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Business/Project Management

SMACNA develops publications, surveys and educational programs to keep SMACNA managers abreast of the best business practices that can be used for running a sheet metal and air conditioning contracting business. National and local seminars, publications, and self-study and distance-learning programs are available to SMACNA firm principals, senior managers, supervisors and foremen on financial management, project management, managing a sheet metal contracting business, and issues impacting the changing marketplace. Survey results on financial and computer information and practices in the industry are also available.

• SMACNA Reference Manual for Labor Units for Sheet Metal and HVAC
  This newly updated product provides a source of the labor units data required to fabricate and install HVAC materials and equipment. Duct materials of all common types are covered separately for fabrication and installation rates by lbs/hr or hour per piece; fittings and accessories are listed separately, as are reinforcements, tie rods and hangers. Lists the national average amount of man-hours required to fabricate or install a given quantity of each item under typically normal conditions on typically normal projects. An electronic spreadsheet calculates and adjusts the data for specific project types and unique site characteristics that result in projects that are not considered normal. Tables are based on surveys of active sheet metal and air conditioning contractors in the U.S. and Canada, including actual data from numerous projects, along with U.S. government statistics and scholarly reports and journals. The document provides links to a variety of industry reports and studies on site and project conditions.

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• 2010 Financial Survey
  SMACNA members' participation is needed for the 2010 SMACNA Financial Survey. Many SMACNA contractors count on SMACNA's Financial Survey Report's invaluable data to help them prepare budgets, financial reports and strategic plans; plus set benchmarks and justify financial figures to their customers, lenders, and sureties. All information is collected and reported in strictest confidence by Moss-Adams LLP, certified public accountants contracted by SMACNA to manage this member service
• 2008 SMACNA Business Management Graduate II Program - This 2½ day program is designed for graduates of SMACNA’s Business Management University or for those who have 10 years of construction management and/or education experience. The program covers in-depth financial management issues, how to interpret financial statements, how to calculate financial ratios, working with credit, developing cash flow projections, understanding equipment acquisition and leasing, and using financial information for strategic and business planning.
• 2008 SMACNA Business Management University - The Business Management University is a 3½ day program designed specifically for future managers and owners of SMACNA member companies. This program gives participants the opportunity to network with peers while learning critical skills such as financial management, strategic planning, contractor survival skills, negotiation, surety and bonding, leadership and productivity.
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• Project and Subcontractor Management Bulletin
• SMACNA Guide to Cost Recovery for Sheet Metal and HVAC Equipment – This guide is a comprehensive, current guide to cost recovery for owned equipment. The rates in this manual are intended as guidelines paralleling amounts an equipment owner should charge during rental or contractual periods to recover equipment-related costs on single-shift basis. The following pdf document will connect you to the SMACNA Guide to Cost Recovery and the excel document will connect you to the Rates Spreadsheet.
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• Scope of Work Checklist
• Supervisors' Log Book - Daily/Weekly Project Report