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"The recent escalation in the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 is alarming on a global scale,” says 2019-20 ASHRAE president Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng. 

An analysis from Wood Mackenzie aluminum associate Xinlin Chen.

Now up after dropping four out of the previous five weeks, according to Majestic Steel. 

The co-founder of Women in HVACR – The Foundation reflects on the changing landscape for women in the skilled trades. 

Five things to see at NADCA's 31st Annual Meeting and Exposition in Coronado, California. 

As mounting conferences and conventions cancel over novel coronavirus concerns, NADCA assures that its 31st Annual Meeting & Expo is still happening next week.  

With demand for skilled labor projected to reach an all-time high the next decade, the future of the male-dominated building trades rests on the industry’s efforts to roll out the welcome mat for another generation and gender. A new research project, seeking to understand how women thrive in the skilled trades, may pave the way for more people to call the sheet metal industry home.

For the new five-story, ground-up construction of the Children’s Hospital Colorado in Colorado Springs, Colorado, MTech Mechanical prefabricated the supply air riser duct on the ground and hoisted it in place via tower crane.  

HVAC airflow problems can make or break a duct system design. After all, the cornerstone of the heating and cooling industry is comfort. Without proper HVAC airflow, comfort goes out the window — pun intended. The end result is a building owner left with a duct system absent its purpose. 

After a conversation at the 2002 AHR Expo, Ruth King and Gwen Hoskins established Women in HVACR with one simple mission: women supporting women. “This conversation between two women was the catalyst for the organization,” explains Karen Lamy DeSousa, Women in HVACR’s 2020 president.