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Contractors in the U.S. are enjoying opportunities in abundance. A resurgent construction economy has shored up backlogs and all but eliminated unemployment. Conventions are full, trade partners are busy and, by all accounts, we should be jumping for joy.

In early summer 2014, Hospital Sisters Health System St. Elizabeth’s Hospital announced plans to move from downtown Belleville, Illinois, to O’Fallon, Illinois, about 8 miles away.

The website Dictionary.com describes “manifold” as “something having many different parts or features.”

Malco Products Inc. has released a compact accessory called the Malco TurboCrimper Impact, which works with the power assistance of impact driver technology to crimp 30- to 24-gauge galvanized round duct and black stove pipe.

Snips’ 2017 Buyers Guide is our annual compilation of sheet metal and HVAC products and manufacturers. 

There are a number of articles and books written on lean manufacturing techniques and lean construction, including many in the pages of Snips about applying lean in sheet metal shops. This article will highlight basic lean principles and tools specific to the spiral fabrication shop.

Integrated Facility Services has begun work on a nearly $10 million renovation project at the Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis. 

MELVINDALE, Mich. — It’s not easy to spot Elite Air Products from the street.

Fiskars has launched two new lines of cutting tools: PowerArc and PowerGear.

A new equivalent round duct calculator app from Eastern Sheet Metal allows sheet metal contractors and installers, including HVAC engineers and contractors, to convert rectangular and flat-oval duct dimensions to round. It can also convert rectangular duct to flat oval.