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To complete a boathouse metal roof design in northern Wisconsin last summer, quality design, materials and craftsmanship came together to create an attractive, watertight system. 

You buy your field workers the best tools, software and devices to keep them on track and productive. Yet too few business owners and project managers give the same attention to the connection technology that accounts for much of the labor at job sites. 

Kuck Mechanical, a commercial and industrial mechanical contractor based in Northern Colorado, recently won an “Excellence in Construction” award for its ductwork design at Colorado State University’s Nancy Richardson Design Center.

I recently received a somewhat anxious call from a friend in the sheet metal industry. He won a nice duct order, but his submittals were being rejected because he needed to provide published performance data for his duct fittings. 

Before selling Kenco Industrial Equipment Inc and retiring from the sheet metal industry, Thomas C. Kuschel, who passed away last year at age 85, taught his employees the value of a firm handshake and honest eye contact. 

"As we pursued a Continuous Improvement culture at Omniduct, it became evident that we needed outside help to become successful," says Rob Brumleu, CEO of Omniduct.

During a contest conducted at AHR, Evan Gutman of Doylestown Air emerged as the fastest hands winner. 

"We are all invested in the continued success of our company. We are now more accountable to each other for personal, personnel and financial decisions."

Hamlin Sheet Metal, now in its 65th year in business, has chosen to market their spiral duct and flat-oval products through manufacturers’ representatives.

Comments of HARDI and Wood Mackenzie on the coronavirus' potential impact on the economic distribution market.