Organization: PCA

The 2025 dues rates for MCAA and MSCA member construction and service hours will increase to $.10 per labor hour effective January 1, 2025. The minimum dues assessment is based upon 12,000 hours ($1,200) per branch office, and the maximum assessment is 300,000 hours ($30,000) per branch office. New dues reporting forms will be provided in advance of the January 1 date. Watch MCAA.org and the National Update for an announcement.

National Service and Maintenance Agreement (NSMA) signatory contractors’ contribution rate will also increase to $.10 per labor hour effective January 1, 2025. The minimum of 8,000 hours ($800) per office will remain the same. There is no maximum for NSMA signators.

Unplanned events, circumstances and factors may impact a construction project’s outcome, productivity and schedule. MCAA’s Change Orders, Productivity, Overtime—A Primer for the Construction Industry assists contractors in identifying obstacles to a successful project, and proactively managing these obstacles to mitigate or eliminate their impact to the bottom line. It’s just one of MCAA’s educational resources that are free to MCAA members as a benefit of membership.

The primer covers key topics in each of the title areas:

Change Orders

• How to Identify and Manage Change Orders
• How to Organize and Submit a Claim
• Integrated, Cooperative, and Collaborative CPM Scheduling…a Roadmap to Success
• The Importance of Obtaining the Prime Contractor’s Native CPM Scheduling Files
• Time Impact Analysis—Measuring Project Delay
• Identifying, Quantifying and Preventing BIM-Related Cost and Time Impacts NEW
• Concurrent Delay

Productivity

• Maintaining Control of Labor Productivity
• Factors Affecting Labor Productivity
• Connecting the “Cause” and “Effect” in Loss of Productivity Claims
• How to Use the MCAA Labor Factors
• How to Apply the Measured Mile Method of Productivity Analysis
• How to Estimate the Effects of Cumulative Impacts

Overtime

• How to Estimate the Impacts of Overtime on Labor Productivity
• Shift Work and its Effects on Productivity

MCAA members can download it free as a benefit of membership. Printed copies are also available for purchase.

All content was developed by MCAA’s Management Methods Committee with assistance from industry experts. The committee also publishes a series of Management Methods Bulletins. Visit the Management Methods Bulletins page to explore the full range of available content.

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The 2025 dues rates for MCAA and MSCA member construction and service hours will increase to $.10 per labor hour effective January 1, 2025. The minimum dues assessment is based upon 12,000 hours ($1,200) per branch office, and the maximum assessment is 300,000 hours ($30,000) per branch office. New dues reporting forms will be provided in advance of the January 1 date. Watch MCAA.org and the National Update for an announcement.

National Service and Maintenance Agreement (NSMA) signatory contractors’ contribution rate will also increase to $.10 per labor hour effective January 1, 2025. The minimum of 8,000 hours ($800) per office will remain the same. There is no maximum for NSMA signators.