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The New Horizons Foundation, an HVAC and Sheet Metal initiative, with its original funding from the Sheet Metal And Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA), is involved in its most comprehensive study to date. The purpose of this study, called "Identifying Alternative Futures," is to attempt to get an idea of what the HVAC and metal industry will look like 10 years from now, in 2017. The foundation has engaged FMI to handle the research on the project. FMI, as most of you are probably aware, is one of the foremost consultants to the HVAC and construction industries. It has had experience in performing this type of study, and New Horizons is confident that the industry will obtain some very pertinent and worthwhile results.
Input is being obtained from all segments of our industry. Contractors, manufacturers, component suppliers, labor officials, government representatives, media personnel have all been invited and have agreed to participate. Naturally, input from all of these entities is necessary in order to ensure that we receive sufficient enough input to make some...