SMACNA:SHEET METAL AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
SMACNA's mission is to provide products, services, and representation
to enhance members' businesses, markets, and profitability.
Located in headquarters outside Washington, D.C., the Sheet Metal
and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA),
an international association of union contractors, has 1,944 members
in 98 chapters throughout the United States, Canada, Australia
and Brazil.
Member Profile
SMACNA members perform work in industrial, commercial, institutional
and residential markets. They specialize in heating, ventilating
and air conditioning; architectural sheet metal; industrial sheet
metal; kitchen equipment; specialty stainless steel work; manufacturing;
siding and decking; testing and balancing; service; and energy
management and maintenance.
Technical Manuals and Standards
The voluntary technical standards and manuals developed by SMACNA
Contractors have found worldwide acceptance by the construction
community, as well as foreign government agencies. ANSI, the American
National Standards Institute, has accredited SMACNA as a standards-setting
organization. SMACNA does not seek to enforce its standards or
provide accreditation for compliance.
SMACNA standards and manuals address all facets of the sheet
metal industry, from duct construction and installation to air
pollution control, from energy recovery to roofing. SMACNA's Technical
Resources Department fields several thousand technical questions
annually from architects, engineers, manufacturers and government
personnel.
More than 17,000 orders for SMACNA technical manuals are processed
and shipped each year from SMACNA national headquarters. This
translates into sales of more than 50,000 technical manuals, generating
approximately $1 million in income for the association
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