Women make up a very small percentage of the construction industry: around 9 percent, according to government statistics. For African Americans, it’s a little less than 5.8 percent.
The Metal Construction Association is offering a metal roofing certification program for metal roofing products to help companies differentiate their products from the competition.
If the U.S. enacts the steep steel and aluminum tariffs the president announced a week ago, European Union officials say the 28-nation bloc will respond with increased taxes on a raft of U.S.-made products, including HVAC equipment.
Johnstone Supply/Grimme Group’s HVAC training program has been certified by the Partnership for Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Accreditation, an organization supported by nine industry groups.
Add the Air Conditioning Contractors of America to the list of construction industry groups disagreeing with the Trump administration’s decision to impose new taxes on steel and aluminum.
Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, is expected to save 9.8 billion British thermal units each year thanks to the new custom-fit, reusable insulation blankets installed across the center’s district heating system.
The taxes on imported steel and aluminum that the Trump administration plans to impose might not apply to Canada or Mexico — if the countries agree to overhaul NAFTA.