Recent hot weather patterns indicate that as the global climate continues to warm, heat stress has become a critical concern across many industries including sheet metal and HVAC work.
U.S. Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) have introduced the Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act, endorsed by school and sheet metal groups alike.
The campaign to organize PreCast Florida grew out of the local's existing relationship with Southern State Duct Masters, a unionized sheet metal contractor that has thrived since signing with Local 435 in 2022.
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.
This year, the Copper Development Association (CDA) awarded North American Copper in Architecture (NACIA) awards to 10 high-profile construction projects.