Whenever possible, Joshua Hoffman of Hoffman HVAC prefers custom craftsmanship over prefabricated materials. “Prefabricated fittings that you find at supply houses are just that,” he says.

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. 

With a sharp wit and sense of humor, Bryan Orr has quickly become one of the most powerful and recognizable voices in the HVACR industry — covering everything from duct fabrication to installation in his wildly successful HVAC School podcast. He is the vice-president of service at Kalos Services Inc in Clermont, Florida  which he started with his dad when he was 17, and he regularly helps his team train and troubleshoot as a working contractor. But if you ask him about it (and we did), he’ll say he’s just keeping busy.

After over 20 years as a sheet metal worker, Ron Aho’s body was starting to give out — his arm, especially. Years of swinging hammers overhead to hang ductwork had led to constant shoulder pain.

City officials in Little Rock, Arkansas, are looking to re-establish HVAC and ductwork testing standards for residences, according to an article from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s website.

I recently had a son graduate from college. To celebrate, my wife and I took a group out to a week-old new restaurant. 

The Air Movement and Control Association International Inc. will hold its first Air System Engineering and Technology Conference March 6-7 at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk in San Antonio.

Urso Air Systems installed a complete York HVAC system, which was donated by Johnson Controls, for the home of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Arturo Weber. 

Frigidaire HVAC has redesigned its F series air conditioners and heat pumps, changing the units from featuring a one-piece jacket to panels made to be easier for HVAC technicians to remove or replace.

A new equivalent round duct calculator app from Eastern Sheet Metal allows sheet metal contractors and installers, including HVAC engineers and contractors, to convert rectangular and flat-oval duct dimensions to round. It can also convert rectangular duct to flat oval.