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Build Back Better Legislation Has Mechanical Insulation Incentives

Traditionally, Congress is not in session in August, as members of Congress are eager to depart the heat and humidity of the nation's capital to return to their home states and congressional districts.This year however, both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate were in session to approve important measures to advance both infrastructure legislation and the budget resolution that provides the legislative framework for President Biden's Build Back Better Plan. As a result of the work performed by...

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Mechanical Insulation Tax Incentives (GREEN Bill -- H.R. 848, Section 502)

The Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) looks forward to the Biden Administration delivering on campaign promises to be the most pro-labor administration in decades.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been proposing legislation for years that would provide tax incentives  for mechanical insulation improvements.

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US Government Update - Final 2020 Federal Government Bill

This year has been a challenge, so it should come as no surprise that the final 2020 legislation (H.R. 133) took longer than expected to get enacted into law, and this enormous bill contains both positive and unwelcome provisions.

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Insulators and Contractors Are Working To Solve Our Current Challenges

This past year, the United States and Canada have encountered several major national and global challenges: the human and economic loss and pain of the COVID Pandemic; the increased and needed focus on systemic racism and diversity, and the existential threat of climate change.

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Our signatory contractors uphold a high standard of quality of work and pay for their employers to receive industry-leading instruction through a Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program. Discover the difference of trusting an LMCT contractor for your next project.

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The LMCT partners with the Insulators Union throughout the U.S. and Canada performing high quality work in the following industries:

Mechanical insulation, maintenance and new construction, industrial high temperature, pads and blankets, storage tanks and vessels, boilers, chillers, metal cladding/weather barriers, commercial heating and cooling, HVAC systems, vapor retarders and barriers, asbestos abatement, firestop and smokeseal, nuclear specialized applications, mechanical insulation evaluations, CUI programs, specialized insulations, highly trained workforce and safety trained to current standards.

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