CHANTILLY, Va. — The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) announced its 97th chapter: SMACNA Hawaii.

MILWAUKEE — Johnson Controls Inc. will celebrate the grand opening of three new Source 1 HVAC Supply Centers in Maryland and Virginia this spring.

AUSTIN, Texas — Performance-based contractors took center stage in Austin, Texas, on March 5 as National Comfort Institute’s (NCI’s) Annual Summit Conference got underway.

Dewberry (Fairfax, Virginia) named Shepard Hockaday senior vice president for the firm’s mechanical, electrical, and plumbing group.

ACCA presented Kevin Sharkey, owner of Sharkey Air LLC (Stuart, Florida), with the 2018 Skip Snyder Humanitarian Award.

Purdue University’s (West Lafayette, Indiana) Professor Eckhard Groll won the 2018 Institute of Refrigeration J & E Hall Gold Medal.

Globus Management Group LLC (Dallas) announced a partnership with Country Mechanical Services (Dallas).

Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical (Nashville, Tennessee) acquired Thompson Services Inc. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee).

ASERCOM, the Association of European Refrigeration Component Manufacturers, named Wolfgang Zaremski, president of VDKF, the German refrigeration and air conditioning contractors’ association, president.

Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical (Nashville, Tennessee) acquired Thompson Services Inc. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee).