Articles by Austin Keating

From starting fresh with a clean green campus to retrofitting old buildings, campuses across the country have to customize their strategies per their needs.

Slideshow: SVM's ability to still prioritize the wellbeing and sustainability of its workforce while multiplying the business it does every year has earned the shop the SNIPS NEWS Contractor of the Year award in 2023.

Slideshow: Not only has JP Lamborn Co (JPL) grown, but the entire flex duct industry has seen many changes and innovations.

Using technologies available in the mid-2000s, this is how Houston lowered their building NOx emissions.

Video: Building managers are often asking contractors for three different bids: One all gas, another with electrical and resistive systems, and then option C: heat pumps.

Dan Rettig, senior product manager for heat pumps and sustainability at Lochinvar, sat down with ES Magazine for a podcast interview discussing mechanical room decarbonization and retrofits. Here is a transcribed and edited excerpt of the conversation.

SMACNA’s chief lobbyist has a warning for sheet metal shops engaged in federal work. Even though a government shutdown was averted this week, it’s still in the cards for 2024 – likely more than once. 

Offset-right snips from Midwest, Malco and other companies are the most popular type of snips owing to their versatility: Cut upside down and you'll be able to cut offset-left in a pinch.

American Boiler Manufacturers Association-certified electrode boiler manufacturer Vapor Power International shares valuable insights about this technology.

Looman is long-time champion of a skilled construction workforce, and an ally of the sheet metal unions since her time in Minnesota government.