The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association is actively supporting bipartisan Senate legislation introduced by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to deter metal theft.
The Federal Cost Reduction Act, HR 472, would provide incentives to promote energy-efficiency upgrades in government buildings and reduce the number of data centers the federal government maintains.
AHRI names associated certification engineer; SMACNA reveals that actor Jason Alexander will open its 70th annual convention; ACCA publishes ComforTool on insulation; RESNET Standards Management Board approved standard BSR/RESNET 301-2013; EPA grants recognition to IAPMO R&T for third-party certification of swimming pool pumps; HVI awards Daniel Forest with Distinguished Service award.
NSF Intl. certifies gasket and sealing materials used with push-fit fittings; The Unified Group to host service coordinator forum; CIPH celebrates anniversary; EPA invites Brookshire Grocery to join GreenChill partnership; SMACNA to hold annual convention in October; ACCA’s Paul Stalknecht elected chairman of Small Business Legislative Council; HVAC Excellence grants Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center accreditation.
During the two-wing expansion of the Shire Human Genetic Therapies building in Lexington, Mass., SMACNA member Walsh Mechanical Contractors of Abington, Mass., designed, fabricated, and installed more than 13,000 linear feet of spiral ductwork to support the facility’s research and development work.
Johns Hopkins Hospital has completed a massive $1.1 billion expansion project that included the construction of two 12-story towers. SMACNA contractor United Sheet Metal Inc. (USM), Capitol Heights, Md., used four million pounds of galvanized and stainless steel sheet metal for the HVAC systems.
The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) announced that it has joined the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Energy Efficiency Standardization Coordination Collaborative (EESCC), a cross-sector, neutral forum for coordinating efforts focusing on energy efficiency standardization.
It was the winter of 1991 when Jeff Chase made a motion to divert Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) advertising funds to U.S. troops in Desert Storm and their families at home. He had no idea that the program he started would last for 21 years.