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According to a recently released survey conducted by Emerson, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) contractors who desire high salaries and plentiful job opportunities should head to these states.  

Tacoma, Washington-based Gensco is Mitsubishi Electric’s Diamond Service Group’s Distributor of the Year and six companies were honored as business unit Distributors of the Year at a recent conference hosted by Mitsubishi Electric’s heating and cooling division.

The public can now register to attend this year’s ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild.

A new sign hangs outside the Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 training facility in Saginaw, Minnesota. It honors a sheet metal worker and instructor with almost six decades in the industry.

Officials at the St. Louis Area Foodbank say the installation of a Verasys system by Johnson Controls is reducing utility costs and increasing energy savings. 

Many types of buildings could benefit from duct sealing, according to a study from a Minneapolis-based environmental organization. 

Steel prices in 2018 are up 60 percent from the market cycle’s low point set late last year, and they are likely to move even higher due to events on the trade front.

In light of the continuing steel tariff fallout, contractors are understandably worried about whether they can hold margins by passing along the commodity price increases with a markup. Some sheet metal contractors will try to hold gross profit by passing along an incremental price increase alone. Others will reduce profitability by only passing part of the price increase. There are other options available to protect your margins.

A 4,500-square-foot house located near Grayton Beach, Fla., now has a metal standing-seam roof and metal exterior. 

Media has changed substantially in the past 20 years. Most, if not all, of those changes were spurred by the impact the internet has had on how people consume their information. It’s a phenomenon that’s been covered regularly by multiple outlets since the shift became apparent a little more than a decade ago.