In conversation, our Sheet Metal Contractor of the Year is full of Yoda-like insights on how to achieve success in the sheet metal fabrication business.
“For PPI, this was an introduction to a market place that they haven’t been into. This is getting them into the fabricating world,” says Venne, about the Ultra Cut’s power. “And they had the right product for it, they just needed a helping hand.”
“Designing today isn’t just about structural integrity. It’s about a building’s impact on the environment, and what type of visual style it can express,” says Thomas Passek, president of the Copper Development Association Inc.
A new architectural sheet metal internship program promises to give architects and sheet metal contractors a new point of view on the design to construction process.
Lisa Davis was well on her way to becoming “Dr. Davis” when a sheet metal worker apprenticeship at Local 16 in Portland, Oregon, changed her career course.