"We are seeing more engineers and owners wanting field verification of leakage and deflection to prove the unit meets the manufactures leakage and deflection rates," said Jeff Keene.

Matt Sano, a member of SMART Local 19 in Philadelphia, is the 21st inductee and the third from his local to receive the honor.

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.

The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA) has published the second edition of its TAB Procedural Guide.

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a memo mandating prevailing wages for technicians conducting testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) work on Davis-Bacon Act projects.

The manual includes a revised chapter with sample test and balance report forms included for the end user.

SMART workers Local 49 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, recently celebrated the opening of two state-of-the-art labs at its training center.

Born and raised in Sacramento, California, Winstead entered the sheet metal industry a week after his high school graduation in 2008.

There are many design aspects that are evaluated early in project development to help foresee potential problems that may arise during test & balance (TAB).

“If I can assist anyone, even a competitor, it’s the right thing to do,” Larsen said.