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

A sheet metal worker was killed Jan. 28, 2021, while trying to repair an HVAC system at a building in Newark, New Jersey. 

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.

At Central Maine Community College, the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology program is so new, the boilers are still being installed —  30 of them, to be exact.

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. 

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 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.

In 2002, four co-workers came together to form a new mechanical contracting company in the good name of integrity, commitment, excellence, growth and fun. Nearly 20 years later, they are still having fun, committed to excellence and business is even better.