The Evolution Of An Essential Trade
FROM 1926 TO 2026: HOW PLUMBING GREW SAFER, SMARTER AND MORE DIVERSE OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS IAPMO was created on May 17, 1926, by Los...
Building Resiliency
SMARTER STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND FLOOD MITIGATION FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE The increasingly intense storms striking the Southeast have...
If It Ain’t Broke (or Stolen), Don’t Fix It
FIRE HYDRANTS HAVE LOOKED — AND WORKED RELIABLY — THE SAME FOR 100 YEARS, BUT IS IT TIME TO CONSIDER UPDATES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?...
How the UA’s Skilled Professionals Saved My Life
It was 1997; I was 19, working three jobs that didn’t pay much and had no benefits. One morning, I woke up and had a horrible toothache....
Everything Everywhere All at Once
A&J TRAINING TRUST’S NEW CAMPUS IN EL MONTE WANTS FOR LITTLE AS IT SEEKS TO EDUCATE 6,000 TRADESPEOPLE REPRESENTING SEVEN UA LOCALS...
Rebuilding Plumbing Systems Following a Natural Disaster
The 2024 hurricanes that ravaged the Southeastern United States — Helene and Milton — left homes and communities torn down to the...
Danger at the Tap
HOW MOEN’S SENATE TESTIMONY AND IAPMO’S TESTING SPARKED A NATIONAL RECKONING ON COUNTERFEIT PLUMBING PRODUCTS On May 14, Aaron Bores,...
No Sewer? No Problem
ADDRESSING THE WORLD’S SANITATION SHORTCOMINGS BY SETTING THE STANDARD FOR NON-SEWERED SOLUTIONS Safe sanitation is essential...
Ensuring Hawaii is Built to Last
HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING WORKS WITH ISLAND CONTRACTORS AND LOCAL LEADERS TO PROMOTE RESILIENCE FOR OAHU’S FUTURE...
Why Don’t You Wash?
ANNUAL SURVEY REVEALS UNHEALTHY HABITS ARE OFTEN TIED TO FACILITIES AND FIXTURES, WITH CLEANER, MORE MODERN RESTROOMS CREATING BENEFITS...