Responding to the construction industry's labor shortage and training new laborers is the responsibility of every segment of the industry. As a manufacturer, Citadel Architectural Products strives to assist contractors, associations and groups that focus on continuing education to ensure workers are knowledgeable about metal-related construction practices. This is why Citadel supports the International Training Institute (ITI) with Metal Composite Material (MCM) donations for ITI educational courses. ITI is a joint labor-management trust fund between the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation workers (SMART) and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA) that develops training curriculum, educational support and instructor training for the sheet metal and air conditioning industry.
The latest MCM donation was for the Train the Trainer class called “Building Enclosure–Metal Composite Material Wall Panel System” that features Citadel’s Envelope 2000® MCM with both the RainScreen (RS) and Rout & Return (RR) attachment systems. This class took place in April at the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union #19 Training Center in Philadelphia. Attendance for the course included 16 instructors from 11 states and two Canadian Providences. Over the last three years, four classes have been held in a variety of states, providing training to 68 instructors from 56 Sheet Metal Worker Unions that arrived from 43 states and three Canadian Providences. Citadel provides the materials for free along with corresponding literature.