By Ron Beck, Outside Technical Advisor and Manager of Training for U.S. Boiler Company Skimming a steam boiler is the process of removing any oil from the water volume. If not completed properly, the presence of oil can cause the boiler to surge, as the water’s ability to flash to steam is affected. While U.S. …Read More
Long on Long Island Service
Above feature image provided by HomeServe USA. It was 1995 when Richard Kopec came to the United States. He was 18 years old and he started working immediately after arriving on U.S. soil. He walked onto a jobsite in New York City and did his best to communicate to the foreman that he wanted work. …Read More
A Steam Solution of Historic Proportions
The building at 20 West 44th Street in Manhattan ranks high on the list of historically significant places in New York City. It’s home to The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, which began in 1785. As the name implies, it was founded by a group of mechanics, tradesmen, free thinkers and entrepreneurs who vowed …Read More
Burnham Holdings Center for HVAC Technology At Thaddeus Stevens Expands College Program
Born with physical disabilities on a Vermont farm in 1792, Thaddeus Stevens grew up in a poverty-stricken, broken home. His father died in the war of 1812 when Stevens was 12 years old, leaving his mother to run the farm and raise a family. She knew that the only promising future for her two eldest sons …Read More
The “Fall on Your Sword” Speech
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, was asked at the end of his remarkable career, “What would you have done differently?” He responded, “I should have moved faster. There were times I had already made the decision and then took too long to act.” This is interesting coming from a guy who is known …Read More