BNP Media’s Plumbing Group — PM Engineer, Plumbing & Mechanical and Supply House Times — got the idea to spotlight the best and brightest young guns after the constant talk our editorial team kept hearing about the “graying” of the plumbing industry. While it is a legitimate concern, there are plenty of young people making a difference in all aspects of the plumbing field. So we launched the inaugural Top 20 Under 40 contest last year and kept our fingers crossed that we would get submissions.