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Top Trends for 2019: Increased Use of Technology, Innovation

Artificial intelligence, drones, augmented reality, and robotics are helping the construction industry realize higher productivity, profits, and safety.

Best Practices Guides

Useful Forms

Included here: Membership Forms, Reimbursement Form, Invitation Form

CHO Advocacy Efforts

SMACNA publishes letters and testimony on the issues that affect the industry, small business and you. 

SMACNA Helps Negotiation Committees Prepare for 2019 Bargaining Season

For Deborah Wyandt, Esq., SMACNA’s executive director of labor relations and human resources, the signs of spring mean that the spring and summer contract bargaining season is getting underway.

Continued Workforce Related COVID-19 Guidance for Contractors

This webinar addresses a Presidential Memorandum titled, “Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster” issued on August 8, 2020. 

Julie Markee

David Gardiner

David Keane

Daikin Rental Solutions

With complete support and a full range of equipment — from chillers and dehumidifiers to heat and power — Daikin has the solutions to help keep you up and running when you need it most.

Rewiring America

Recorded webinar presented by Rewiring America for SMART and SMACNA contractors on HVAC contractors and electrification.

College of Fellows

The mission of the SMACNA College of Fellows [COF] Scholarship Program is to identify and recognize academically talented youth and potential future leaders within the SMACNA extended family and to provide them an opportunity to further their education and develop their talents as future leaders and positive contributors to society.

SMACNA Providing Input to Federal Compliance Office

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is asking for input from contractors or their representatives in areas where further guidance on affirmative action and equal employment opportunity (EEO) obligations through anonymous opinion letters would benefit federal contractors.

Tool and Equipment Rental Guide

The comprehensive coverage of tools and equipment lends itself useful to a wide range of contractors who can benefit from transparent pricing.

Safety Sponsorship Program

The SMACNA Safety and Health Committee, in partnership with the Sheet Metal Industry BE 4 ALL initiative, is offering a Safety Sponsorship program to one eligible individual in the safety field. This program provides the opportunity to attend the National Safety Council (NSC) Safety Congress & Expo, to promote professional development, learning, and networking. 

Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau

TABB is an organization made up of top heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration professionals that has set the certification standards for the HVAC industry since 1981. As the first and only HVAC testing, adjusting and balancing certification program accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), TABB-certified professionals are recognized as the most competent, reliable and qualified in the HVAC industry.

Activities

Linda Jennings

Linda Jennings is Executive Director of Market Sectors and Construction Technology. Ms. Jennings’ has literally grown up in the trade with her grandfather owning a sheet metal business and her father being a past chapter executive. She has managed three associations for decades including SMACNA San Diego chapter, Orange Empire SMACNA and the Inland Contractors Association.

Effective Project Teams

Aaron Hilger, CEO

Aaron Hilger is SMACNA’s Chief Executive Officer. He assumed the role in January, 2022 after a long career leading the Builders Exchange of Rochester as their President & CEO.  At Builders Exchange he managed 13 local and state wide trade associations, including the Construction Industry Association of Rochester, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) Rochester, the Roofers Industry Fund and New York State SMACNA.

Luke Bland

Doing Business with the Department of Defense

DPAP wants to encourage companies to do business with DoD. To make it easier for companies to understand how to engage in the business process with DoD, DPAP is pleased to offer an introductory overview for companies based in the United States as well as a guide for foreign companies.

SMAC PAC Supports & MOC Thank-You Notes

Jessie Stolark

Jessie Stolark is the Executive Director for the Carbon Capture Coalition, a non-partisan collaboration of more than 100 companies, unions, conservation, and environmental policy organizations, building federal policy support to enable economywide, commercial scale deployment of carbon management technologies. 

Angie Simon

Angie Simon is a past SMACNA President (2019-2021) and Advisor to the Board of Western Allied Mechanical in Menlo Park, California.

Ian Warner

Take Action

High Performance Building Coalition (HPBC)

The High Performance Buildings Coalition is comprised of more than 200 manufacturers, trade associations and other stakeholders who support policies and legislation that advance the next generation of buildings.

Mobilizing for the Future: Office Technology

SMACNA members are demonstrating ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit by accelerating key competencies, like offsite fabrication, and through critical pivots, like the creation of touchless sinks and providing metal breathing strips for masks.

Council of Chapter Representatives Registration

Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes in the Construction Industry Including Procedural

The Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, on behalf of its affiliated National and International Unions and their Local Unions, joined with five employer associations to establish the Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes in the Construction Industry (the Plan). This jurisdictional dispute resolution procedure has been in effect since 1984 and includes the terms of the Plan, the Procedural Rules and Decisions and Agreements of Record.

Best Practices for Responding to an Audit Request from Trust Funds

This paper is intended to be general guidance on best practices for responding to an audit request by a trust fund. 

Industry Fund of the United States Seminar

This seminar is intended to educate the chapter executive and the local Industry fund trustee about the legal framework in which industry funds must operate. Materials from previous seminars available.

Ronald J. Eagar

As the chief operating officer at Grassi & Co. and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Ronald J. Eager offers more than two decades of experience in both public and private accounting. His expertise extends beyond the traditional areas of accounting and taxation, and he serves as a trusted advisor to companies in a broad range of industries, including construction. 

Enabling Success – Creating Alignment Between Field and Office

Kris Blankenship

Mental Health Initiatives for Construction Professionals

What can the construction industry do to change attitudes about mental health? This male-dominated sector sees endless amounts of silent suffering due to preconceived notions, but some employers are fighting back against the stigma. Every construction business can do the same by educating their employees and revising company policies.

FAQs

Titus

For over 75 years, Titus has shown that functionality can also be beautiful. Titus makes air management products that deliver the highest degree of comfort, and these products have redefined what it means to be energy efficient. With a collection of smart technology products that optimize the use of natural resources, the Titus name stands for comfort, forward thinking and reliability.

Sample Contract Language

SMACNA provides examples of favorable local contract language from industry collective bargaining agreements that could prove useful in considering and drafting contract proposals.This page lists examples of such language  submitted by SMACNA Chapter Executives or researched by Labor Relations Staff.

Dunn & Bradstreet number

The SAM Registration requires your company to provide a Dun & Bradstreet or D-U-N-S number. This is a unique nine-digit identification number for each physical location of your business.

National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans (NCCMP)

The NCCMP is a non-profit, non-partisan organization with members, plans, and contributing employers in every major segment of the economy.

FMLA and the SMACNA Contractor

This paper provides an overview of FMLA’s provisions as well as information on the two most common questions that arise in our industry over FMLA rights.

National Energy Management Institute

A not-for-profit organization jointly funded and managed by SMACNA and SMART that provides valued education of emerging markets, new technology and advances in manufacturing and construction processes in the sheet metal industry. NEMI also provides supervisory level training for Testing Adjusting and Balancing (TAB), Fire Smoke Damper (FSD) testing, Smoke Control Systems (SCS) Testing, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), Sound and Vibration (SV) testing, and Mechanical Acceptance testing.

SMACNA Members Reach Out to Recruit Talent into Industry

From promoting careers on social media to holding open houses, SMACNA members are trying many different ways to attract people to a career in the HVAC and sheet metal industry.

Field Based Project Management - Closing the Gap Between the Office and Field

This full day program provides field personnel with comprehensive information on the project management process and equips them with the tools they need to improve profitability for each job. 

Trustee Resources

SMACNA offers educational opportunities to trustees of our industry’s trust funds. These resources focus on the basic trust fund and fiduciary principles identified by the Department of Labor (DOL) as being the most needed, as well as on new developments in the law and trends in controlling plan costs. 

Local Joint Adjustment Board Training

This training provides valuable instruction and training on how to conduct a Local Joint Adjustment Board hearing. The program is offered free of charge and is held at the end of the December council meeting when offered.

Summary of Revised Jurisdictional Plan

Contractor's signatory to more than one craft, may find themselves faced with a jurisdictional dispute between those trade unions. Contractors may choose to stipulate to the Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes, a jurisdictional dispute resolution procedure. Plan stipulation primarily benefits contractors who are signed to more than one trades' collective bargaining agreement.

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