The main organizations representing HVACR and plumbing contractors in the US have launched a strategic collaboration as part of their shared mission to strengthen the contracting trade.

As the 2 most established commerce associations within the plumbing, heating, and cooling contracting trade, the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Affiliation (PHCC) have collaborated for years to assist advance the pursuits of companies and professionals of their trade.  

Whereas the 2 organizations have outlined roles and area of interest choices, additionally they share many similarities, together with an overlap of membership and advocacy agendas.

This new strategic relationship will enable ACCA and PHCC to ship enhanced worth propositions for his or her respective memberships and establish new alternatives to place the plumbing and heating/cooling contractor sectors for long-term progress and success.

“ACCA’s job is easy—we work day-after-day to make contractors’ lives higher,” stated ACCA President and CEO Barton James. “Collaborating with PHCC simply is smart. When two robust associations align, we amplify our voice, increase our attain, and ship extra sensible worth to the individuals within the discipline. This collaboration means extra sources, stronger advocacy, and fewer complications for our members. And that’s what it’s all about—serving to contractors succeed, lead, and construct higher companies.”

A Steering Committee composed of volunteer leaders from each organizations is evaluating alternatives for the strategic collaboration. The organizations are exploring methods they will collaborate in key areas together with occasions, training, workforce improvement, and legislative partnerships.  

The Steering Committee contains key leaders from each ACCA and PHCC:

ACCA

• Brian Stack – Co-Chair, Stack Heating, Cooling, Plumbing and Electrical (OH)
• Tim Cropp, CroppMetcalfe Providers (VA)
• Martin Hoover, Empire Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. (GA)
• Eric Knaak, Kennedy Mechanical Contractors (NY)
• Barton James, President and CEO ACCA  

PHCC

• Joel Lengthy — Co-Chair, GSM Providers (NC)
• Dan Callies, Oak Creek Plumbing and Transforming (WI)
• Brett Kaltvedt, Midwestern Mechanical (SD)
• Ken Smith, RPG Plumbing Providers (VA)
• Rocco Fana, Chapter Govt, PHCC & ACCO (OH)
• Cindy Sheridan, CEO PHCC

“This strategic collaboration with ACCA will help progress for the plumbing and HVACR trade,” stated PHCC CEO Cindy Sheridan. “As a result of we share an identical mission and strategic objectives, it is smart to work extra carefully collectively and use our sources extra strategically and successfully, whereas preserving our impartial identities and strengths.”

Within the close to time period, ACCA and PHCC are collaborating to maximise occasions and legislative efforts. ACCA and PHCC members will likely be eligible for particular registration reductions to attend the opposite group’s main occasions. PHCC members can obtain a particular low cost off the upcoming ACCA 2026 convention March 15-18; ACCA members are additionally eligible for a lowered fee to attend the Could 5-6 PHCC Legislative Convention.

Moreover, ACCA’s advocacy leaders will take an lively function in becoming a member of and collaborating within the PHCC legislative fly-in each in 2026 and in 2027.