Austin Keating is the special section editor of SNIPS NEWS at The ACHR NEWS. He covers sheet metal, mechanical contractors, duct cleaning, testing and balancing, steel, building information modeling (BIM) and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). Prior to joining BNP Media, he served as field editor for Prairie Farmer and media specialist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Email him at keatinga@bnpmedia.com.
The testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) industry converged in St. Louis recently for the International Certification Board/Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (ICB/TABB) Conference.
U.S. Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) have introduced the Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act, endorsed by school and sheet metal groups alike.
The campaign to organize PreCast Florida grew out of the local's existing relationship with Southern State Duct Masters, a unionized sheet metal contractor that has thrived since signing with Local 435 in 2022.
Historically having a high tax rate on manufacturing relative to the rest of the world, the 2017 tax reforms temporarily stimulated the U.S. manufacturing sector.