Inside Midwest Metal Products' evergrowing company. 

The project consists of the renovations of nine free-standing buildings, the partial demolition, renovation and connection of the gymnasium, auditorium and an instructional building with more than 55,000 square feet of new construction. 

AccuDuct Manufacturing took pride in finding ways to make a project “lean” before lean was what it is today. 

The new Career and Technical Education Center at the University of Alaska was built to match the equipment and workplaces that students will move onto after graduation. 

Using building information modeling (BIM) software from Technical Sales International Inc., Walsh Mechanical Contractors' estimating and computer-aided drafting departments were able to ensure a project was completed from the initial bid pro-posal to the turnover of the building to the owner. 

Much of the character of the original building is being maintained. However, the HVAC system is brand new, and will remain exposed.

On the shoreline of little Lake Crabtree in Cary, North Carolina, seven stories of dazzling glass and metal sweep the skyline in the form of the twin MetLife buildings. But the real beauty of the job site is how BIM helped keep the project on track.

For 50 years, the Minneapolis-based Sheet Metal Connectors, Inc. has endeavored to be a trusted partner to HVAC contractors around the country by making products that stand the test of time and integrity. As the company prepares to reach its next major milestone, SMC president and CEO Jim Myers is ready to take that contractor-manufacturer partnership to the next level.

Based in northern Indiana, Midwest Metal Products is one of the nation’s leading producers of angle rings and rolled structural sheet metal products. Its determination to keep up with advances in technology is one of the reasons why.

Hamlin Sheet Metal of Garner, North Carolina, was awarded the contract to provide the spiral duct on the addition and remodel at F.K. Marchman Technical Educational Center in New Port Richey, Florida.