PRESIDENT’ S MESSAGE
Sheet Metal Contractors Association of Alberta
Making Our Industry Better
Gary Bianchini, Provincial President, SMCAA
As president of the Sheet Metal Contractors Association of Alberta, I am delighted to introduce our Sheet Metal Works magazine to you. Our new publication will be a wonderful source of information to all participants in the HVAC industry in Alberta. To support SMCAA’ s mission of supporting our contractor, supplier and manufacturer members, this publication will report on the challenges facing our industry today and focus on the needs of our members in the future.
We will provide a feature story on our scholarship program for apprentices of our member companies, as well as comments from many of our grateful recipients. Additionally, we will update the membership with news about our involvement with the Alberta Trade Contractor’ s Coalition( ATCC) and the work we are doing to pass prompt payment legislation. We will also provide news from related industry associations like Alberta’ s construction and contractor’ s associations, safety councils and apprenticeship committees. SMCAA is very excited to report our recent move towards developing representation for an HVAC Technical Council on the Building Technical Council. In our committee news updates, members will be informed of our Sheet Metal Showcases with CAREERS: The Next Generation in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer for students and parents promoting careers in the HVAC industry. Further information regarding the educational seminars we offer each year through SMACNA will be listed as well. Networking is such an important part of industry, so we provide a calendar of upcoming social events for members.
I believe that Sheet Metal Works will serve as an excellent vehicle to further our mandate to inform, build, support, promote and educate Alberta’ ssheet metal and HVAC industry. Together, let’ s make our industry better!
Gary Bianchini President, SMCAA ❖
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