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Enhance Your Field Leaders’ Job Performance with MCAA’s Field Leaders Conference
Are you looking to re-energize your Foreman or Superintendent so they can better lead the team? Do you see your Journeyman or Apprentice as a future leader? If so, register them today for MCAA’s upcoming Field Leaders Conference, May 11-13 in Rochester, NY.
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Find the Latest from DEWALT Industrial Tool Company and ServiceTrade in MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show
MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show connects our contractor members with the members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.
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MCAA, NECA and SMACNA Release a Joint Tool and Equipment Rental Guide
MCAA has joined forces with the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) to create an even more robust guide to equipment recovery costs for mechanical, electrical, line and other construction contractors. The guide offers insights on contractor-owned equipment to ensure industry professionals have the most…
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Sloan Scientist Crafts New Formula to Better Estimate Peak Water Demand
For decades, engineers have relied on a formula dating from 1940 to estimate peak water demand, a key factor in specifying the smallest pipe size that will provide sufficient water pressure for every fixture in a building to function normally. Sloan’s chief scientist, Kay Herbert, Ph.D., has developed a new formula that yields more accurate…
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Resource Highlight: MCAA’s Fraud Prevention
MCAA’s Fraud Prevention provides guidance to assist you in considering the sources of fraud and establishing policies and procedures to prevent its occurrence as much as practically possible. It’s just one of MCAA’s educational resources that are free to MCAA members as a benefit of membership.
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2021-2022 Educator of the Year – Jacob Nelson, Missouri State University
The student chapter at Missouri State University proudly nominated Jacob Nelson for the MCAA 2021 Educator of the Year based on his mentoring, mechanical industry knowledge, chapter activity participation, and involvement and creation of student-focused networking opportunities with their local MCAA Chapter, MCA of Greater Springfield, Missouri.
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DOL Proposes Davis-Bacon Overhaul to Modernize Prevailing Wage Protections
MCAA applauds Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, Wage and Hour Division Acting Administrator Jessica Looman, and all U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) policy leaders for their work developing well-considered regulatory procedures modernizing U.S. prevailing wage protections for construction workers, responsible employers, government agency construction agencies and programs, and the taxpayers generally. The proposed regulations were…
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2021-2022 Student Chapter of the Year Winner – University of Maryland, College Park
At the MCAA22 Awards of Excellence Breakfast on March 16th, The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded the 2021 MCAA Student Chapter of the Year for their continued achievement and overall focus on offering career opportunities in mechanical contracting to their student membership.
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2021-2022 MCAA Student Chapter Competition Results
At the MCAA22 Awards of Excellence Breakfast on March 16th, McMaster University was awarded the top prize of $10,000 and a trophy for their outstanding work on the 2021-2022 Student Chapter Competition.
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Larry Fisher Wins Erik Wahl Painting, MCAA & Members Give $71,250 for Ukrainian Relief
Congratulations to Larry Fisher, the winner of the Statue of Liberty painting created by internationally recognized artist Erik Wahl during the MCAA22 Closing General Session. MCAA members contributed $46,250 to The MCAA Charitable Fund to be added to MCAA’s $25,000 donation for Ukrainian relief. All donations will support the work of the International Committee of…