The McNeeley View: As we self-perceived small guys whine about competing for talent, let’s pause the pity party for a moment. 

No one knows when the war with Iran will end or what the outcome may be. As of this writing, President Donald Trump has paused a massive military strike against Iran in response to requests from several Persian Gulf states.

In the trades, strength, reliability and hard work are valued traits. But mental health is just as important as physical health. Work demands, family responsibilities, financial pressures and everyday stress can all affect mental well-being.

In the trades, most owners learn a simple lesson early: Good work gets rewarded with more work. You start out in the field. You solve problems. Customers trust you.

After surviving heroin addiction and an abusive relationship, Alayna Chavez was looking for a way to start over. Then, she saw a flyer for trade school.

Steam built the industrial age, but it doesn’t have to run it any longer. In fact, in many cases, it shouldn’t.

Although corrugated medical tubing (CMT) is often perceived as a relatively recent solution for medical gas systems, it has been proven in the field across industries for more than 20 years.  

As digital infrastructure becomes more powerful, more compact and more essential to everyday business operations, data center cooling has become one of the most important disciplines in facility engineering.

Cooling towers play a critical role in heat rejection for power generation, industrial and lab process cooling, data centers and, more commonly, in HVAC cooling systems.

For most plumbing engineers, designing water systems means designing to code.