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Scott Mosher, advisor with RBC Dominion Securities, presented a Financial Basics workshop to the SMACNA-BC membership at a dinner meeting in November. By Jessica Kirby As business owners, we often look to the future and […]
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SMACNA-BC Navigates a Changing Landscape
By / Jeremy Hallman • Executive Director, SMACNA-BC Our industry continues to face a rapidly evolving landscape as we start 2025. Just as I started to think we could pull off a “soft landing” and […]
Addiction in Construction: The Culture of Recovery
In Canada, men experience the highest rates of opioid overdoses, and trades workers are more impacted by substance use and addiction than other fields of work. Trades work is physically demanding and stressful. Its culture […]
Building Smarter: What Construction Can Learn from Manufacturing
By Dave Halabourda, Project Manager and Project Optimization Specialist at Apollo Sheet Metal When it comes to inefficiency, construction is in a league of its own. Cost overruns, delays, and material waste are so common they’re […]
Changing of the Guard
A look back at the Sheet Metal Industry Training Board as legacy member Aaron Smith steps down after 24 years of service. By Jessica Kirby Aaron Smith started as a member of the Sheet Metal […]