Voting members of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association of Falls Church, Va., Oct. 3 elected Frank Maddalon of F.R. Maddalon Plumbing & Heating in Hamilton, N.J., to serve as the association’s new vice president.
   Maddalon and other new officers and zone directors were installed at the closing reception of the PHCC’s 126th annual convention, held Sept. 29-Oct. 4 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta.
   The new officers and directors are: president, Joe Schmitt, Joe Schmitt & Sons Plumbing & Heating, Englewood, Ohio; president-elect, Skip Pfeffer, Canton Plumbing & Heating Co., Canton, Mass.; vice president, Frank Maddalon, F.R. Maddalon Plumbing & Heating, Hamilton, N.J.; secretary Ron Newman, Lakes Plumbing & Heating & Cooling, Inc., Spirit Lake, Iowa; and elected AEC president was Nancy Jones, Texas PHCC executive director.
   Also posted were Zone Directors Hunter Botto, Botto Brothers Plumbing & Heating, Hicksville, N.Y.; Kirk A. Vail, Vail Plumbing, Inc., Gulfport, Fla.; Brad Isley, L. E. Isley & Sons, Inc., Westfield, Ind.; and Steven A. Rivers, Rivers Plumbing, Heating & Air, Pleasanton, Calif.
   Major award winners announced at the convention were:
   • First Place, Delta/PHCC Plumbing Contractor of the Year—William J. Cocos, William G. Cocos, Inc., St. Louis, Mo.
   • Runner up, Delta/PHCC Plumbing Contractor of the Year—Kyle Evans, F. Wackenhut Co., Jamison, Pa.
   • Delta/PHCC Apprentice of the Year—Kyle Holcomb, Pasadena Plumbing, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla.
   • First Place, Trane/PHCC HVAC Contractor of the Year—James Eichman, Empire Plumbing, Heating, A/C & Electrical, Huntington Beach, Calif.
   • Runner-up, Trane/PHCC HVAC Contractor of the Year—Lorrie Gore, Gundlach Plumbing & Heating Co., Richmond, Va.
   • AEC Spectrum—the late Jory Isakson, Minnesota PHCC executive director. 
   • Legislative Award—Jo Wagner, CTO Inc., Harlingen, Texas.
   Finally, earning podium finishes in the annual PHCC Apprentice Contest were: 1st Place—Kyle Holcomb, Pasadena Plumbing, St. Petersburg, Fla.; 2nd Place—Edwin Rivas, The Plumber, Las Vegas; and, 3rd Place—Michael Nelson, Eagle Plumbing, University City, Mo.