Career Development at MCAA

2008 – 2009 Student Chapter Competition Now Open

Documents Related to the Project

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• California Green Building Standards for Hospitals (22MB)
• RFP
• HVAC & HVAC Temperature Controls Scope of Work
• Plumbing & Hydronic Piping Scope of Work
• Competition Rules
• New Bid Proposal Form

Questions? Please contact Ann Mattheis at amattheis@mcaa.org.

Competition, Chapter of the Year and Educator of the Year 2007-2008 Awarded at MCAA2008

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MCAA Joins ACE Mentor Program

MCAA has become a national board of directors member of the ACE Mentor Program, a national program that introduces and educates high school students about the construction industry and the career opportunities that it offers. Founded in 1994 by Charles H. Thornton, world-renowned structural engineer and co-owner of New York-based Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., ACE Mentor reaches into urban high schools and matches teams of interested students with mentors from the architecture, construction and engineering industries (hence, the name ACE) who expose the students to the building industry through regular after-school meetings, visits to their offices and project sites, and competitions. ACE encourages qualified students to further their education in college or technical schools and offers scholarships to help them. MCAA’s student chapter program is uniquely positioned to further its own and ACE Mentor’s goals by matching mentors from MCAA student chapters with nearby ACE high schools. MCAA and ACE are already making plans to develop and test a model for this program over the next year. For more information about ACE, please contact Dennis Langley at dlangley@mcaa.org, Ann Mattheis at amattheis@mcaa.org or ACE Mentor executive director Pamela Mullender at pmullender@acementor.org.

MCAA's Careers Website Is for YOU!

• An MCAA/MSCA/PCA contractor . . .
  looking for talented, well-educated college graduates to fill summer internship positions
• A local MCAA affiliate representative . . .
  trying to interest and involve young people in the specialty trades industry
• The college professor or instructor . . .
  looking for information and/or ideas to enhance a mechanical engineering course, curriculum, or program

This is where you'll get the latest news about MCAA student chapters across the U.S., information about establishing a new chapter, and great ideas about how to keep an existing program vital, relevant, and exciting. Check our list of contacts for contractors, faculty advisors and students who will share their chapter ideas, experiences, and success stories.

This is where prospective student interns and prospective employers can meet. We've created a special page where MCAA contractors in the mechanical, service, and plumbing business can post their company's available internship opportunities. It's easy for contractors to use and even easier for students to find just the right intern position.

This is where you'll find Career Development tools and resources to help you recruit the most talented, well-educated young people into your business.

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