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Copper Prices Just Fell Sharply, But Don't Call It Relief Just Yet (opens the original)
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America's supply problem keeps appearing in the materials needed to build and equip its economy. Copper is one of the clearest examples. It runs through electrical systems, HVAC equipment, factories, power infrastructure and data centers, and its cost has risen sharply for the contractors and manufacturers that depend on it. Copper wire and cable prices increased 4.2% in August alone, 27.2% over the past year and 104.9% since 2020. Yet copper prices dropped sharply this week as the Trump adminis
The Innovation That Built Cleats Manufacturing (opens the original)
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There comes a point when you can walk away. You can sell the company, take the money and sit on a beach somewhere. After decades of early mornings, payrolls, equipment purchases and customer emergencies, nobody would blame you. Instead, every morning when he backs out of his driveway, he sees a plaque honoring his father. He points toward it and makes the old man a promise. “I'm gonna be better than you today, Dad.” Then comes the admission: “I never will be, but I never stop trying.” His father
How HVACR’s First Computer Revolution Foreshadowed the Age of AI (opens the original)
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In the fall of 1986, The ACHR NEWS ran an editorial that would sound oddly familiar to anyone watching the current debate about artificial intelligence. The question then wasn’t “Should contractors use AI?” but something much more basic: “Do contractors even need computers?” Back then, computers were still exotic machines – hulking, climate-controlled beasts attended by engineers wielding stacks of punched cards. One major mechanical contractor told The ACHR NEWS there were “only two contractors
U.S.-Canada Trade War Escalates as 50% Tariffs Take Effect (opens the original)
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The phrase “trade war” may sound newly dramatic coming from Canadian leaders this week, but for the sheet metal industry, it is old news. As early as spring 2025, the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) was warning that a “tariff-led trade war” was upending construction markets, driving immediate price spikes, and creating deep investment uncertainty. “The timing of the tariff-led trade war is particularly problematic,” SMACNA’s Stan Kolbe wrote at the tim
The 1980s: The Decade That Changed HVACR Forever (opens the original)
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If someone asked when modern HVACR truly began, many would probably point to today's era of artificial intelligence, connected equipment, and electrification. But the foundations for nearly every one of those technologies were laid more than 40 years ago. The 1980s transformed HVACR from a largely mechanical trade into an increasingly digital, energy-conscious industry. Computers entered the fabrication shop. Electronic controls began replacing mechanical systems. Environmental regulations resha
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