*NEW PODCAST* As a bitterly contentious year draws to a close, good-hearted souls across our industry are re-committing themselves to their core values.
Our latest episode of HPAC Editor's Notes features Rob McManamy's year-end reflection on the enormously divisive election cycle we've all just survived, and our industry's steady response. At bottom, an election day photo from Cook County, IL, offers more than a little hope for the year ahead.
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Student election judges, one from 1948 and the other from 2024, met at the polls this November in Cook County IL.
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About the Author
Rob McManamy
Editor in Chief
An industry reporter and editor since 1987, McManamy joined HPAC Engineering in September 2017, after three years with BuiltWorlds.com, a Chicago-based media startup focused on tech innovation in the built environment. He has been covering design and construction issues for more than 30 years, having started at Engineering News-Record (ENR) in New York, before becoming its Midwest Bureau Chief in 1990. In 1998, McManamy was named Editor-in-Chief of Design-Build magazine, where he served for four years. He subsequently worked as an editor and freelance writer for Building Design + Construction and Public Works magazines.
A native of Bronx, NY, he is a graduate of both the University of Virginia, and The John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
