| | 07-0039 | Environmenta | 23 | Construction |
| | 07-0039 provided comments on the priorities of NAICS revision but also addressed specific problems with the special trade |
| | contractors industries in NAICS 2002. An overall comment was that subsector 238, Specialty Trade Contractors, does not |
| | work well for the industry. Additionally, the move of low voltage wiring for environmental control systems from HVAC to |
| | electricians has created skewed data. Finally, the commenter noted that the loss of a sheet metal workers industry in 2002 |
| | was a great loss to the industry and should be considered for re-institution in NAICS. |
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| | The ECPC reviewed summary conclusions from 2002 Economic Census data. The data summaries did not clearly indicate that |
| | an industry for sheet metal workers would improve NAICS. Sheet metal work can be performed by HVAC units, roofing |
| | contractors, siding contractors, window installation contractors, and others. The data did indicate that Plumbing, Heating, and |
| | Air-Conditioning Contractors (NAICS 238220) performed a slight majority of environmental controls installation in 2002. The |
| | ECPC recommended this move to Canada and Mexico. In the course of the discussion, both Canada and Mexico expressed |
| | concern with moving this one small portion of low voltage wiring while leaving the vast majority of the low voltage wiring |
| | installation in 238210, Electrical Contractors. In order to support the move of environmental control wiring installation to NAICS |
| | 238220, Canada and Mexico also wanted all other low voltage wiring, such as computer network wiring, stereo and home |
| | theater wiring, and similar activities moved to a new industry. The ECPC did not wish to create that much disruption in the |
| | Construction sector and therefore withdrew the proposal. Canada, Mexico, and the United States did agree that a title change |
| | reflecting the inclusion of other wiring contractors would help clarify the content and avoid misinterpretation of the content of |
| | the industry. |