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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.

Tracy Marcinowski

As the Assistant Commissioner for Acquisitions at the General Service’s Administration, Public Building Service, Ms. Marcinowski is responsible for the Service’s acquisition environment, including policy development, acquisition reform initiatives; category management; and Acquisition Workforce development and career management.

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.

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.

Product Show

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.

Aaron Hilger, CEO

Aaron Hilger, SMACNA’s Chief Executive Officer, is a veteran association executive with two decades of experience as a coalition builder within the trades. As SMACNA’s CEO, Aaron is responsible for several aspects of the Association, including vision-casting, thought leadership, and advocacy. During Hilger’s term as CEO, SMACNA has embraced a member-centric approach focused on technological innovation, actively engaging in the regulatory and legislative process, and cultivating a strong partnership within the labor/management framework. In all of these capacities, Aaron remains committed to promoting the welfare of SMACNA members and the skilled trades as a whole.

Effective Project Teams

Speaker: Andy Patron

This session of Effective Project Teams will help you understand how to build better teams and improve team performance. You will learn how to improve your team’s performance by learning how to have timely, “tough” conversations and deliver effective performance feedback. You will also understand how to enhance field communications and improve subcontractor and supplier relationships so that your field teams can deliver better results.

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.

Webinar: Seven Steps to Better Procurement

SMACNA Past President, Angie Simon joins Maria Davidson, Founder & CEO of SMACNA Silver Associate Member company Kojo for a free webinar that identifies a best-in-class procurement process.

Sharpen Your Bargaining Skills

Attend the Collective Bargaining Orientation so you can enhance your skill set and be prepared for your next round of negotiations

Field Based Project Management

Speaker: Kevin Dougherty 

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. 

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.

Sean McGarvey

Sean McGarvey started his building trades career with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) in 1981 in Philadelphia. He subsequently worked his way up through various IUPAT leadership positions. In 2005, Sean was elected Secretary-Treasurer of NABTU, and in 2012, he was unanimously elected to NABTU’s office of president. Sean is a respected union construction thought leader among labor, government, corporate, and private sectors. He has dedicated his life to improving the economic security and career opportunities of current and future construction workers and their families, and his fervent commitment has strengthened NABTU’s impact and value to owners, contractors and whole communities.

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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.

Benefit Funds

An overview and resources related to the  Pension Protection Act; the Affordable Care Act on multiemployer trust funds;  guidance on  withdrawal liability; and information on national sheet metal plans such as the Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund and SASMI.

New CRM System Benefits

SMACNA's new association membership system will offer a range of benefits for both members and staff. 

Round Industrial Duct Construction App

This app allows you to create solutions using the methods and formulas covered in SMACNA’s Round Industrial Duct Construction Standards Manual.

Eli Howard

This fast paced presentation will cover SMACNA’s Technical Services Standards, Manuals & Guidelines Collection of newly revised documents and further research & products for the Sheet Metal Industry. SMACNA’s Technical Staff will also cover the key issues emerging in today’s market for the HVAC & Architectural industry.

Five Steps to Maximizing Return on Investment

Speaker: Bob Langdon

In this program, Bob Langdon, author of Managing Your Business for Profit, will show you how to calculate return on investment for a closely held business and a five step process for improving yours. You will learn how to simultaneously improve profit, cash flow and return on investment. 

Regulatory

The rules, policies and regulations enacting a law often have a tremendous impact on how a company conducts business. Regulatory lobbying is narrowly focused on these specific rules, rather than broader issues. Running afoul of governmental policies can result in significant financial penalties and business disruption. It is crucial to express concerns about potential adverse consequences of regulatory (or deregulatory) actions before rules are finalized in order to limit or expand the scope of a statute.

Josh Levy

Jason Watson

Jason Watson is the Executive Director of Labor Relations for the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA).  Mr. Watson has more than two decades of experience working with labor unions. 

Local Area Building Trades Agreements

SMACNA maintains electronic copies of local building trades collective bargaining agreements for review by SMACNA chapters and members.

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Video: Learn More About the Prior Approval Process

Video tutorial designed to educate SMACNA members on how to complete the process of allowing SMAC PAC to engage them on political activities.

FT-X™ EdgeCore™ Sets the Standard for ANSI Class 2 SRLs

The FallTech® FT-X EdgeCore utilizes proven engineering and a weight-saving lifeline for a versatile and comfortable SRD.

Easier Communication with 360° Reality Capture

Construction technology has dramatically improved the way builders communicate, both internally and externally. Learn more about proven benefits to adopting tools, such as 360° reality capture.

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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.

Our 2024 Priorities and Objectives

Our extremely active and highly engaged contractor and chapter executive lobbying team has hosted and co-hosted more SMAC PAC events and SMACNA efforts targeting our priorities in 2023 than at any time.

Steve Taylor

As the principal of Taylor Engineering located in Alameda, CA, Steve Taylor is a registered mechanical engineer specializing in HVAC system design, control system design, indoor air quality engineering, computerized building energy analysis, and HVAC system commissioning. 

Capitol Hill Update: Legislation to Watch in the 116th Congress

With the 116th Congress convening in early January, several unfinished legislative priorities for SMACNA firms remain on the agenda. Each of the issues has bipartisan support, which is key with congressional control being split between parties.

Marketing Resource Center

The Marketing Resource Center provides chapter executives with the most recent and approved marketing and collateral material. Available materials all have customization options, so they can be branded with Chapter information and logos, while still retaining the SMACNA National brand identity.

NMA Grievance Procedure for Offsite Fabrication

The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) advised its local unions that off‐site fabrication for National Maintenance Agreement (NMA) jobs is not subject to the NMA grievance procedures. SMACNA agrees with SMART’s analysis of this issue. 

Field Effectiveness

Speaker: Andy Patron

EVERLOCK - Rossi's Patented Locking Regulator

Watch this video where Tony from Rossi demonstrates all the reasons why the EVERLOCK - their patented positive locking regulator - is disrupting the damper hardware industry and how it’s such an improvement over the old wingnut-style regulators.

Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust

Serving the members of SMART and the contractors of SMACNA, SMOHIT addresses the impact of decades-long asbestos exposure on those working in the sheet metal industry, while simultaneously providing industry-leading health and safety solutions to minimize occupational illnesses and injuries for sheet metal craftsmen. SMOHIT is the industry’s leading resource for health and safety products and services.

Innovation within HVAC Press Tools

M18™ FORCE LOGIC™ Press Tool Kit w/ ONE-KEY™ with 1/4"-7/8" Streamline™ ACR Jaws by Milwaukee Tool changes the game in refrigerant line installations, offering a flame-free, efficient alternative to traditional brazing.  

Sponsorships

MEP Innovation Conference 2022 SMACNA Registration

Lauren Wattie

Mental Health & Substance Abuse

SMACNA has published a list of articles and resources on mental health, suicide, and drugs and alcohol prevention. Have a resource to add? Email Justin Crandol, SMACNA's Director of Safety.

From Hello to Sold in Seven Steps

Speaker: Bob Langdon

In this program, Bob Langdon, author of Managing Your Business for Profit, will show you simple techniques to help you identify your most profitable customers and proven methods to help you generate more business from them.

RESIDENTIAL: Bringing Fresh Air to a Glass Tower

Geauga Mechanical brings its multi-family residential experience to its tallest, largest project — Cleveland’s Lumen.

Laura O'Neill

Laura O'Neill, Director of Public Engagement for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Prior to that she spent 20 months on the Biden campaign serving in a variety of roles.