Austin Keating is the special section editor of SNIPS NEWS at The ACHR NEWS. He covers sheet metal, mechanical contractors, duct cleaning, testing and balancing, steel, building information modeling (BIM) and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). Prior to joining BNP Media, he served as field editor for Prairie Farmer and media specialist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Email him at keatinga@bnpmedia.com.
"We face an aging infrastructure that continues to plague our best opportunity to provide the best educational experience that our students deserve and desire," said MSCS Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins
Entering journalism school in 2012 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I quickly pivoted from being a generalist reporter, to the science and technology beat, guiding student journalists in writing about the technical advancements made on campus with a comprehensive and independent tone at the Daily Illini.
The testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) industry converged in St. Louis recently for the International Certification Board/Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (ICB/TABB) Conference.
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.