Week One of MCAA’s Advanced Leadership Institute Course 16 saw the ALI’s largest class ever. More importantly, this class will use its final project competition to develop technology-oriented best practices aimed at advancing MCAA’s Construction Technology Initiative!

In our Tuesday TechTalk, @mcaageek Sean McGuire asks, “Are tablets replacing mobile phones on your jobsite?” What is becoming clear is that the importance of phones is diminishing. With a six-month payback period, more contractors are choosing to provide tablets to their workforce and explore their benefits and productivity.

Sam Richter, the world’s foremost expert on sales intelligence, is just one of several business-building educational sessions at the MSCA Educational Conference MSCA 2016 (October 24-27, Scottsdale, AZ) that you won’t want to miss!

PCA Chairman and MCAA Board of Directors member Armand Kilijian joined the Plumbing Podcast to discuss the importance of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to plumbing contractors. Don’t miss episode 6!

If you’re planning to grow your company’s professional staff in the next year, consider beginning your search at MCAA’s 2016 Student Chapter and Mechanical Contractor Summit (Denver, CO, October 13-15).

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has raised civil penalties for violations of its rules to take into account inflation since penalties were last set. The new Interim Final Rule, which was published in the Federal Register on July 1, will take effect on August 1, 2016 for violations that occurred after November 2, 2015.