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Webinars

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EDGE Sessions
- SMACNA’s System Air Leakage Test Standard: Aspects to Testing an Entire HVAC System
  This session covered SMACNA’s newest standard, the System Air Leakage Test Standard (SALT) and gave a brief history of how and why testing ductwork and the system has changed over time. More
- How HVAC Systems Impact COVID-19 Transmission Based on Scientific Evidence
  This session outlined some of the latest research related to how HVAC systems can and should be modified to reduce the probability of COVID-19 transmission. More
- Advanced Enterprise Budgeting and Forecasting
  Today, more than ever, Chief Financial Officers need to increase their sophistication in linking business strategy to budgeting and forecasting. This presentation will help you gain a better understanding of the bottom up approach to budgeting using marginal contribution and return on equity principles. More
- Best Practices for the Successful Development & Transition of Field Leaders
  This session reviewed the recent New Horizons Foundation study that establishes the best methods to accelerate the growth of incoming field leaders. More
- Change Order Management for Field Supervisors – It Takes Teamwork
  Effective change order management can dramatically reduce a subcontractor’s risk and increase profitability. This interactive session explored the change order process from a subcontractor’s viewpoint and reviewed the proper workflow necessary to ensure success. More
- Turning Field Obstacles into Opportunities
  Supervisors and field leaders are constantly faced with field obstacles that prevent them from being successful and profitable. This session offered extremely valuable insights to help you work towards mitigating, and eventually, eliminating these challenges. More
- Effectively Supporting the Field: A Self-Assessment
  This session featured the most common project management limitations and reviewed meaningful solutions that will improve the way you prepare and support your field staff. More
- Driving Project Success in A Remote Working Environment
  The “new normal” of remote work has changed the climate of how projects are managed. This presentation featured innovative strategies designed to increase productivity in a remote working environment. More
- Strategic Selling: A Systematic Approach to Winning Work in Complex, Competitive Environments
  In this session, Anderton helps you craft strategic approaches to bid specific work opportunities that will increase the likelihood of your company being selected to build the project. More
- Apps for Construction - The Five Workflows to Digitize for Your Construction Company
  In this session, industry expert Rob McKinney shared his years of experience researching, selecting and implementing mobile technology on construction projects. Learn about the latest options available for mobile apps and how to make them work with your company’s current processes, budget and workflows. More
COVID-19
- NHF Webcast: Pandemics and Productivity
  This webcast breaks down the New Horizons Foundation report on Pandemics and Productivity in easy-to-understand pieces and explains how contractors can use the findings.
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- $2T Emergency Relief Bill Briefing
  On Friday, March 27, 2020, SMACNA held a Webcast Briefing for more than 500 members and chapter executives. The presentation reviewed the $2.2 trillion relief bill as well as other measures including Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
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- COVID-19 Special Webcast: Cybersecurity for a Remote Workforce
  COVID-19 has forced most companies to adjust their remote work policies and reexamine their readiness against potential cybersecurity threats and breaches. Host Nick Espinosa explores a wide spectrum of topics, including threats facing contractors as they shift part or all of their staffs to remote working status, as well as trusted cybersecurity services available for businesses. (Members Only)
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- COVID-19 Special Webcast: Staying Calm and Seizing Opportunities
  
  Recognizing that strong, steady leadership in a time of crisis is an essential skill, SMACNA partnered with Eric Anderton, a trusted construction-industry expert and business partner to host a webcast on how you can rise to the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic and seize available growth opportunities. (Members Only)
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Federal Contracting
- Federal Procurement Overview
  
  The first webinar on the subject of contracting with the Federal Government explains what many other contractors have already discovered — how easy and profitable working for the Federal Government can be for your business. More
- T eaming and Joint Venturing and COVID-19 in Federal Contracting
  
  The second webinar in our five-part series focused on the use of teaming and joint venturing as a strategy to secure government work. More.
- Federal Contracting for Small Businesses
  
  This session reviewed how your company can take advantage of the opportunities available through new and existing Federal Government spending programs. More
Business Management
- Kick-Off Meetings with Impact
  
  Kick-off Meetings with Impact is designed to help SMACNA Contractors and their production teams take charge of new projects and determine the most profitable way to proceed.
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- Contractor Compensation and Rewards Overview
  
  Creating the right compensation plan can be a powerful weapon in the war for attracting and retaining talent. The goals of any incentive compensation plan should be to attract new talent, retain your current team members and reward people for superior performance.
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- SMACNA BIM Webinar Series
  
  This two-part SMACNA BIM webinar series will explore how technology has bridged the gaps between design, fabrication and construction to enable a fully efficient and compliant MEP BIM workflow.
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- The Long Road to Recovery
  
  The “Long Road to Recovery” is a crucial and timely message to SMACNA contractors. With new research, Dr. Schleifer will discuss the current industry analyses and market projections for the coming year.
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- Improving Project Productivity – Communication is the Key
  
  What are the practical tools and methods successful contractors employ to increase project productivity? Short interval planning, scheduling and effective turn-over meetings all require a focused buy-in from the field.
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- A Three Part Webinar Series: Advanced BIM
  
  The Advanced BIM webinars (series of three) include 1) Setting up Navisworks Files & Working with Clash Reports; 2) Communication & Meetings; and 3) Documentation and “Taking the Model to the Field”. Advanced Navisworks is designed specifically for SMACNA members eager to learn the essential concepts of 3D Clash Detection and MEP Coordination.
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- The Real Costs of Running a Sheet Metal Business: A Two Part Webinar Series
  
  Learn what it takes to make a project profitable and how every step can make a difference! This webinar series has been developed to explore the true cost of doing business while remaining cost-conscious and competitive.
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- Missing a Piece of Your HVAC Puzzle? Differentiate Your HVAC Service Offerings with Energy Assessments!
  
  Participants will learn the best practices on how to incorporate Energy Assessments into Planned Maintenance Agreements (PMAs). This webinar will address: • What is an Energy Assessment? • Differentiating your PMA offerings using Energy Assessments • and more
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- Time Management: Turning Today’s Rat Race into a Productive Workplace
  
  Does it seem like there is more to do with not enough time? Everyone and everything demanding your attention, i.e., Facebook, e-mail, phones, colleagues? In today’s world, with new technologies and social media, most of us are asked to get more done in less time.
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- Take Control of Your Financial Health [FREE]
  
  Free webinar. PDF included.
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- Surviving the Recession, Managing Through Uncertainty
  
  Learn more about today’s recession and how to survive this serious market downturn from a leading industry authority. As the recession continues, construction management expert Tom Schleifer will inform you how additional research is providing important data about strategies to survive and prosper.
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- Exit and Succession Strategies for HVAC/Sheet Metal Contractors
  
  This webinar based on the New Horizons Foundation research project Exit Strategies for HVAC/Sheet Metal Contractors, Strategies for Equity and Ownership Transfer describes the various equity transfer planning alternatives including employee and family buyouts, ESOPs, and third-party sales to a strategic or financial (private equity) buyer.
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- Mentoring and Coaching Practices: Developing the Next Generation
  
  This webinar, based on the New Horizons Foundation research project Mentoring and Coaching Practices: Developing the Next Generation will cover the reasons for and benefits of developing mentoring and coaching programs.
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- LEED Version 3
  
  This webinar begins with a brief overview and function of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).
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- Lean Works in the Service Contracting World
  
  Even in today’s harsh economy HVAC Service Contracting work is still happening - but with greater competition! How do you stay ahead of the competition? By applying Lean principles and practices.
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- SMACNA Reference Manual for Labor Units
  
  Throw away your crystal ball – SMACNA’s "Reference Manual for Labor Units" can predict your true production costs and improve your production process to boot.
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- Weathering the Storm: Strategies for Navigating a Turbulent Market
  
  In crisis there is opportunity. Now is not the time to panic. Now is the time to take advantage of the opportunity you have to refine your business model and your business.
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- Building Information Modeling - The Key to Unlocking Your Future
  
  Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a facility. A basic premise of BIM is collaboration by different stakeholders at different phases of the life cycle of a facility to insert, extract, update or modify the model to support and reflect the roles of that stakeholder.
Labor Relations
- CLRC Employment Share Study: What the Numbers Really Mean
  
  Carey L. Peters, Ph.D., the executive director of the Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) will present a 90-minute webinar detailing how employment share is calculated for SMACNA’s 2011 Employment Share study.
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- Everything You Need to Know Before an NJAB Appearance
  
  Nobody wants to appear before the NJAB. However, if you do have to appear, how you prepare and present your case can make a real difference to its outcome.
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- Specialty Addendums and Market Recovery Under SFUA Article X, Section 10
  
  Carefully crafted and targeted specialty addendums can go a long way in allowing sheet metal contractors to retain and even regain market share. However reaching an agreement with your union counterpart on what should be included in a specialty addendum can be challenging.
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- Health Care Reform – What Bargainers and Trustees Need to Know Before Negotiating a New CBA
  
  The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (collectively “Health Care Reform”) has serious implications for our local health and welfare plans.
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- Collective Bargaining in Hard Times
  
  In these hard economic times it’s challenging to maintain a good working relationship with the union and negotiate a competitive contract renewal. If you are to have a chance, you must utilize strategic business thinking, creativity and effective communication across the table.
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- SMACNA Webinar to Address Member Inquiries on Multi-Employer Pension Plans, including the NPF
  
  Recent announcements regarding changes to the National Pension Fund (NPF) Alternative Schedule have stimulated discussion and generated numerous questions from SMACNA members regarding the NPF and local multi-employer pension funds.
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- Collective Bargaining During Tough Economic Times
  
  Bargaining a labor agreement in the current economic climate will be challenging. Bargaining will require more strategic business thinking, creativity and effective communication across the table than ever before.
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- The SMWIA's New Code of Excellence: What ALL Contractors Need to Know
  
  The Sheet Metal Workers' International Association has announced that it will begin to promote its newly enacted Code of Excellence program to SMWIA Local Unions in January of 2009.
Safety and Health Information
- Sheet Metal Industry Health Hazards
  
  It is easy to focus a safety program on obvious safety hazards but too often the “health” side of safety and health is ignored due to the “hidden illnesses” they cause such as hearing loss and illnesses related to chemical over-exposures.
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- OSHA - What Supervisors Need to Know
  
  The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the regulatory agency enforcing the occupational safety and health law in the United States. An effective supervisor needs to know the basics of how OSHA operates in order to protect the company from fines and citations related to a safety and health program.
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- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  
  Personal protective equipment (PPE) is often ignored or used improperly. Attendees will learn how to conduct the OSHA-required PPE assessment in shop settings, and how that assessment tool can be used on the construction jobsite.
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- Fall Protection II - Advanced Issues and Personal Fall Prevention / Arrest Equipment
  
  The equipment used in fall prevention and protection can be complicated and expensive. This session will provide some ideas on how supervisors can utilize this equipment more effectively including the importance of pre-use inspections.
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- Fall Protection I - Basics and Common Equipment/Issues such as Ladders, Floor Holes and Skylights
  
  Falls are a leading cause of serious injuries and death in many industries. This session will focus on the basic issues related to falls including the difference between fall prevention and fall protection, essentials of ladder safety, and other related issues.
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- Safety Pre-planning and the Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) Process
  
  This webinar will help supervisors understand the significance of pre-planning for safety and health issues at the early stages of a project including an overview of ANSI A10.1, a consensus standard that provides helpful information regarding how to plan for project safety and health issues.
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- OSHA Recordkeeping and OSHA Incidence Rates
  
  This webinar will provide an overview of the OSHA recordkeeping process including the most common injuries in the sheet metal industry and some of the difficulties in determining injury “work relatedness” which triggers recording of the injury.
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- Training Supervisors to be Safety Coaches
  
  Supervisors are the “front-line” decision makers in a unique position to facilitate safety excellence in all operations. During this webinar, attendees will hear from renowned safety professional Terry Mathis.
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- Understanding OSHA's New Crane and Derrick Standard
  
  Don’t let OSHA’s new Crane and Derrick Standard lower the boom on your organization! Effective November 8, 2010, the new standard sets qualification and training requirements for signal persons and riggers, certification requirements for crane operators, and compliance dates for contractors.
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- The Before and After of Workplace Injury - Safety Best Practices Webinar [FREE]
  
  Free webinar Speakers: Nathan M. Brimhall, Safety Director Phil Lemons, Safety Coordinator
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- How to Prepare For OSHA Inspections
  
  The new Federal administration including new leadership at the Department of Labor and OSHA have announced increased focus and funding for inspections and enforcement of safety and health standards.
Technical Information
- NEMI presents: HVAC Fire Life Safety Certification webinar
  
  SMACNA and the National Energy Management Institute (NEMI) are presenting a webinar on the NEMI HVAC Fire Life Safety certifications exclusively for SMACNA members only on Jan. 26 at 11:00 a.m. (EST).
- HVAC Duct Construction Standards 103 - Round and Oval Duct, Hangers, and Casing Construction
  
  Event Objectives Gain solid understanding of how to construct duct in a resource efficient and sustainable manner that is compliant with SMACNA’s HVAC Duct Construction Standard. This is the final session in a three part series.
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- HVAC Duct Construction Standards 102 - Rectangular Duct Tie Rods, New Tables (TDC/TDF), and Rectangular Duct Over 120'
  
  Event Objectives Gain solid understanding of how to construct duct in a resource efficient and sustainable manner that is compliant with SMACNA’s HVAC Duct Construction Standard. This is the second session in a three part series.
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- HVAC Duct Construction Standards 101 - Rectangular Duct External Reinforcement
  
  This presentation will cover the following (with respect to rectangular duct): - Basic definitions used to properly describe rectangular duct - Limits and proper application of various joints and seams - Use of the manual to determine proper construction options - and more
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- SMACNA Fire, Smoke & Radiation Damper
  
  Session highlights the considerations in specifying and installing fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and ceiling dampers in HVAC systems.
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- SMACNA Seismic Restraint Manual - Webinar
  
  Session highlights the SMACNA Seismic Restraint Manual – Guidelines For Mechanical Systems 3rd Edition (ANSI) means and methods for seismically bracing ducts and pipes to meet the requirements of the regionally appropriate seismic hazard levels so that ducts/pipes are more likely to maintain their integrity and remain attached to the building’s structure during a seismic event.
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- HVAC Air Duct Leakage
  
  This webinar presentation on duct air leakage will define what duct air leakage is and how it relates to equipment air leakage, accessory air leakage, and HVAC system air leakage.
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- HVAC Duct Construction Standards
  
  This webinar will demonstrate how to use SMACNA's Third Edition of the HVAC Duct Construction Standards to determine the proper range of construction options of rectangular duct used in today's commercial market.

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