In conversation, our Sheet Metal Contractor of the Year is full of Yoda-like insights on how to achieve success in the sheet metal fabrication business. 

Silicon Valley Mechanical, a full-service commercial HVAC and plumbing contractor in San Jose, California, rides the technology wave to success.

Cass Sheet Metal restores the architectural sheet metal at the Book Tower.

“For PPI, this was an introduction to a market place that they haven’t been into. This is getting them into the fabricating world,” says Venne, about the Ultra Cut’s power. “And they had the right product for it, they just needed a helping hand.”

“Designing today isn’t just about structural integrity. It’s about a building’s impact on the environment, and what type of visual style it can express,” says Thomas Passek, president of the Copper Development Association Inc. 

The POWER MIG 140 MP multi-process welder, a lightweight and portable welder that connects to 120 volt power. 

About 20 percent of SMACNA’s membership work in the architectural sheet metal sector. However, that number increases annually with the demand for more exterior and interior architectural metal construction projects.

Lisa Davis was well on her way to becoming “Dr. Davis” when a sheet metal worker apprenticeship at Local 16 in Portland, Oregon, changed her career course. 

At the helm of Standard Tinsmith and Roofer Supply for 50 years, Joel Fishkind now prepares his century-old family sheet metal business for a fourth act.

For the bank's newest branch in St. Marys, Georgia, the project incorporated 9,500 square feet. of .032-gauge Petersen’s Snap-Clad panels finished in Interstate Blue and 2,000 square feet of 0.32-gauge flush wall panels finished in Silver.