urban climatology; and perceptions of environmental and climate change in tourism. In recent years, he has published papers on the impact of weather extremes on urban resilience to hydro-climate hazards and trans-boundary variations of urban drought vulnerability and its impact on water resource management in Singapore and Johor, Malaysia. In this podcast, Associate Professor Chow will discuss the continued economic growth of a city by adopting sustainable urban development measures.

The variety and delivery of cloud services have been improving over the years. More and more businesses have started to adopt these services to reduce upfront and ongoing costs and enhance business efficiency. However, there remain many considerations and deployment possibilities which a business must take into account before deciding to take up cloud services. In this podcast, Assistant Professor Ouh Eng Lieh from the SMU School of Information Systems discusses his ongoing service profitability research on the factors and considerations that enable consumers to make informed decisions on cloud services adoption.

Drug-producing industries are expected to continue to operate at normal or near normal capacities despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leading manufacturer and supplier of rigid plastic-molded packaging products seeks to use M&A as a strategic tool to drive inorganic growth – as a complement to continued organic growth – with the goal of doubling sales by 2030.

Innovations in how compostable packaging is made, along with new technology for composting, are among the forces working to increase the use of this type of packaging.

Packaging innovations are helping to drive growth in the beverage market, according to the “Beverage Packaging and Innovation Trends” report published by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

Environmentally conscious consumers are looking for packaging that uses fewer resources and less energy than other forms of packaging. Flexible packaging minimizes transport costs between the converter, packager/filler, retailer and end user.

Despite being surrounded in controversy, the U.S. cannabis industry is experiencing rapid growth. Experts estimate legal cannabis will grow from $7.3 billion to $24.5 billion between 2016 and 2020. Currently, 65 percent of cannabis sales stem from medical marijuana.

In addition to management changes, the company announced significant investments in new equipment, including a new BOBST 64" Masterflute In-Line Laminator to be installed in the company's Sacramento facility.

According to a recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights, the advanced packaging market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $25 billion to over $40 billion by 2026, gaining remarkable traction over the 2020 to 2026 period.

Until recently, most pharmaceutical manufacturers would buy blister foils pre-printed with product names, dosage information, and branding and use a basic in-line printing or embossing system to add a batch code and expiry date to the blister in human-readable text.

Changing consumer expectations are altering packaging and processing industry priorities. 

Consumer demands prompt a projected rise in overall unit sales and use of metal, glass, and liquid cartons.

Prior to purchasing the pair of SOMIC case packing systems, Once Upon a Farm’s co-packers used manual labor to handle the products.

The market will grow over $7.12 billion by 2028 at a CAGR of 5.81%. 

CPG companies are turning to warehouse automation solutions such as palletizers and mobile robots, according to the PMMI report.

The need to modernize technology, automate, and provide sustainable solutions – plus supply chain woes – influence the billions being poured into expansion.

The strategic investment includes recruitment, new processing and production equipment, refits to its sites in New Zealand and the creation of a dedicated corrugated studio at the company’s UK headquarters.

Chris Marshall of BOBST – a leading supplier of substrate processing, printing and converting equipment and services for the label, flexible packaging, folding carton and corrugated board industries – talks about how the regulatory environment is coaxing some firms away from plastic and toward paper.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Twelve members of the House of Representatives and one Senator have added their support to a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA), which signals members of Congress's opposition to any potential legislation that imposes new performance royalties on broadcast radio stations for music airplay, now has 124 cosponsors in the House and 15 in the Senate.

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) today, in partnership with its Leadership Foundation, launched "You Belong Here," a multifaceted campaign to help broadcasters find, hire and grow talent in their stations. This campaign marks a significant milestone in the broadcast industry’s journey towards a more diverse, dynamic and inclusive future for local stations.

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Room 21, Parliament Buildings

Andy Bell, Sander Rensen, Phil Wilkins, and Luis Weir are the authors of Implementing Oracle API Platform Cloud Service, now available from Packt Publishing, and as you'll hear in this podcast, they bring considerable insight and expertise to this discussion of what's happening in API management. The conversation goes beyond the current state of API management to delve into architectural implications, API design, and how working in SOA may have left you with some bad habits.

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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Stéphane Nicoll, a software engineer based in Belgium working on the Spring team. Stéphane talks about his experience becoming a Java developer, his observations seeing Java evolve and improve, and the importance of contributing to Java and Open Source generally. He's keen on building community by directly engaging engineers at events as well as mentoring contributors through the development process for issue reports and code changes. He said that "building our community is super important for us" as he outlined the process that he and his team uses to welcome new developers. That says it all.

Get Stéphane on Twitter @snicoll and get Jim on Twitter @jimgris