Drexel Metals Inc. is now a licensed seller of products listed with the Cool Roof Rating Council’s directory, giving the Louisville, Kentucky-based company eligibility to rate its products.
Ductwork fabrication software manufacturers Trimble and Autodesk have entered into an interoperability agreement that company officials say will save contractors time and reduce project costs.
The Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association, better known as SPIDA, is an organization focused on promoting the use of spiral-seam round and flat oval in ductwork fabrication.
It wasn’t the sheet metal from race cars that recently brought attendees and spectators to Indianapolis— at least those who came to the Sheet Metal Workers union Local 20’s training center.
SPIDA — aka the Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association — is a nonprofit organization promoting the use of spiral-seamed round and flat-oval duct through research and education.
The Mechanical Contractors Association of Chicago says it is the first local MCAA member to pledge to contribute $500,000 to the national group’s educational foundation.
A group of sheet metal workers will split almost $1.7 million as part of a racial discrimination lawsuit settlement reached with a New Jersey union and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
For the past 50 years, engineers have been “designing” duct systems. Quite often, they were not actually designing the systems, but were sizing duct the duct according to some rule of thumb.
CertainTeed has become the exclusive manufacturer of Glass Master, a line of fiberglass duct board machines used in ductwork fabrication. Terms were not disclosed.