News About Our Industry
May 15, 2023
Mechanical Insulators Local 75 in South Bend, Ind., hosted the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust Firestop Market Recovery Program from May 8 to 11.
Read MoreMarch 24, 2023
Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust, made his monthly appearance on the America's Work Force Union Podcast and talked about the LMCT’s first Firestop Market Recovery Program held in 2023.
Read MoreMarch 22, 2023
Insulators Local 6 Spearheads Firestop Market Recovery Sessions
Insulators Local 6 hosted the Mechanical Insulator’s Firestop Market Recovery Program in early March in Boston. Local 6 signatory contractors and from the New York/New England States Conference participated in the program, which ran from March 7 to March 10.
Read MoreDecember 28, 2022
The Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) Executive Director Pete Ielmini made his regular guest appearance on the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the future of the Federal Mechanical Insulation Act.
Read MoreJuly 19, 2022
The Mechanical Insulators LMCT recently completed a successful Firestop Market Recovery Program.
The LMCT Firestop Market Recovery Program is designed to bring together union leadership and contractors to gain market share and increase manhours in the growing firestopping and smoke seal sector.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2022
On Jan. 9, fire broke out in a third floor apartment at a 17-story high rise in the Bronx. Before long, thick smoke rose through the tower and filled all 17 floors, killing 17 people, including eight children. It was New York City’s deadliest blaze in three decades.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022
New York City’s deadliest blaze in three decades broke out on Jan. 9 in a 17-story high-rise in the Bronx.
Read MoreJanuary 14, 2022
Millions of Americans live and work in buildings where a fire could result in a terrible tragedy.
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Fire Protection Handbook, nearly six in 10 people killed in fires are located in a room where the fire did not originate.
This disturbing statistic from the NFPA reveals the need to limit the spread of fire and smoke, as it speaks to the importance of firewall safety, specifically firestop.
Read MoreAugust 31, 2021
According to the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook, nearly six in 10 people killed in fires are not in the room where the fire originally started.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2021
Firestopping and smoke seal is one of the important trades that falls under the umbrella of the Insulators Union and, Mechanical Insulators LMCT Trustee Tom Dake II recently discussed firestopping and smoke seal on a national, labor-focused podcast.
Read MoreOur 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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