Mechanical Hub Team

It’s a habit we all have in this industry. When we enter a bathroom, any bathroom, be it at a restaurant, residence, office building, etc., we check ’em out. That’s what we do. What does the plumbing installation look like? What fixtures are they using? Is it inviting or is it, well, disgusting? Sometimes bathroom Read more

Recently, I was at an event where I ran into a media colleague from the building sector—in the bathroom of all places—and he asked me if I was “still doing that blog thing.” I thought about it for a second and, considering we just finished a brief conversation about his job change, I found it Read more

Don’t Poke the Bear

Most of the world has been transfixed on the Rio Olympics and chances are you didn’t miss the epic stare down from Michael Phelps to South African swimmer Chad le Clos as they prepared for the 200m butterfly semifinals this past week. Le Clos, trying to do anything to get into Phelps’ head prior to Read more

Tucked away in a vacant hardware store in Milwaukee, this year’s the 2016 New Tool Symposium assembled media that were given the chance to see and conduct hands-on testing of tools launched this year. Two hundred new tools to this year’s product offering. No small task, but for Milwaukee Tools, it’s what keeps the company Read more

With beer in hand, we waited, anxiously. Who could it be? I mean, there were many to choose from. I leaned over to the media member next to me and suggested, “Pedro Martinez? Dwight Evans? Jim Rice?” We waited some more, until the door to the Legends Suite opened just a crack, and then swung Read more