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The annual MCAA/CNA Safety Excellence Awards program honors MCAA member companies’ successful safety programs and innovative safety initiatives because nothing is more important than the health and safety of our workers. Take a moment to celebrate your company’s successes in the age of COVID-19 – Apply Today!
Rick Bucher has been named Chief Executive Officer of Victaulic, an MCAA member company. He will succeed John F. Malloy effective January 31, 2021. Dr. Bucher joined Victaulic in 2009 as a vice president of engineering and went on to become the company’s chief operating officer and its president.
MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show connects our contractor members with the members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.
Don’t miss the Withum webinar on January 21st at 11 a.m. EST as they navigate you through changes to the PPP loan forgiveness, opening of the second draw of PPP funding, adjustments to grant programs and the myriad of tax provisions. The Withum experts will remain available for the second hour to answer attendee specific questions. Save your seat today!
Just a friendly reminder that the MCAA scholarship applications are due February 1, 2021, including the Student Chapter of the Year and Educator of the Year applications. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to apply!
Join the conversation between Steve Richman, MILWAUKEE TOOL Group President, and Brian Helm, MCAA President, as they discuss Milwaukee Tools’ business adventure and their unprecedented growth! Register today and join your MCAA friends and colleagues online for MCAA’s first Virtual Education Conference, March 22-25, 2021.
As part of MCAA’s ongoing efforts to connect our contractor and manufacturer/supplier members, we have added a new Manufacturer/Supplier Training area on MCAA.org. Find it under the Resources menu. Visit any time to connect with the latest training opportunities from our supplier partners.
In the ninth episode of MCAA’s Sponsor Spotlight series, Tim Brink, MCAA CEO connects with Jeff Drees, Executive Vice President, Sales, Service, Aftermarket, Marketing for Daikin Applied Americas. Don’t miss it on January 22 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
John W. Danforth Company, an MCAA member, has been named Contractor magazine’s 2020 Contractor of the Year. Danforth’s response to COVID-19 and its Virtual Design and Construction expertise are recognized. The company’s engagement with youth and women in the trades and its community engagement initiatives were also highlighted. Congratulations to the entire Danforth team!
Manufacturing has increased output through robotics, lean principles, digitization and automation. This has been hard to translate directly to the construction industry because every building, project and system is unique. In the second session of MCAA’s Fabrication Virtual Mini series, we are focusing on North Mechanical, an Indiana-based contractor that performs plumbing, mechanical and service.
Register today and join your MCAA friends and colleagues online at MCAA’s first Virtual Education Conference (VEC) Essential Learning for Unconventional Times, March 22 – 25, 2021.
The NCPWB Technical Conference highlights the latest in welding education and technology. Discussions also address changes to codes and other technical information.
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Successful VDC Management Flowchart
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Model Fall Rescue Safety Program and Plan
Quick rescue is paramount to keeping workers safe while they are suspended in fall arrest harnesses after falling from an elevation. Having a safety program and plan in place to address the needs of these workers is critical to minimizing suspension trauma and meeting OSHA requirements. MCAA’s model program and accompanying model plan can be tailored to address various project fall arrest system applications and ensure the safety of your company’s most important asset, its workers. -
The Business Value of BIM for Mechanical and HVAC Construction SmartMarket Report
The use of BIM and related technologies and processes that leverage data from models is delivering meaningful impact to mechanical and HVAC contractors on a wide variety of measures, including cost and schedule improvements, enhanced productivity, better collaboration between stakeholders and better worker safety. This research report quantifies other benefits to users and the challenges related to leveraging BIM to increase industry understanding of which factors will most effectively drive growth and expand future use. -
Prefabrication and Modular Construction 2020 SmartMarket Report
Improved productivity and quality are among the benefits driving interest in, and use of, prefabrication and modular construction today. This research report quantifies other benefits to users and the challenges related to each to increase industry understanding of which factors will most effectively drive growth and expand future use. -
Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Policy Issues
This report, which was released jointly by MCAA, the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters (UA), and Horizon Actuarial Services analyzes how the impact of the lingering pension reform impasse in Congress adversely affects active participants in MCAA/UA pension plans and highlights inequities in benefit levels. -
2019 Construction Technology Report Supplemental Report for MCAA Members
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2019 Construction Technology Report
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Motion is Money and Safety Video for Supervisors
Motion is money and safety in the construction business, which relies on employees’ physical movements to accomplish the job at hand. This video will teach your supervisors to recognize opportunities to minimize movement, leading to safer and more profitable jobs. -
Guide to Radio Frequency (RF) Radiation Safety for Mechanical Service
Protect your workers with the safe work practices in this guide. It covers the hazards associated with RF radiation exposure, the health effects posed by these hazards, and how to avoid overexposure. A checklist helps workers assess their work areas for sources of RF radiation. See the related tools for educating your workers. -
Guide to Line Breaking Safety
Benchmark your practices and protect your workers with the information in this guide. It covers common hazards, injuries from improper line breaking operations, common causes of line breaking incidents, and general line breaking preparations. A checklist is included to help ensure that line breaking is done consistently. See the related tools for educating your workers. -
Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Video
The video teaches viewers how to work safely in excavations. Topics covered include: soil types and how they are impacted by weather, safe access and egress, the importance of atmospheric monitoring and what to do in case of an excavation cave-in. -
Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Pocket Guide
This pocket guide highlights key training points from MCAA’s Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Video. -
Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Documentation Sheet
This documentation sheet can be used to document who has received the training contained in MCAA’s Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Video. -
Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Test
Verify that workers are retaining key training points from MCAA's Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Video with this test, designed to be used in conjunction with the Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Safety Training Test Answer Key. -
Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Training Test Answer Key
Check your workers’ responses to the Excavation Safety for Mechanical Construction Training Test to ensure they’re retaining key training points. -
Developing Improved Labor-Management Relations Podcast
Host Bob Lindbloom and co-host Brodie Arndt discuss various collective bargaining approaches with C. Richard Barnes, an internationally recognized mediator, facilitator, skills trainer and speaker specializing in dispute resolution, workforce training, and leadership coaching. This podcast complements the Management Methods Bulletin on the same topic. Play the podcast directly from the WebBook, or listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Google Play. -
Developing Improved Labor-Management Relations
This bulletin reviews the various options for transferring ownership of a company and showcases the advance planning and analysis needed for a successful transfer. Prefer to listen? Check out the podcast! -
Guide to Silica Safety
MCAA's Guide to Silica Safety incorporates provisions in OSHA's new Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard. The guide provides mechanical construction employers with the information they need to help their workers protect themselves from overexposure to respirable silica. -
Change Orders, Productivity, Overtime—A Primer for the Construction Industry
This planning tool helps you determine the costs associated with unplanned events, circumstances and factors that may impact the outcome, productivity and schedule of construction projects. New for 2020: a chapter highlighting the benefits of sharing native critical path method (CPM) schedule files. -
Membership Directory & Buyer’s Guide
This full-featured digital version of our Membership Directory & Buyer’s Guide enhances the look and feel of our printed directory with digital-only benefits. -
Inventory of Construction Industry Pension Plans
This ground breaking analysis of historical trends in pension plans' key operating data will aid stakeholders and public policy makers in ensuring plans' futures with fact-based, in-depth analysis of plan experience over ten year periods. Prepared by MCAA and Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC. Looking for information about FASB? Check here for answers to frequently asked questions. -
Guide to Safety Incentive Programs
Encourage your employees to practice sound safety procedures by establishing an effective safety incentive program. This publication offers tips from those who have developed successful programs. -
Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Guide
This guide will assist you in determining whether an injury or illness must be recorded and reported. It will also help you comply with applicable requirements in OSHA’s recordkeeping rule. -
Guide to In-Person Safety Training
MCAA's Guide to In-Person Safety Training explores effective techniques to help you achieve your safety training goals. -
Model Electrical Safety in the Workplace Program (Based on NFPA 70E-2018)
NFPA 70E – 2018 states that each employer shall implement and document an overall electrical safety program that directs activity appropriate to the risk associated with electrical hazards. This model program will help you develop an electrical safety program that is specific to your company’s needs. -
2020-2021 Tool and Equipment Rental Guide
Why spend time gathering equipment rates when you don’t have to? This is a comprehensive, current guide to cost recovery for commonly used tools and equipment. MCAA members can now access our Tool and Equipment Rental Guide via an enhanced web portal. There you can refine your search to find what you need quickly. A list of all rates is also included. Regardless of how you view them, search results can be downloaded as either a .pdf or .csv file. The traditional PDF format is also available for download. -
Safety Manual for Mechanical Service Technicians
This comprehensive, user-friendly manual was designed specifically for the mechanical service industry. Color illustrations highlight key points and enhance the reader's ability to find information. -
Safety Manual for Mechanical Construction Workers
This comprehensive, user-friendly manual was designed specifically for the mechanical industry. It includes new information about noise, manganese and zinc. Color illustrations highlight key points and enhance readability.
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