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SMACNews March/April 2021

Volume 55, Number 2

New Technologies Promise Improved Safety and Efficiency

New Technologies Promise Improved Safety and Efficiency

By now, many of us have seen the videos on the internet of industrial robots traversing warehouse obstacle courses like contestants on American Ninja Warrior. 

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INDUSTRIAL: Putting on the Finishing Touch
INDUSTRIAL: Putting on the Finishing Touch
Capitol Hill Update: SMACNA Endorses Major School Construction and Retrofit Legislation
Capitol Hill Update: SMACNA Endorses Major School Construction and Retrofit Legislation
UV-C for HVAC Air and Surface Disinfection
UV-C for HVAC Air and Surface Disinfection
Deteriorating Backlogs: Responding to a New COVID-19 Reality
Deteriorating Backlogs: Responding to a New COVID-19 Reality

SMACNews Apr 30 2021

UV-C for HVAC Air and Surface Disinfection

Despite decades of research and thousands of applications in hospital emergency and operating rooms, urgent-care centers, universities, and first-responder locations, UV-C has not been widely leveraged. 


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Deteriorating Backlogs: Responding to a New COVID-19 Reality

When 2020 kicked off, the construction industry was flying high. With a steady flow of work and bidding opportunities, large infrastructure projects on the horizon and sureties offering a seemingly endless supply of bonding, most contractors were hitting all-time-high revenues and profits, with healthy backlogs to keep the momentum going.


SMACNews Apr 30 2021

The Bidding Hack: 5 Ways to Increase Your Bid Win Rate

The pandemic led to one of the most difficult years in memorable history for the construction industry — one in which specialty contractors were hit particularly hard. According to a recent report from Autodesk, project bidding dropped roughly 34% in the 60 days following March 19, 2020, the day the first U.S. stay-at-home orders were mandated.


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