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.
General Manager of Harris’ construction business in St. Paul, Minnesota, Jason Lake, tells SNIPS Magazine about Harris’ approach to preconstruction, preplanning and early communication.
Testing and balancing contractors do offer apprenticeships, but even though the trade’s gained increased visibility through energy crises and pandemics; it’s facing an unprecedented wave of retirements.
Learn how to make custom transitions and plenums to adapt new systems to existing supply and return-side ductwork, plus how to make custom ductwork for remodels and new construction, at Sheet Metal Ductwork Fabrication School in Virginia.
Price founded his Sheet Metal Ductwork Fabrication School in Burkeville, Virginia, in 2010 after retiring from his state job. Since then, he’s become a mentor to hundreds of aspiring tin knockers.
Using thousands of rolls of Duck Tape, students and faculty members from the Art Academy of Cincinnati assembled life-sized tape sculptures for a June 18-20 festival in Duck Tape’s home town of Avon, Ohio
A. Zahner Company put heat stress and the safety of passengers landing at nearby airports front of mind when constructing SoFi stadium’s metal exterior.
Each of the 34,789 triangular panels that make up LA’s SoFi Stadium exterior are unique – creating a logistical frenzy for contractors in the design and construction process.