ASMRCC's History
In 1947 union contractors in the sheet metal, roofing and insulating trades banded together and
formed the Associated Sheet Metal, Roofing and Insulating Contractors, Inc. The objective in
forming the organization was to have a unified voice for management in their dealings with
organized labor in these three unionized trade sectors.
In 1956, the organization became a chapter of what is now the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning
Contractors National Association or, as it is more commonly recognized, SMACNA. The main role
of the organization was to provide strength to the management component in the overall
collective bargaining process. It was also the objective of management to use the association
as a vehicle to provide the unionized segment of the construction industry with the management
tools needed to develop and profitably operate a successful sheet metal, roofing and insulating
contracting business.
This was and continues to be accomplished through educational
programs offered to the contractors either locally or through our relationship with our
national association, SMACNA.
In the mid-1950 the Association also became the management component to the then
recently inaugurated pension and health funds for the Sheet Metal Local No. 40 and the Roofers
Local No. 9. The Association is empowered by the trust agreements to appoint the management
trustees to the Local No. 40 and Local No. 9 Taft-Hartley fringe benefit funds During this same
time frame the association continued to represent management interests through the collective
bargaining process.
As the complexion of the union construction industry changed in the early 1970's, so did the
management make-up of the association. Insulating contractors were bargaining independently, and
the Association moved to change their name to reflect this.
At the same time, the association merged with the contractors association that had been
representing management in the southern counties of the state, and changed their name to the
Associated Sheet Metal and Roofing Contractors of Connecticut, Inc. a name which more accurately
reflected the scope and objectives of the organization. At the same time ASMRCC was granted
the charter to represent union employing sheet metal and roofing contractors statewide.
Today the Association continues its longstanding working relationship with SMWIA Local Union No. 40
and the Roofers Local No. 9 as joint trustees and the management side of the negotiating process.
Labor and Management enjoy a positive working relationship and share the mutual
objective of expanding the business and work horizons for both labor and management in Connecticut.
Since 1976, the ASMRCC has been located in Bloomfield, Connecticut and C. Mitchell "Mitch"
Sorensen has served as the Association's Executive Director.
