Plumbers, Pipefitters, and HVACR Technicians - UA Local 72

What Plumbers, Pipefitters, and HVACR Technicians - UA Local 72 does

UA Local Union 72 is a labor union representing plumbers, pipefitters, and HVACR technicians across the state of Georgia. Founded in 1894 and headquartered in Atlanta, it operates as a local chapter of the United Association (UA). The organization serves more than 3,400 trades workers and reported over 4 million man-hours of skilled labor supplied to signatory contractors in Georgia during 2019. Its customer base spans contractors in construction, food and beverage, power generation, healthcare, and education.

Name

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and HVACR Technicians - UA Local 72

Legal name

UA Local Union 72

Website

https://ua72.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1894

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UA Local Union 72 represents 3,400+ plumbers, pipefitters, and HVACR technicians across Georgia, dispatching trained members to signatory contractors and operating a 5-year apprenticeship through the Mechanical Trades Institute with 197 available certifications.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Union Dues: UA Local 72 is funded through member dues paid by its 3400+ members. The union does not charge customers directly for services but rather provides trained workers to signatory contractors who employ union members on construction projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UA Local 72 is a chartered local labor union that represents 3,400+ plumbers, pipefitters, and HVACR technicians in Georgia. The union recruits and trains apprentices through a 5-year Joint Apprenticeship Training Program (8,500+ OJT hours and 1,200+ classroom hours), then dispatches journeyman and apprentice members to signatory contractors on plumbing, HVAC, industrial piping, and commercial HVAC installation projects. It operates state-of-the-art pipe fabrication facilities capable of supplying piping assemblies across North America, Europe, and China.

Product overview

UA Local Union 72 is a labor union organization representing Plumbers, Pipefitters, and HVACR Technicians in Georgia. Rather than a software product portfolio, the organization provides a suite of workforce services including: (1) a five-year Joint Apprenticeship Training Program operated through Mechanical Trades Institute with 8,500+ on-the-job hours and 1,200+ classroom hours; (2) dispatch of certified journeyman workers with 197 certification types and 15,394 combined active certifications; (3) signatory contractor services spanning industrial piping and commercial HVAC installation; and (4) the UA Standard of Excellence quality assurance platform. These services are interconnected: the apprenticeship program develops the skilled workforce that is then dispatched to contractors, with the Standard of Excellence program ensuring quality and accountability across all services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skilled Trades Workforce Dispatch Provision of trained plumbers, pipefitters, welders, and HVACR service technicians to signatory contractors for construction, installation, and maintenance projects of any scale across Georgia and the Southeastern United States.
• Joint Apprenticeship Training Program Five-year apprenticeship program offering over 10,000 hours of on-the-job training and 1,200+ classroom hours covering plumbing, pipefitting, welding, and HVACR trades. Operated through Mechanical Trades Institute (MTI) combining classroom, hands-on, and online training.
• Journeyman Worker Dispatch Dispatch of drug-screened, OSHA 10 certified journeyman-level workers with 197 different available certifications across plumbing, pipefitting, and HVACR service trades.
• Industrial Piping Contractor Services Signatory contractor services for industrial applications including food and beverage, power generation, and manufacturing sectors, with state-of-the-art pipe fabrication facilities serving North American, European, and Chinese markets.
• Commercial HVAC Installation Services Commercial heating and air conditioning installation services for schools, high-rise office buildings, and hospitals with 120+ year history in Georgia, emphasizing long-term dependability and low maintenance costs.
• Manpower Capability Services Flexible workforce management providing skilled trades workers for projects of any scale, with focus on productivity optimization and workforce scalability.
• UA Standard of Excellence Program Quality assurance and accountability platform establishing member responsibilities, workplace conduct standards, and problem resolution procedures for signatory contractors and union members.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 15 times fewer accidents than U.S. National construction average (per NWI Times study)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kids' Chance of GeorgiacoreOthers · 1 January 1988UA Local 72 hosts annual charity golf tournaments to raise funds for Kids' Chance of Georgia, which provides educational scholarships to children of Georgia workers seriously or fatally injured on the job. Since 1988, Kids' Chance of Georgia has raised nearly $6 million and helped more than 300 students. UA Local 72 has held its Fifth Annual Golf Tournament for 2026.
• Mechanical Trades Institute (MTI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUA Local 72 in conjunction with signatory contractors fully funds and oversees the Joint Apprenticeship Training Trust. Apprentices learn through classroom instruction at the Mechanical Trades Institute, considered one of the best training programs in the country. The institute offers 5-year training programs combining classroom, hands-on, and online training for plumbers, pipefitters, and HVACR technicians.
• Signatory Contractors (Plumbing, HVAC, Industrial Piping)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUA Local 72 maintains a strategic partnership with signatory contractors in plumbing, heating, air conditioning, industrial piping, commercial HVAC service, and residential service. The partnership establishes and funds the Joint Apprentice Training Trust. Contractors have access to a pool of the best trained workforce and the union provides open communication about project manpower needs.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• NCCER (National Center for Construction Education and Research): Non-profit that delivers standardized craft training, certifications, and credentialing used by open-shop contractors and merit-shop training programs. Competes with UA's apprenticeship pipeline for the same pool of prospective trades workers and offers an alternative credentialing framework to UA's 197 certifications.

Direct peers

• UA Local 130: Large Mid-Atlantic UA plumber/pipefitter/HVAC local with a comparable multi-thousand-member dispatch model, apprenticeship program, and signatory-contractor relationships. Direct structural comparable at a different geographic scale.
• Steamfitters Local 602: Atlanta-area HVAC, refrigeration, and pipefitting union operating a comparable apprenticeship and journeyman dispatch model in the same Georgia market. Directly comparable in trades coverage (HVACR/pipefitting) and union structure.
• IBEW Local 613: Atlanta-based International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local with the same union structure, apprenticeship training model, and signatory-contractor dispatch motion. Adjacent construction trade but identical organizational and value-proposition framework.

Others

• Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC): National trade association representing open-shop (non-union) contractors in construction. Functions as the principal competitive counter-organization to unionized building trades locals including UA Local 72.
• Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA): National trade association representing mechanical (HVAC, plumbing, piping) contractors — the same signatory-contractor pool UA Local 72 dispatches to. Industry counterpart and frequent labor-management partner in collective bargaining.
• Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association (PHCC): National trade association for plumbing and HVAC contractors that engages in apprenticeship training and labor relations. Represents the contractor side of many of the same projects where UA Local 72 members are dispatched.

Broad incumbents

• United Association (UA International): International parent union of all UA plumber, pipefitter, HVACR, and service technician locals across the U.S. and Canada. Sets collective bargaining standards, training curricula, and certification frameworks that UA Local 72 operates under.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plumbers-pipefitters-and-hvacr-technicians-ua-local-72

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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