This Labor Day, Carhartt and Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation are taking a page out of the band's playbook to recruit a new generation of people to the skilled trades as the U.S. faces a labor shortage, especially in live events.

The award recognizes field and manufacturing partners that have consistently operated at world-class levels, as determined by the home builder’s supplier evaluation platform.

The partnership promises to ease the skilled-trades labor-shortage gap by instantly providing education, coaching, documents, and technical manuals directly to field service technicians through XOi's Vision app.

The deadline for sponsorship registration is Sept. 17, and the deadline for fishing teams registration is Sept. 27.

The company will give away $5,000 to a local school program through its Caring Community Giveaway.

Trey Cook has been promoted to CEO and president, and Ryan Loving has been promoted to chief financial officer and president.

Taking place Tuesday, Sept. 21, the event will include a pipe-cutting ceremony, food, music, raffles, and more.

This newest edition explores how heat exchangers are used and applied in heating, cooling and plumbing applications.

The acquisition will expand residential and commercial single-room AC solutions.

The new series of training programs were announced as a result of high-demand for its industry-leading A. O. Smith University educational sessions.