Let the Force Inspire

January 26, 2024

By Jessica Kirby • Photos by Colin Nam Five apprentices at the Sheet Metal Workers’ Training Centre (SMWTC)  have mastered the Forces of creativity, problem-solving, and hard work by creating a life-size, working R2D2 model—complete […]

Expanding the Workforce

December 8, 2023

Local 280 has doubled the number of women in their program—how more inclusive optics are growing the construction workforce in BC By / Jessica Kirby In 2019, then-president of SMART International Joseph Sellers put out […]

Prompt Payment in BC and Beyond

December 8, 2023

More than 30 BC construction associations, SMACNA-BC among them, sign letter of support for prompt payment legislation Edited by Jessica Kirby with notes from Daniel Thompson and Ian Breneman | Alexander Holburn + BC Construction […]

Is 2024 Your Year for a Heavy Metal Summer

December 8, 2023

The Heavy Metal Summer camp is a game-changer for raising youth awareness of the trades By Jessica Kirby + Natalie Bruckner • Photos courtesy of Western Allied Mechanical We know two things: the construction industry […]

Well, That Was Fast

December 8, 2023

By Jessica Kirby, Editor It seems like just yesterday I was reading the results of the 2023 Sheet Metal Journal Industry Survey and sketching out my notes for the first issue of the year.  (Fun […]

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