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Sometimes it’s a race against the clock to help your customers avert a potential disaster. When time is limited and the needs are great, reliable pipe and fusion equipment along with the dedicated manpower and expertise necessary to install it can save the day. The perfect example is a university in Florida where medical buildings were nearly shut down all because of a ruptured chilled water pipe. W.W. Gay Mechanical was hired by the university …
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It costs less, burns cleaner and is readily produced in North America, but the infrastructure is simply not in place to bring natural gas heat to many rural residents of Maine. Summit Natural Gas of Maine is out to change that. They have already installed more than 130 miles of pipeline in central Maine, but that’s just the start. Over the next five years, they plan to invest $460 million into the construction of transmission …
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It’s casually coined, “The John,” but this traditional men’s residential hall at the University of Tulsa brings character to the campus and is one of the distinct examples of the school’s Collegiate Gothic style. But an older building’s inner workings can be antiquated and inconsistent when it comes to keeping students warm or cool, and John Mabee Hall, the first large-scale dorm built on campus in 1949, is no different. With quality dormitory space and …
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Hard work is said to result in living the American dream. This ethos is one of the reasons McElroy has been a viable company for 60 years, but it’s just one part of the equation that made McElroy the world’s leading manufacturer of butt fusion machines for thermoplastic pipe. There were other essential qualities that Art McElroy possessed when he started the company in his garage in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1954: an enduring passion for …
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