SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. - The Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association heard some tough talk about their association, opportunities for the group and the acoustic properties of sheet metal during their annual meeting here.
DETROIT - Battered by the tough Michigan economy of the last five years, Sheet Metal Workers union Local 80 has suffered with 30 percent-plus unemployment among members.
The ductwork Karo Sheet Metal needed to install at the New York School of Interior Design’s new 20,000-square-foot graduate center was different, especially for a nonmedical facility.
TORONTO - Even if record-warm March temperatures may have had some attendees thinking about backyard BBQs and not HVAC and plumbing, attendance held steady at CMX-CIPHEX 2012.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Many roofing contractors are still waiting for an economic rebound, but for organizers of the International Roofing Expo, things are already looking up.
The floods that hit Iowa in June 2008 are sometimes called “Iowa’s Katrina.” While they didn’t have the loss of life that accompanied that Category 5 hurricane which struck New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, Iowa’s flooding still caused an estimated $64 billion in damage.
CHICAGO - Recession? What recession? Not at Fabtech. The Nov. 14-17, 2011, metal forming and fabrication event at the massive McCormick Place convention center here broke all the records organizers have used to track the show: trade show attendance, seminar enrollment and exhibit space.
ATLANTA - Anyone looking for signs that the U.S. construction industry is starting to recover may want to check out the attendance statistics from last year’s Metalcon.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Getting the sheet metal industry out of its years-long funk will take new ways of thinking and working, according to the speakers SMACNA booked for its Sept. 25-28 annual convention.
