2024 International Mechanical Code Release
11/21/2023
In August 2023, the International Code Council (ICC) announced the release of the first few 2024 International Codes...
11/21/2023
In August 2023, the International Code Council (ICC) announced the release of the first few 2024 International Codes...
8/9/2023
With July being called the hottest month in recorded history , access to air conditioning is literally becoming a...
5/26/2023
As a current (or potential) plumber, the events of the past couple of years have probably made you ask yourself some...
4/10/2023
In today's world, it's well known that internet searches are the way business is done.
3/6/2023
The demand for HVACR professionals has never been greater than it is today. According to the United...
2/23/2023
The winter season varies, of course, from region to region. In some climates, the temperature...
1/25/2023
The Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) does a pretty good job of making licensing information available on their...
1/9/2023
"Nothing is permanent except change" The Greek philosopher Heraclitus reportedly said that nearly 3000 years ago. And while he had none of the conveniences for heating and cooling...
12/12/2022
On September 15, 2021, the Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affair Plumbing Board adopted a new Michigan Plumbing...
11/23/2022
In HVACR work, as in many trades, jobs often must be quoted before the customer commits to doing the...
10/26/2022
Small ball, as baseball players often call it. It's a concept, a managerial style, perhaps, that...
9/29/2022
When summer wanes in the northern climates the days turn cooler in the south as well, requiring...
9/22/2022
All told, if you're an electrical professional in the state of Wisconsin, you have it pretty good. Most...
9/14/2022
In the state of Washington, whether you want to install a sophisticated power distribution system...
9/13/2022
Lots of other states issue licenses specifically for electrical work. But the Virginia Department...
8/24/2022
As an electrical professional in Pennsylvania, you face a somewhat complex situation. While other...
8/24/2022
Maybe you call it your electrical license, your master license, or your contractor license. But...
8/24/2022
In North Dakota, you want to make sure you stay on top of renewing your electrical license. If...
8/24/2022
The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation's Electrical Commission issues a...
8/19/2022
In Vermont, the Department of Public Safety oversees the Division of Fire Safety, which oversees...
8/19/2022
If you hold a license with the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (CIB), you might have...
8/19/2022
No matter which type of electrical license you have in North Carolina, you're going to have...
8/18/2022
Happy birthday to you. Every year during your birth month, you need to worry about getting your...
8/17/2022
If your professional engine (PE) license is expired or inactive with the Illinois Department of...
7/28/2022
Keeping your contracting business licensed with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry...
7/28/2022
Maintaining a contractor, remodeler, or roofer license in Minnesota can be a little tricky....
4/1/2022
In a lot of other states, licensed electricians only need to renew their license certifications...
4/1/2022
In June 2019, the Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing & Consumer Affairs changed things...
3/31/2022
In New Mexico, renewing your electrical journeyman or journeyman lineman certificate of...
3/31/2022
Here's the good news: once you get past the apprentice/trainee phase, you only need to...
3/31/2022
The Nebraska State Electrical Division (NSED) gives a little grace when it comes to license...
3/18/2022
Whether you're a residential, journeyman, or master electrician, you need to periodically...
3/18/2022
If you're a licensed professional engineer (PE), you're probably familiar with the...
3/16/2022
In Michigan, renewing an electrical license can be a little complicated. Rather than lining up...
3/9/2022
A lot is changing for the Maryland Board of Electricians and the professionals who get licensed...
3/9/2022
In the state of Maine, the Electricians' Examining Board issues a wide variety of licenses. In...
3/9/2022
The Electrical Division of the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings, and Construction (HBC)...
3/9/2022
If you've found this article, it's probably because you were trying to refresh...
2/11/2022
In Idaho, the penalties for letting your electrical license or apprenticeship card expire are...
2/4/2022
If you put in all of the work to earn an electrical license from the Georgia Board of Electrical...
2/4/2022
In Delaware, the Division of Professional Regulation makes one thing very clear: as an...
2/4/2022
Like all other states that license their electricians, Colorado lays out a specific renewal...
2/3/2022
As if the annoyance of needing to renew your electrical license wasn't enough, the Arkansas...
2/3/2022
In Alaska, there are a bunch of different electrical license and certificate types. But whether...
1/27/2022
Every even-numbered year, Utah electricians need to get a few things in order to renew their...
1/27/2022
As far as trades go, electrical work ranks pretty high. It offers good pay and job opportunities...
1/27/2022
The best things in life might be free, but your electrician's license isn't. Yes, it...
1/27/2022
If you're an electrical contractor or journeyman electrician in the state of Alabama,...
1/21/2022
As a general contractor, you're continually juggling a lot. That means that when that...
1/21/2022
In June of 2021, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) published the first draft of the...
1/21/2022
Working as a general contractor can be lucrative, fulfilling work, but it comes with its fair...
1/19/2022
If you want to get into the business of building homes, you've probably looked at...
1/19/2022
General contractor is a general term. In your home state, a contractor's license might be...
10/14/2021
As an Oklahoma roofing contractor, the renewal requirements are pretty straightforward. But if...
10/8/2021
The Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL) does a pretty good job of...
10/8/2021
If you have an elevator constructor license or registration through the Minnesota Department of...
10/8/2021
In Arkansas, getting and maintaining your elevator license can feel like a little bit of a...
9/27/2021
Every few years, you need to take steps to keep your journeyman mechanical certificate active....
9/27/2021
The State of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) issues a variety of...
9/27/2021
Compared with a lot of other states, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries...
9/16/2021
If you have a plumber's license in Oregon, the odds are high that you want to keep your...
9/16/2021
When compared with plumbers across the country, North Dakotan plumbing professionals have it...
9/15/2021
If you're licensed by the Montana Board of Plumbers, you're probably aware that you...
9/14/2021
The plumbing trade has been in demand for decades. People will always need plumbers. Even if new...
9/14/2021
The digital revolution continues to transform our daily lives. And it's made many people...
9/7/2021
As a licensed non-residential lighting technician in the state of California, you've put in...
9/2/2021
California, like pretty much all other states, bases its state electrical code on the National...
9/2/2021
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) issues quite a few different types of...
9/2/2021
Getting your fire/life/safety certification from the California Department of Industry Relations...
8/11/2021
Getting a mechanical HVAC license in Oklahoma requires a fair bit of work. That might leave you...
7/15/2021
Per the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), to do electrical work in the state,...
7/15/2021
In other states, if you want to do electrical work, you have to get an electrical license....
7/15/2021
If you've put in the work to get licensed in multiple trades in Kentucky, you probably reap some significant...
2/10/2021
Plumbers in Kentucky have to work pretty hard to get info. Our writers tell us that in all of the...
2/10/2021
As a licensed electrician, you get a bunch of benefits. You can work largely independently and...
2/1/2021
Texas electrical code is far from stagnant. In fact, state legislation specifically requires...
1/13/2021
Some National Electrical Code (NEC) violations are pretty obvious. You're probably steering...
1/13/2021
In 2018, Minnesota launched a new effort. Now, every six years (from the 2018 start date), the...
1/12/2021
If you work in the construction industry or as a tradesman, you're probably familiar with...
1/12/2021
When you work as an electrician, you have to be extra careful. Your work powers people's...
9/14/2020
Whether you're an electrician, a plumber, a contractor, a gasfitter, or an HVAC or elevator...
7/29/2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says good things about the plumber job outlook in the coming...
7/29/2020
If you're endeavoring to earn a contractor's license, you probably have some idea...
7/7/2020
The Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSLBC) oversees residential, commercial, and...
6/30/2020
As an HVAC professional in the state of Alabama, you get your license through the Alabama Board...
6/16/2020
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) recently shook up continuing education...
6/9/2020
There are a lot of benefits of working as an air conditioner and refrigeration (ACR) contractor...
6/8/2020
Every evenly numbered year, Utah electricians have extra work to do. By November 30, your license...
6/5/2020
If you work as a licensed plumbing professional in the Badger State, you know you need to renew...
6/3/2020
If you want to work as an electrician in Kansas, you don't have to get a license with the...
5/29/2020
In order to keep your Oklahoma HVAC mechanical contractor or mechanical journeyman license...
5/14/2020
Short answer: yes. If you want to renew your Wisconsin electrician license, there's a high...
5/8/2020
We have good news and bad news for electrical licensees in the great state of Texas. The bad...
5/6/2020
Each time you need to renew your Kentucky electrical license, you have to do a few things. You...
4/24/2020
As far as renewal goes, Utah plumbers have it fairly easy. You only have to renew your license...
4/24/2020
Navigating the Kentucky Division of Plumbing website is a bit of a nightmare. So if you want to...
4/20/2020
If you want to work oversee new home construction or residential remodeling work totaling 25% or...
4/10/2020
If you want to work as a construction contractor in the state of New Mexico, you'll need a...
3/23/2020
Good news, California electricians. Your certification lasts three years, much longer than most...
2/21/2020
If you're a licensed contractor in the state of Florida, you want to hold onto that...
2/7/2020
Getting your Minnesota contractor's license isn't a one-and-done thing. Instead, you...
1/7/2020
Whether you're a licensed master electrician, an unlicensed power limited technician, or...
9/30/2019
If you work in a number of specific industries in the state of Kentucky, you're going to...
9/30/2019
If you lived in another state, you might not have to think about renewing your HVAC license very...
9/30/2019
Whether you're working as a plumber, electrician, or HVAC professional in the state of...
9/30/2019
Simply securing your Texas HVAC license wasn't enough. You need to take steps on a yearly...
9/30/2019
Attention electricians in the state of Texas: just getting your license isn't enough. The...
9/4/2019
If you work in any number of professions that require licensing in the state of Texas, odds are...
9/4/2019
When you work in specific skilled industries in the state of Oklahoma, you have to take some...
8/30/2019
You're a specialist in what you do. Whether you're a mechanical apprentice or you...
8/30/2019
OK CIB. Those five letters can make or break your career in a number of professions across the...
8/21/2019
Whether you're a journeyman or a contractor, you're probably aware that you need to...
8/21/2019
You're a card-carrying certified electrician in the state of California. And you probably...
8/15/2019
If you're an electrician in the state of California, you most likely already know that you need to periodically...
8/15/2019
You've been working as a certified contractor in the state of California, abiding by the law as you make...
7/10/2019
If you're a general contractor and want to work on residences in Alaska, you'll need to...
7/2/2019
If you're going to be doing construction-related contracting for money in the state of New Mexico...
4/10/2018
We all know the pop culture image — when a plumber shows up on tv or in movies, it's almost always as the...
12/18/2017
Summer is here, and that means an increase in construction projects around the country. In Florida, construction...
12/18/2017
Every three years, a new version of the National Electrical Code is released. The cumulative number of changes is...
12/18/2017
When most people think about electric fences, they imagine something used to control animals. The electrified fence...