This paragraph is the only place you’ll read the phrase “COVID-19” in the entire issue of the June 2021 SNIPS Magazine. And that’s intentional. For more than a year, the pandemic has dominated conversations in the sheet metal industry and beyond. And in that chorus, we’ve left several stories fly under the radar.

Fantastic, virus killing filters for improved indoor air quality in HVAC systems.

ASHRAE offers expanded guidance available on ASHRAE’s newly updated COVID-19 resources webpage.

First defenses against COVID-19.

The HVAC duct manufacturer recently refocused on its core values of integrity, caring and stewardship.

The ASHRAE Alternate Care Sites Task Force was convened to provide engineering recommendations, solutions, and guidance to address the HVAC systems for alternate care sites. 

Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (MCI) installs a custom stretch of copper ductwork as an added layer of protection against the spread of disease causing microbes. 

Unique Metal Work’s ability to fabricate and install ductwork streamlined productivity providing project cost efficiency and greater quality control.

Business is usual is what PJ Mechanical senior project director Louis Maffettone hopes HVAC contracting will get back too soon. But installing the ductwork at an alternative care facility earlier this year was anything but.

The air cleaning system was recently deployed in a Florida COVID-19 Hot Zone to help boost the schools HVAC system.