Combining hardware and software in an integrated, lightweight handheld or pole-mounted solution, users can view 3D models and assets in a real-world environment at a 1:1 scale, from any angle or position.

In our September 2019 issue of SNIPS magazine, Matt Cramer, president of Dee Cramer Inc, takes us through a recently completed integrated project delivery job at Michigan State University. 

FabricAir Inc. of Lawrenceville, Georgia, is celebrating its 45th anniversary. 

This week during the company's MEP Basecamp conference, Trimble unveiled its Accubid Anywhere solution — a new, cloud-hosted software that includes estimating functionality, graphical takeoff and managed pricing services.

LVD Strippit has introduced the Dyna-Press 40/15 Pro to its Dyna-Press Series of high-speed electric-drive press brakes. 

After suffering a stroke, John Sciara knew his body could no longer support the demands of sheet metal work. A veteran, union sheet metal worker, Sciara, 53, graduated from apprenticeship in 1992 and has steadily worked for 27 years.

Installing large HVAC duct systems can be seamless when all contractors are on the same page. In order to supply the spiral duct for a new IKEA store in Norfolk, Virginia, Turn Key Duct Systems arranged to have the duct shipped directly to the job site, and the installing contractor, Craiberly Enterprises, was ready to hang the duct upon arrival to minimize the risk of dents or dings on the exposed installation.

A Duct Air Leakage Tester (DALT) for commercial duct systems, Kanomax’s DALT 6900 series gives step-by-step test configuration and automated leakage testing based on SMACNA’s HVAC Air Duct Leakage Test Manual.

That type of thinking might apply to many aspects of the HVAC construction and installation industry. Yet, I think we all can agree, job sites aren’t one of them. 

Why this list of five exposed duct installations have been some of our favorite stories to tell.