“To infinity…and beyond!” The slogan of “Toy Story’s” space hero Buzz Lightyear could also serve as the motto for students attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University—because into the wild blue yonder is exactly where they’re planning to go. Here on the ground, SMACNA contractor McDonald Air and Sheet Metal Inc., Orlando, Fla., is enabling them to design, … Continue reading McDonald Air completes Embry-Riddle aviation complex so students can soar →

After a grain elevator exploded as a result of excessive build up in the dust collector–leaving truck-sized holes in each silo–Debruce Grain Elevator contracted Dean E. Norris Inc. of Wichita, Kansas, to create a better solution. The ductwork was shop-fabricated using G-90 galvanized 16 gage steel and welded and flanged in the shop. All welders … Continue reading Debruce Grain Elevator, Wichita, Kan. →

Sheet Metal Contractor: Construction Mechanical Systems Inc., Grapevine, Texas The system required the fabrication and installation of fiber glass reinforced plastic duct as well as galvanized and stainless steel duct. Structural steel supports were installed at the roof. The make-up air unit feeds air back into the system. The installation of two scrubbers and associated … Continue reading National Semiconductor, Arlington, Texas →

A project for Solar Turbines in San Diego required SMACNA contractor University Mechanical and Engineering Contractors, Inc. (UMEC), an EMCOR Company, of El Cajon, Calif., to do some seriously heavy lifting. The contractor custom fabricated and installed 84-inch diameter, 110-foot-long, 304 stainless steel ductwork to divert smoky exhaust emitted during liquid fuel turbine engine testing … Continue reading UMEC: Heavy weight contractor for Herculean task →

For Disney to clean lots of laundry, it needs Lapin Sheet Metal’s help What’s a tunnel washer? No, it’s not something you’d need to clean out New York City’s Lincoln Tunnel. It’s a huge tube through which a massive amount of laundry moves—getting clean in the process. Do you need one? Only if you have a … Continue reading For Disney to clean lots of laundry, it needs Lapin Sheet Metal’s help →

SMACNA contractor Lapin Sheet Metal Co. of Orlando, Fla., recently fabricated and installed 2,289 lineal feet of HVAC galvanized sheet metal ductwork in a new building for the Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. in Orlando. The pharmaceutical building is a large warehouse used to store medical respiratory medications, which are then shipped to hospitals and pharmacies throughout … Continue reading Lapin Sheet Metal helps construct pharmaceutical structure “from the inside out” →

Cut natural gas consumption by 95% When Cleveland’s Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District recently constructed a new $170 million energy treatment center, they called upon SMACNA contractor Duct Fabricators to provide the new facility with its extensive air-handling systems. They had a big job to do. Duct Fabricators Inc. of Cleveland took on the $3.9 million … Continue reading SMACNA contractor helps Cleveland plant go clean and green →

With welding done from a basket perched high on the largest crane in Wisconsin, Tweet-Garot Mechanical Inc. of Green Bay, Wis. recently installed the top 40 feet of a coal-fired boiler stack for the Green Bay Packaging paper mill. At times the work must have seemed like a high-wire balancing act because of the towering … Continue reading Chimney Project Stretches Contractor’s Work To New Heights →

SMACNA Cleveland’s Duct Fabricators Inc., based in Cleveland, Ohio, is helping keep roughly 4 billion gallons of untreated waste out of Lake Erie every year with its work on the $73 million Easterly Tunnel Dewatering Pump Station (ETDPS) project, one of the largest combined sewer pump station projects in the United States. Built around the … Continue reading Duct Fabricators helps clean up Lake Erie by going underground →