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What HVAC contractors should know about the changes taking place in BIM

May 15, 2013
Many companies have grown accustomed to relying upon big, sometimes unwieldy software to accomplish major tasks in their businesses.
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Contractors fill up Texas city for annual roofing conference

May 14, 2013
SAN ANTONIO — Headed in the right direction. That sums up the attendance for this year’s International Roofing Expo.
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Climbing out of a tough economy

While other sheet metal shops contract to deal with a tough economy, some continue to invest in their businesses.
April 16, 2013
In the face of stubbornly high industry unemployment rates and a construction market that remains slow, it’s understandable why so many sheet metal and HVAC contractors are in survival mode.
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2013 expo packs them in at Dallas show

April 12, 2013
DALLAS — Organizers of the 2013 AHR Expo say it was a show of records.
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Duct cleaning’s benefits go beyond energy efficiency

March 3, 2013
Many people agree that duct cleaning will save energy. What they want to know is how much? What is the return on investment? If you are calculating true ROI for duct cleaning, you must take into account the environmental benefits — which is, for today, “the other half of the story.”
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USGBC takes strong message to critics at Greenbuild 2012

March 1, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — It was no coincidence that the U.S. Green Building Council held its 2012 Greenbuild conference and expo here Nov. 14-16.
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Putting in policies that save time and labor in residential work

February 5, 2013
Lean manufacturing started on the automobile assembly line. 


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Contractors hear from experts about prospects for industry’s turnaround

February 1, 2013
LAS VEGAS — The sheet metal industry continues to struggle, but SMACNA doesn’t want its members sitting idly by waiting for a turnaround.


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Bridgestone Americas showcases green design with HVAC, roof choices

February 1, 2013
When Bridgestone Americas Inc., designed its new technical center in Akron, Ohio, the company had a lot to live up to. 


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Fabtech tackles state of manufacturing in a post-election America

February 1, 2013
LAS VEGAS — If manufacturing executives were depressed over Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential election a week earlier, it didn’t show at Fabtech. 


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This month’s podcast was recorded March 26, 2013, at the SMACNA Chicago trade show in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. We ask association Executive Director Tony Adolfs what’s the secret to a long-running, successful HVAC trade show, and how member contractors are faring in the current economy.
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