Description:
MCAA will be hosting live sessions each week, available to all students, faculty advisors and MCAA members, beginning September 15 through November 17.
The program is aimed to help give the next generation of mechanical contracting leaders a deeper understanding of the industry and the ins and outs of creating a construction bid. Each session will be taught by MCAA industry leaders and navigate students through the competition project with online instructional sessions focused on components of a real-world contracting bid.
Included in this program will be the annual MCAA Student Chapter Competition, which will be released virtually to student chapters through Procore. The competition gives students the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom by creating a bid for a real-life mechanical construction project.
The fall schedule includes:
| Tuesday | Sept. 15 | 3:00 p.m. EDT | GreatFutures Virtual Fall Program Introduction | |
| Thursday | Sept. 17 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | Student Chapter Competition Overview | |
| Tuesday | Sept. 22 | 3:00 p.m. EDT | Procore Overview: Learning About Construction Management Software | |
| Thursday | Sept. 24 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | Young Professionals Panel: Kickstarting Your Student Competition Project | |
| Tuesday | Sept. 29 | 3:00 p.m. EDT | Intro to WebLEM+Plus | |
| Thursday | Oct. 1 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | Basics of Estimating for a Project | |
| Tuesday | Oct. 6 | 3:00 p.m. EDT | Project Organizational Chart: Staffing Your Project | |
| Thursday | Oct. 8 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | Scheduling 101 | |
| Tuesday | Oct. 13 | 3:00 p.m. EDT | How Companies Use Fabrication | |
| Tuesday | Oct. 20 | 3:00 p.m. EDT | The Business Side of Safety | |
| Thursday | Oct. 22 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | Identifying Project Risks | |
| Tuesday | Oct. 27 | 3:00 p.m. EDT | Digital Process of BIM | |
| Thursday | Oct. 29 | 1:00 p.m. EDT | Highlighting MCAA’s Women in the Mechanical Industry Mentor/Mentee Program |  |
| Tuesday | Nov. 3 | 3:00 p.m. EST | Understanding Service | |
| Thursday | Nov. 5 | 1:00 p.m. EST | Services Sales: The Importance of Planned Maintenance | |
| Tuesday | Nov. 10 | 3:00 p.m. EST | Understanding Finances of a Job | |
| Thursday | Nov. 12 | 1:00 p.m. EST | Organizing Your Proposal |  |
| Tuesday | Nov. 17 | 3:00 p.m. EST | Competition Panel Wrap-Up |
MCAA’s GreatFutures Virtual Fall Program is sponsored by:
Please contact Megan Walsh if you have questions about the GreatFutures Virtual Fall Program or any of our student activities.
Contact the MCAA Meetings Department at eventregistration@mcaa.org if you have any questions or issues logging into the event website.
Suggested Attendees:
Students, faculty advisors and MCAA members