The company’s Apple Valley campus won its fifth Governor’s Safety Award, recognized at the Bronze level this year, and the Lakeville distribution center won its fourth award, achieving the highest level, Diamond.

It’s acceptable to raise the hot water storage temperature if you incorporate temperature-balancing scald-guard devices either at the point-of-source, or better still, at all points of use where human contact will occur.

In total, Uponor has won five Governor’s Safety Awards since 2014.

Viega fittings met the highest standards for seismic durability in recent testing at an earthquake simulation facility.

Hot water has been around since man first harnessed the power of fire, but when at elevated temperatures, it is dangerous and even deadly. Today’s hot water heaters offer a diverse range of technologies that perform leaps and bounds ahead of their predecessors, but what temperature should they deliver? 

There is a revolution happening in today’s plumbing marketplace, specifically when it involves domestic hot water system designs. 

The Uponor Lakeville Distribution Center is receiving the Outstanding Achievement award, which recognizes a consistent safety program evaluation score between 75 and 90 points, and incident rates 51% to 90% better than the industry average.

Jones Stephens is responding to the overwhelming need for Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering prepackaged PPE kits to contractors and other businesses, the company noted.

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