SNIPS NEWS Now Accepting Nominations for Contractor of the Year

Submissions are open to all HVAC contractors who handle ductwork installation, renovation and restoration

SNIPS NEWS is continuing its Sheet Metal Fabrication Contractor of the Year award contest in 2023. The deadline to submit an application is Nov. 10, 2023. We will announce the winner on the December 2023 cover of the SNIPS NEWS special section of ACHR NEWS.

This peer-reviewed award celebrates HVAC contractors who complete duct fabrication and installation around the country. SNIPS NEWS’ editorial board will judge entrants for a portfolio of work and company culture that exemplifies innovation and excellence in the HVAC sheet metal fabrication industry.

As the founding editor of the award, Emell Derra Adolphus put it best: “Our Contractor of the Year award celebrates you, your company’s growth, and all the journeys in between. Because in the end, it’s the uncertainty of our industry that really drives the best of us to innovate. It isn’t comfortable, but we come to work anyway.”

We started the award at SNIPS NEWS in 2019, recognizing McCusker-Gill Inc. Colorado-based MTECH Mechanical won in 2020. In 2021, Poynter Sheet Metal of Indianapolis won. In 2022, B&I Contractors of Fort Myers, Florida, won.

In 2023, the judges include:

Michael Bailey, Vice President of Sales at Mestek Machinery
Scott Witherow, Vice President of Design Polymerics
Bob Reid, Business Development and Engineering at Spiral Pipe of Texas | Eco Support Products
Clint Ray Jr., National Sales Manager for Advance Cutting Systems
Tim Walsh, President of Vicon Machinery
Rob Molish, Vice President of Production Products Inc.
Don DeGuzman, BIM Director Silicon Valley Mechanical

Submissions are open to all HVAC contractors who handle ductwork installation, renovation and restoration. Entrants must have at least one project that has been (or will be) completed within the year to qualify for the winning award.

What are you waiting for? Give your employees the recognition they deserve! It costs nothing to submit an application. The final deadline to apply is Nov. 10, 2023. Click here to submit.

This story has been updated to reflect an extended deadline.

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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.