SAN ANTONIO — Too many people float through their careers instead of actively steering themselves toward success. It’s never a good idea, but the effects are especially negative for women, according to a speaker at MCAA’s 2018 annual conference.

By day, 25-year-old Catie Rogers is a sheet metal apprentice, training and working at Poynter Sheet Metal in Greenwood, Indiana.

If you think recruiting workers to the HVAC and sheet metal industry is already tough, try just targeting only women.

I’ve been thinking about the issue lately, as the “#MeToo” movement has enveloped politics and popular culture. From corporate boardrooms to Hollywood movie sets, sexual harassment in the workplace has become a topic of discussion and debate.

On Dec. 1, 2016, new OSHA regulations aimed at “nudging” employers into creating safer workplaces went into effect. Of particular significance are the new anti-retaliation provisions, which may require changes to employers’ worksite safety incentive programs.

Integrated Facility Services has begun work on a nearly $10 million renovation project at the Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis. 

A Canadian sheet metal forming machinery maker has added three project managers.

Have you ever wondered why a company that appears to be successful goes out of business? It seemed like there was nothing wrong and then suddenly, it’s gone.