Video Library

Tariff Update and Contractual Response

Aug 28, 2025 | Accelerate your Impact, Webinar

Tariffs imposed by the current administration continue to disrupt domestic material pricing and impact international costs for steel, aluminum, copper, and equipment—creating significant business uncertainty and confusion in project bidding.

Advanced Prompting – Framework and Understanding

Aug 27, 2025 | Webinar

Prompting is the key skill for getting what you want from chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and more. For most of us, “prompting” isn’t much more complicated than a google search, but this leaves lots of value on the table.

The Shortlist Showdown: Making the Right ERP Choice

Aug 20, 2025 | Webinar

Part 3: With dozens of platforms and flashy promises, how do you narrow the field? This session unpacks the tools and criteria SMACNA members can use to weigh vendors, demos, integration capabilities, support, and long-term value.

Updates to IFCAR - An Interactive Town Hall

Aug 13, 2025 | Accelerate your Impact, Webinar

Listen to the Town Hall style webinar designed for Chapter Executives and Chapter administrative staff to explore and discuss our industry fund reporting system.

Plenum-Rated Fiber-Free Elastomeric Duct Insulation

Aug 6, 2025 | Webinar

Get a clear understanding of the key differences between elastomeric and traditional duct liners and their application. 

Building the A-Team: Planning for ERPLike a Pro

Jul 30, 2025 | Webinar

A 4-part SMACNA member-exclusive series that walks you through the high-stakes journey of ERP selection and implementation—from hesitation to transformation. Real talk. Real decisions. Real results.

Tool Briefing - Deep Dive into the Features & Functions of ChatGPT

Jul 23, 2025 | Webinar

AI is in the headlines every day—but how are you actually using it at work? In this recorded webinar, we take you on an in-depth tour of ChatGPT's powerful features that can support your productivity, creativity, and decision-making on the job.

ERP or Not to Be? The Go/No-Go Moment

Jul 7, 2025 | Webinar

Four-part SMACNA member-exclusive series that walks you through the high-stakes journey of ERP selection and implementation—from hesitation to transformation.

Breaking Through the Engagement Wall: Effective Survey Strategies for SMACNA Chapters

Jun 26, 2025 | Accelerate your Impact

Struggling to get meaningful feedback from your members? This webinar will equip SMACNA chapter executives and staff with the tools to design and implement surveys that drive real engagement and actionable insights.

Using AI to Draft RFIs and Other Forms

Jun 24, 2025 | Webinar

In this session, learn how to configure tools like ChatGPT to streamline the drafting of Requests for Information (RFIs) and other key forms.

Thou Shalt Labor Plan: Creating a Disciplined, Tech-Forward Labor Planning Process

Jun 20, 2025 | Webinar

Thou Shalt Labor Plan: The importance of a disciplined, tech-forward labor planning processLabor planning is hard, and mechanical contractors report labor can devour as much as half their project budgets.

Navigating Your Exit Strategy

Jun 20, 2025 | Webinar

Understanding Owner Readiness, Business Readiness and Market Readiness are critical to navigating an owner exit to a successor or other business transition strategy. Many business owners wait too long to plan their exit, reducing their options.

Using ChatGPT with Excel

May 29, 2025 | Webinar

Explore how ChatGPT and other AI tools can help you get the most out of Excel. 

How Specialty Contractors Transform Their Change Order & T&M Processes for Faster Approvals

May 29, 2025 | Webinar

Learn how specialty contractors are eliminating outdated and costly Change Order and T&M workflows to align with GCs in real-time.

Personal Financial Wellness

May 8, 2025 | Webinar

Helping contractor employees toward a sound financial future is an important goal for SMACNA members and the trustees and advisors who help shape their benefit programs.

From Data Chaos to Clarity: A Practical Approach on Harnessing Data

Apr 30, 2025 | Webinar

As the pace of technological change continues to accelerate, the construction industry has faced significant challenges in adopting new technologies and digitizing operations.

Balancing AI Risk and Opportunity: AI Policy for Contractors

Apr 25, 2025 | Webinar

With all of the progress and hype around AI, it can feel like there's pressure to move fast and not be left behind.

Multiemployer Plans — The Insights You Need

Apr 25, 2025 | Webinar

The issues facing multiemployer pension and health plans continue to evolve. The special financial assistance program at the PBGC provided a lifeline to the most deeply troubled multiemployer pension plans, but continues to face political challenges.

Navigating the New SMACNA Website

Mar 28, 2025 | Accelerate your Impact

In this session, we walk through the newly-launched SMACNA website, www.smacna.org.

Getting More Value from Generative AI: Connecting Applications to ChatGPT with Zapier

Mar 28, 2025 | Webinar

There is more and more talk about "AI Agents," which is another way of saying getting AI to do more than just respond to prompts. Learn how to utilize AI without code.