After the market crash of 2008, Local 28 journeyperson Kandice Rogers traded in her plans to be an architect for a career in HVAC construction.

Jennifer Fox Mann is a third generation sheet metal worker. “That means that my grandfather and father paved the way for me.”

Seeing is believing when it comes to recruiting more women into the HVAC industry.   

Ohio schools, union contractors working together to help high school students build a path to the skilled trades.

In the ever-evolving HVAC industry, refining and redefining our core curriculum is crucial for apprenticeship programs.

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.

National Apprenticeship Week starts today until Friday, Nov. 17. 

Whether you're a sheet metal apprentice, an HVAC contractor recruiting or a building owner, it's important to know how to explain the basic principles and technologies behind how HVAC systems work.

The Malco Products, SBC, Trade-Pro of the Year Award celebrates outstanding HVAC professionals whose collective experience, achievements, on-the-job safety records and local involvement have made a difference in their communities. 

BILL BRADFORD IS A VETERAN OF THE SHEET METAL INDUSTRY IN MORE WAYS THAN MOST. Born and raised in North Side Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the city’s “Steel City” renaissance, Bradford graduated from high school June 1955 and immediately joined the Air Force that July. “I was 17 so my parents had to sign documents to get me in,” he remembers.