Lane Community College’s sheet metal apprentices conduct 8,000 hours of on-the-job training per year to get ready for their careers. 

The more than 9,000 sheet metal workers represented by Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 104 span 49 California counties, from Ventura County to the Oregon border, including the region of Silicon Valley.

Sheet metal instructor Chris Coatsworth, of Sheet metal Workers’ Local 104, shares how previous instructors have helped his success and why he hopes to do the same with his students. 

The Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau is the only testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) certifying agency accredited by American National Standards Institute(ANSI).

A vintage wooden sheet metal brake at Precision Sheet Metal Co. in Scott Township, Pennsylvania.

Sheet metal worker Don DeGuzman recounts his path from being a sheet metal apprentice.

Founded in 1889, the Masonic Home of Missouri is a nonprofit charitable organization that provides statewide assistance to Masons, their families and children in need. Included in its 50,000-square-foot, two-story Masonic Complex of Missouri museum, a range of exhibits featuring one-of-a-kind artifacts, tell the stories of how Masons shaped Missouri’s early history. 

With demand for skilled labor projected to reach an all-time high the next decade, the future of the male-dominated building trades rests on the industry’s efforts to roll out the welcome mat for another generation and gender. A new research project, seeking to understand how women thrive in the skilled trades, may pave the way for more people to call the sheet metal industry home.

For the new five-story, ground-up construction of the Children’s Hospital Colorado in Colorado Springs, Colorado, MTech Mechanical prefabricated the supply air riser duct on the ground and hoisted it in place via tower crane.  

HVAC airflow problems can make or break a duct system design. After all, the cornerstone of the heating and cooling industry is comfort. Without proper HVAC airflow, comfort goes out the window — pun intended. The end result is a building owner left with a duct system absent its purpose.