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  1. joehvac

    Who has general liability insurance?

    My first client was a multi state contractor and corporate required that engineering vendors carry a $1 million GL policy (naming contractor as additional insured) and a PL policy. The GL is fairly inexpensive ($400 a year).
  2. joehvac

    Energy Efficiency Ratings for HRV sometimes not shown

    From what I have seen you are likely to find a % effectiveness. SEER and EER are used for rating cooling equipment with a compressor in it, such as rooftop units and chillers. ERV/HRV do not have a compressor and that along with the lack of minimum energy efficiency standards is why you don't...
  3. joehvac

    Estimate the Cost/Tonne of a High-End VRF installation.

    I routinely see US$4000/ton installed for heat pump systems and US$5000/ton installed for heat recovery with Mitsubishi Electric in the USA. The most common type of project would be schools with between 75 and 200 tons of cooling. Average zone size is 3 to 4 tons. If your zone size is smaller...
  4. joehvac

    Help me evaluate this business situation

    Mike you have a great point. However, my lawyer charges real money to answer questions. [bluegreedy]
  5. joehvac

    Network share organization strategy?

    A firm I used to work at had network drives with assigned drive letters g:, r:, etc, by company division. Certain employees had access to certain drives. Within each drive was a folder for each job, by job number. When each folder there were some default sub folders. The company preached storing...
  6. joehvac

    Help me evaluate this business situation

    David, Thanks for your reply. I had a feeling that who had what insurance was going to be the sticky point. Joe
  7. joehvac

    Help me evaluate this business situation

    Here is a hypothetical business situation that I would like to get some input on. 2 engineers. Engineer #1 owns an established one man consulting firm, with all insurances, licenses etc in place. Let's call him Upstanding Businessman Engineer, UBE for short. Engineer #2 does not have a...
  8. joehvac

    Hiring interns, what's the easiest way to set it up business-wise?

    In a different field I used an Employee Leasing company. I found the people, they did the paperwork and drug testing and charged me 30% of what I paid. There were no minimums. You might find cheaper companies. It was worth it to me as the employee had a legitimate job with paperwork. I didn't...

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