Every sector of the plumbing and HVAC industries is feeling the pinch of the labor shortage. However, one manufacturers rep is building a solution to the issue that has been challenging the skilled trades for years. Battersby, Danielson, Azbell, or BDA, partnered with its local community to build a brand new $16 million facility which also features a Makers Space —a 17,000 square foot vocational-technical program in which the local district sends students to learn how woodwork, metalwork, use 3D printers and more, allowing them to get the feel of working with their hands, and hopefully, entice them into a career within the trades.
BDA’s dedication and commitment to generating interest in the skilled trades from a young age and its efforts to promote plumbing and HVAC as a viable career path have earned the Fishers, Indiana-based firm the title of PM Engineer’s 2022 Manufacturers Rep of the Year.