Appetite for Construction

Send us Fan Mail The guys talk with Nora Burns, Chief Curiosity Officer, The Leadership Experts, Denver. Nora Burns doesn’t study workplace culture from the sidelines; she has flipped the script to research it from the inside out. She has interviewed for more than 350 jobs and worked frontline roles inside Fortune 500 companies as The Undercover Employee™, uncovering what employees actually experience in hiring, onboarding, and day-to-day work. Check out her presentation at PHCC CONNECT, “Wha...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. David Yashar, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), talks about a new water heater design that helps keep pathogens at bay by raising the heat to at temperature that kills essentially all concerning bacteria. Normally these temperatures would be dangerously hot for human skin, so the new design cheaply and efficiently brings the decontaminated hot water back down to a safe temperature. This episode of Appetite for Construction is brought to you by W...

Send us Fan Mail Tim and John chat with Westie Magnuson, Chief Culture Officer, HireAligned, Portland, Oregon. He’s also a Presenter at PHCC CONNECT 2026: “Recruiting in the Trades: Modern Tactics With Proven Results.” Magnuson specializes in helping plumbing, HVAC, and multi-trade contractors scale their operations without losing their company’s identity. This episode of Appetite for Construction is brought to you by Webstone. Protect the entire system with Webstone’s NEW Sediment Filter. It...

Send us Fan Mail Tim and John welcome in Cambria McLeod, Vice President of Industry Relations and Business Development, IAPMO, as she discusses counterfeit plumbing products and the impact of counterfeit use of IAPMO certification marks what the industry can do to help protect the public. Subscribe to the Appetite for Construction podcast at any of your favorite streaming channels and don't forget about the other ways to interact with the Mechanical Hub Team! Follow Plumbing Perspective...

Send us Fan Mail While John was on his annual fishing trip, Tim scooted up to Milwaukee for the annual Milwaukee Tool Pipeline event. There, he caught up with Zach Richman, senior vice president of marketing, and John Karl Jarzombek, senior product marketing manager. This episode of Appetite for Construction is brought to you by Webstone. Protect the entire system with Webstone’s NEW Sediment Filter. Its spin-down design protects against rust, dirt, sand and other suspended particles, w...