Industry Resources

SMACNA Greater Chicago is one of the largest and most influential sheet metal contracting organizations in the country.

Our contractors benefit from the legislative efforts, educational seminars and labor-management initiatives set forth by SMACNA Greater Chicago. These initiatives help improve member businesses and elevate the entire sheet metal industry. SMACNA Greater Chicago provides its member contractors with the resources necessary to lead the sheet metal industry into the future. View the documents and links below that keep you informed on local and national issues happening within the sheet metal industry.

Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association

Located in headquarters outside Washington, D.C., the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA), an international association of union contractors, has 1,834 members in 103 chapters throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Brazil.

SMACNA

Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation

SMART, International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, is one of America’s most dynamic and diverse unions with 216,000 members.

SMART SMART Local 73 SMART Local 265

International Training Institute for the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Industry

The ITI is jointly sponsored by SMART and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association.

Sheet Metal ITI

Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau

See resources for certified professionals in the HVAC industry. Discover why SMACNA endorces only ICB and TABB certified professionals.

TABB

The National Energy Management Institute

The National Energy Management Institute is a not-for-profit organization jointly funded and managed by SMACNA and SMART.

NEMI

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA is part of the United States Department of Labor. The administrator for OSHA is the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. OSHA's administrator answers to the Secretary of Labor, who is a member of the cabinet of the President of the United States.

OSHA

U.S. Small Business Administration

The U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.

SBA

U.S. Social Security Administration

While you work, you pay Social Security taxes. This tax money goes into a trust fund that pays benefits to those who are currently retired, to people with disabilities, and to the surviving spouses and children of workers who have died. Each year you work, you’ll get credits to help you become eligible for benefits when it’s time for you to retire.

U.S. Social Security Administration