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    CONTRACTOR's Under 30 All-Stars 2025; PHCC-NA Holds its Annual Legislative Conference; Explore the Trades and Ferguson Award Grants to 10 Schools; Meeting Customer Demands with A. O. Smith & Lochinvar; Scouting the Future of the Skilled Trades; Memorandum Could End Fedral Water Efficiency Standards; and much more.

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    Dan Beard Council
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    NTI
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