By the end of 2023, SMART Heroes reached a major milestone, graduating 500 people from its program, which provides sheet metal industry training — free of charge — to active-duty U.S. military men and women and recent veterans.

On Monday, the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA) and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) submitted comments to the Department of Labor.

Ed Robison began his new job as field representative with the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT), the health and safety arm of the unionized sheet metal industry, on July 1.

According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the construction industry had 8.137 million craft and noncraft employees as of January 2024, and experienced an unemployment rate between 3.5% and 4.8% during peak construction months in 2023.

Bradley entered his sheet metal apprenticeship in 2004 at SMART Local 36 in St. Louis.

In a statement from Aaron Hilger, CEO of SMACNA, he called it an "essential piece of legislation that extends and reforms the R&D credit, bonus depreciation and equipment expensing.

Longtime sheet metal worker, John Wilson, has been chosen as a field representative by the International Training Institute (ITI), the education arm of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers.

The 12-inch pipes used for the installation run roughly 150 feet in length. Snap lock ductwork, which is not typically used by Brandt, was used here. 

Carol Duncan has been active on the national legislative front for over 25 years, serving as the Political Action Committee (PAC) Chair and Legislative Chair.  

Since its inception, BE4ALL has worked through the first three parts of a four-part agenda.