BOCA RATON, FL — Just a few days prior to the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Con-tractors’ National Association’s (SMACNA’s) 2001 convention here, anthrax had taken its deadly toll at the America Media building, located a stone’s throw from the convention site.
This was not necessarily what sheet metal contractors wanted to hear just after a travel experience that included tightened airport security — not that focusing on the economy was the perfect solution, either.