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Construction consulting company FMI Corp. will present “Why Contractors Fail: The Icarus Effect” to the Construction Management Association of America’s North Carolina chapter tomorrow in Raleigh, N.C.

A 101-year-old sheet metal contracting company in New York City’s popular SoHo neighborhood will soon be replaced by upscale commercial and residential developments, the New York Times reported Friday.

The 86th annual get-together of the Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Association is slotted for June 18-21.

Three metro Detroit sheriffs are joining together with AT&T and anti-crime groups to lobby for new laws to stop copper thieves, the Detroit Free Press reported today.

ASHRAE President Kent Peterson, P.E., is scheduled to speak today about sustainable structures in front of a U.S. House committee.

Bill Good, National Roofing Contractors Association executive vice president, is schedule to speak Friday to the Colorado Roofing Association.

The National Association of Home Builders said it supports moves by government-chartered Fannie Mae to fix problems in the nation’s mortgage lending system.

Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will be the keynote speaker at the 19th annual Energy Efficiency Forum, June 10-11 in Washington, D.C.

Follansbee Steel will be showing its latest metal-roofing product at the American Institute of Architects national convention, May 15-17 in Boston.

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) hitchhiked with an employee from a South Bend, Ind., sheet metal shop on her way to a recent campaign stop, the South Bend Tribune reported.