SMACNews March/April 2022

Summer Camps Create Opportunities to Grow Construction Workforce

As the labor crisis looms, companies focus on building a new generation of industry leaders. 

May 9, 2022

Market Sectors

President's Column: A Workforce Shortage Solution

Our trade has a certain rhythm to it. From proposals to pipelines to projects, there is a routine that keeps our businesses humming.

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CEO Update: Building on SMACNA’s Strengths

It has been a very productive four months since I started in January as SMACNA’s CEO.

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Wisconsin Junior Hockey Team Honors Union Trades

Players learn important skills on and off the ice.

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Capitol Hill Update: SMACNA's Take on 2022 Funding Bill, Davis-Bacon Regulations, PLAs

As Congress has been working through its priorities and dealing with the ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, SMACNA has been active on the issues important to SMACNA contractors.  

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Don’t Ignore ACA Compliance Requirements

Following the Supreme Court’s June 2021 decision in California v. Texas, which rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), the often-debated statute has largely remained out of the news.

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Guarding Against Risk Through a Structured Client Selection Process

It has long been an axiom that more industry firms go bankrupt during expansionary periods than during recessionary ones and that firms are more likely to fail due to cash crises than profitability problems.

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2022 Brings New Compliance Challenges and Financial Strategies

As the construction industry focused heavily on pandemic-related changes over the past two years, other necessary changes were created or delayed.

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Welcome New SMACNA Members

Welcome New SMACNA Members 

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