The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance have announced the 2022 winners of the PHTA Awards of Excellence. The PHTA describes its International Awards of Excellence program as one of the largest, most well-renowned design competitions in the pool and hot tub industry. These awards were created to recognize exceptional installations of pools, spas, hot tubs…
Residential swimming pool and spa builder Anthony & Sylvan Pools have announced the new location for the corporate headquarters of its Philadelphia New Pools Division and Renovation Business Unit: Mearns Road in Warminster, Pennsylvania. The 50,728 square-foot headquarters will feature contemporary office space, enhanced technological capabilities and open-air areas to facilitate and encourage enhanced ideation…
Whatever your area, there are as many ways to sell a business as there are to start one.
As pool professionals, online messaging and reaching your targeted audience can often be a deciding factor in landing new accounts. But do you know where your audience is and who is viewing your information?
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced many people to look inside their own home for entertainment, Plaster Logic developed products and methods that get homeowners in their pools faster than ever.
Builders and manufacturers offer is an automatic in-floor cleaning system, which can preserve a pool’s aesthetics with barely visible hardware while also providing low-maintenance upkeep.
Krystal Guilhemotonia began her pool industry career the same way many get their start in a family business: She started working for her dad, Brian Goettlich, off the books when he was running Aqua Creek Products from their family’s dining room table. Aqua Creek, based in Missoula, Montana, manufactures lifts and other accessibility products for…
Ernad “Ernie” Civic was working as a personal trainer after moving to Florida when he got a message from his dad, Zlatko Civic, that changed his life. “[My dad] was ready to leave his current job in Pennsylvania but could not find work,” Ernie says. “My dad is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever…
Adam Beech has always loved tech, so in 2006 when he started his pool service company, Pool Agency, he integrated as much technology as he could. Beech says he invested heavily in a good website, Google Ad Words campaigns and review sites. In 2008, he switched all his customers to autopay with paperless billing. The…
In a male-dominated industry, Nicole Newkirk has made research and knowledge her secret weapon. She says she makes a point to be knowledgeable about construction methods and not only focus on design: “I want to be respected without changing the way I present myself,” she says, adding that she’s struggled throughout the years with people…
While attending the University of Pittsburgh, Jordan Frabasilio spent much of his time playing Division 1 college baseball. Baseball helped get him into school, thanks to an athletic scholarship, and it was a far cry from the pool industry in which Jordan had grown up watching his father, Presidential Pools & Spas president James Frabasilio….
The pool industry helped Colton Frabasilio along while he was also pursuing his dream of becoming a major league baseball player. He worked in the company warehouse stocking parts for construction crews and service techs while he was in the minors: “This helped me learn all the different manufacturers and parts that go into building…