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.

The construction of co-working spaces are on the rise in the US. These facilities, where businesses can rent short- or long-term offices, provide a middle-of-the-road option for busy office professionals.

Rigaku Analytical Devices recently announced a new, handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyzer. The Rigaku KT-500 features HiRES Technology, with the first miniaturized, high-resolution echelle spectrometer.

The Puget Sound region is known for a few things—beautiful mountains, green forests and bad traffic. Holmberg Mechanical won a $6.5 million contract to build an open tunnel for a light rail system scheduled for completion in 2023 that will help fix the traffic situation.

Just as the pandemic was starting up last year, the metals, HVAC, commercial roofing and machinery products distributor was investing in a new sheeting machine from Iowa Precision.

“This is hooking to a drop. All taps are offsetting and sloping for material runout towards one outlet around pipes and beams … Just thought it looked cool.” Indeed.

If you have a sheet metal-forming project in mind but aren’t sure which machine is the right fit, an upcoming webinar has answers.

Wiegmann Associates was the mechanical contractor and Walsh/Alberici joint venture was the general contractor at a new new $49 million rehabilitation facility at the St. Louis VA Medical Center-Jefferson Barracks.

Real-estate mogul Monzer Hourani wins 2021 ENR Award of Excellence for setting a presto tempo to develop technology that mitigates transmission of COVID-19 in buildings.

SNIPS Editor-in-Chief Emell Derra Adolphus says goodbye to a few of his favorite people in the sheet metal industry.