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When the U.S. Senate passed its health care reform bill in late 2009, it exempted small businesses with fewer than 50 employees from coverage mandates, except for those in construction.

Thirty-eight states and Washington, D.C., experienced double-digit drops in construction employment, officials said.

Ideal Industries Inc. has introduced a new screw driver with its Grip-n-Twist screw-holding mechanism.

The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association will present a series of three Webinars on how to construct HVAC rectangular and round duct.

Conditioned Air Corp. of Naples, Fla., was named the residential winner of the ACCA’s 2010 Contractors of the Year program.

HARDI has joined a group telling the president to scrap current health care reform proposals in favor of other ideas.

Westway Machinery Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, has been named Plasma Automation Inc.’s and Vicon Machinery LLC’s exclusive eastern Canada sales representative.

The president unveiled the details of a $6 billion program to improve the energy efficiency of U.S. homes Tuesday while visiting Savannah Technical College in Georgia.

The HVAC contractor association will host its sales forum March 16-19 at the Intercontinental Montelucia hotel in Scottsdale.

Paul Stalknecht, president and CEO of the ACCA, testified before Congress on Feb. 24 to discuss the shortage of workers entering the HVACR field.