Local 19 team creates SMART19 Portable Modular Air Pressurization Filter Box
What do you do when a historic pandemic forces the entire country to shut down? If you are a team of unionized sheet metal workers at Sheet Metal Workers Local…
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Davenberry named one of Engineered Systems Magazine’s 20 Women to Watch
Soph Davenberry, chief technology officer at National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC), was recently recognized as one of 20 Women to Watch by Engineered Systems Magazine. More than 75 women…
New Jersey’s Local 27 unveils new testing, adjusting, balancing lab
Members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 27 in central and southern New Jersey will now have access to their own testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) lab, the 23rd such lab…
Kimbel retires from ITI after 30 years of service
Judy Kimbel, longtime administrative assistant and “wearer of many hats” at the International Training Institute (ITI), announced her retirement, which was effective Feb. 1. Kimbel started her career in sheet…
TABB contractors on the front lines during COVID-19
Whether the general public realizes it or not, the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry has been center stage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB)-certified…
Active duty, veterans graduate from SMART Heroes 20th class
Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps to enter sheet metal apprenticeship Five active members of the United States military and three veterans graduated as the 20th class of the SMART Heroes program’s…
Caricato takes leadership role in architectural sheet metal training
San Diego resident named specialist, field representative for national organization FAIRFAX, Va. – Chris Caricato, training director for Sheet Metal Workers Local 206 in San Diego, recently joined the…
Certifying agency favorably positioned in third-party white paper
Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau only ANSI-accredited program in study FAIRFAX, Va. – The University of California, Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center released a study, “Testing, Adjusting and Balancing HVAC…
Simons joins national sheet metal organization as BIM specialist
Madison native takes leadership role with International Training Institute FAIRFAX, Va. – The International Training Institute (ITI), the education arm of the unionized sheet metal industry, has named Madison, Wisconsin,…
Tale of two cities: reopening sheet metal training centers in 2020
There are more than 140 union sheet metal training centers in the United States and Canada, and they vary in size — from city to rural, a few dozen apprentices…