A modern airtight home needs mechanical ventilation. Homes are no longer built to leak heat and moisture; we now build them as tight as we can. This makes mechanical ventilation essential in a high performance home. In residential […]
These days, all the cool kids are green, and by green I mean environmentally focused, willing to innovate, and striving towards sustainability. At this stage of the game, the added cost of materials and practices that give a […]
Contractors express concern over NEBC 2015 changes by / Jessica Kirby LAST YEAR marked the implementation of changes to the National Energy Code for Buildings (2015) that called for increases in insulation thickness on duct and piping […]
Jud Martell likes to tell people they’ve just built a threestorey jungle gym at the Sheet Metal Workers Training Centre in Surrey, BC. He’s talking about an installation mockup that instructors can custom configure to give students hands-on learning experience […]
Sheet Metal Training Centre Completes Installation Mockup Energy Code Dilemma Everyone wants to go greener—but at what cost? Retention Rigour Be present and open to criticism if you want to keep your workforce. Minding Microbes […]
THE NOTION THAT AN ESTIMATE can never be perfect is what separates the schools of estimation and accounting. Estimating and the costs associated with the final quote result from making judgments based on past experience, […]
Northwest Sheet Metal has a new, 27,000-square-foot home in Surrey, opening up a larger space, more efficient operations, and new opportunities. Part owner and operations manager Bernie Antchak said the old facility was one-third the […]
In February 2015, Airtek broke Ground on a multimillion dollar project in Coldstream, BC. Eight months to completion, the project would draw on Airtek’s 140 years of sheet metal trade experience to successfully complete and […]
Welcome to one of the year’s most incredible weekends of opportunity, networking, and adventure: the 47th Annual SMACNA-BC AGM and Convention. Without a doubt, SMACNA-BC will deliver an engaging, exciting weekend of networking, social opportunities, […]
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