Featured Resources
How to Start a Local WiMI Committee
Have you wanted to start a local Women in the Mechanical Industry (WiMI) committee in your area, but weren’t quite sure where to start? The MCAA WiMI Committee has put together a comprehensive list of ideas and instructions that can be tailored to the specific needs of your area. If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to wimi@mcaa.org.
WebLEM is the industry’s most reliable authority for comprehensive labor units for typical project tasks. Quickly search for and retrieve information. WebLEM is reviewed and updated to reflect the latest products and joining methods. You will need your MCAA.org username and password to log in to WebLEM. For WebLEM access questions, please refer to the WebLEM Access FAQs page.
National Service and Maintenance Agreement
The National Service and Maintenance Agreement is an agreement negotiated and administered by the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry (UA) and the Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA) and is a signed contract between the UA and individual mechanical service contracting firms who apply and qualify. The Agreement is a nationally recognized tool that helps contractors provide quality, consistent service to their customers throughout the country and helps reclaim lost market share.
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 2024: a chapter exploring the factors that contribute to BIM cost and time overruns.
Project-Specific Loss of Productivity Analysis Methodologies
There is no question the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the construction industry as a whole, including the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) trades. The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA), National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), and Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) have aligned the MEP trades in a collaborative effort to bring to you and the construction industry this white paper. Find the Change Orders publication referenced in this white paper here.
Mental Health Awareness & Suicide Prevention Video
Our newest safety and health video highlights the success story of an industry veteran, with appearances from MCAA’s president Robert Beck, the UA’s Jen Massey, industry expert Dr. Sally Spencer Thomas, and MCAA member Ricky Reams.
MSCA Beacon Economics 2024 Report
The 2024 Beacon Economics Market Report delivers up-to-the-minute insights and data-driven analysis tailored for mechanical service contractors. Uncover updated key trends for 2024, including market shifts and economic forecasts that directly impact your business. This study is an invaluable resource for looking at market trends that will help guide strategic decisions and keep you competitive. Don’t miss out on this powerful tool—download the new report today!
Tool and Equipment Rental Guide
MCAA has joined forces with the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) to create an even more robust guide to equipment recovery costs for mechanical, electrical, line and other construction contractors. The guide offers insights on contractor-owned equipment to ensure industry professionals have the most updated costs to inform internal estimating, project proposals for new and potential customers, and cost accounting efforts.
The Next Generation of Data Security
Anything related to technology or cyber security can no longer be taken on faith. It should be protected like any other company asset, but with different tools and strategies. This article is intended to provide guidance and insight of current tools and techniques to protect your data and operations.
Latest Resources
Safety Manual for Mechanical Fabrication Shop Workers – Spanish
This quick reference tool provides critical information on 61 safety and health topics that are specific to work performed by mechanical fabrication shop workers. The topics include everything from bloodborne pathogens through welding-cutting-heating, and zinc exposures. The manual also includes updated information on how to properly administer CPR.
Safety Manual for Mechanical Construction Workers – Spanish
This quick reference tool provides critical information on everything from aerial lift safety to preventing overexposure to zinc to keep mechanical construction workers safe. It includes new information on administering CPR, beryllium, recent changes to NFPA 70E, and more.
Tailgate Safety Talks for Service Contractors – Volume I – Spanish
This series of safety talks deliver basic information about the most common hazards mechanical service contractors face on the job and how to avoid them.
Safety Manual for Mechanical Service Technicians – Spanish
This quick reference tool provides critical information on 84 safety and health topics that are specific to work performed by mechanical service technicians, including information on the newest and most frequently used refrigerants, substantive changes to NFPA 70E, and new information on how to properly administer CPR.
Toolbox Safety Talks for Mechanical Construction Workers – Volume VI – Spanish
These short duration safety training toolbox talks focus on a variety of common hazards, including silica; confined spaces; hazardous substances; energy sources and equipment and more.
Toolbox Safety Talks for Construction Contractors – Volume V – Spanish
This fifth volume of short duration safety training toolbox talks will further expand your safety training library. These talks will help you remind your mechanical construction workers to identify jobsite safety and health hazards and protect themselves from those hazards.
Toolbox Safety Talks for Construction Contractors – Volume I – Spanish
Teach workers to reduce job-related accidents and injuries with 52 brief, high-quality training sessions. The talks cover basic procedures to prevent or avoid safety risks from hazards encountered on the job and to reduce the costs associated with accidents and injuries.
Hand & Power Tool Safety for the Mechanical Trades Safety Training Video – Spanish
This video provides trainees with information on the most common hand and power tool injuries in the mechanical construction and service trades. It highlights the tools most likely to be involved in an injury incident, and teaches proper use of the tools to help prevent injuries.
Safety Resources
Safety Manual for Mechanical Fabrication Shop Workers – Spanish
This quick reference tool provides critical information on 61 safety and health topics that are specific to work performed by mechanical fabrication shop workers. The topics include everything from bloodborne pathogens through welding-cutting-heating, and zinc exposures. The manual also includes updated information on how to properly administer CPR.
Safety Manual for Mechanical Construction Workers – Spanish
This quick reference tool provides critical information on everything from aerial lift safety to preventing overexposure to zinc to keep mechanical construction workers safe. It includes new information on administering CPR, beryllium, recent changes to NFPA 70E, and more.
Tailgate Safety Talks for Service Contractors – Volume I – Spanish
This series of safety talks deliver basic information about the most common hazards mechanical service contractors face on the job and how to avoid them.
Safety Manual for Mechanical Service Technicians – Spanish
This quick reference tool provides critical information on 84 safety and health topics that are specific to work performed by mechanical service technicians, including information on the newest and most frequently used refrigerants, substantive changes to NFPA 70E, and new information on how to properly administer CPR.
Toolbox Safety Talks for Mechanical Construction Workers – Volume VI – Spanish
These short duration safety training toolbox talks focus on a variety of common hazards, including silica; confined spaces; hazardous substances; energy sources and equipment and more.
Toolbox Safety Talks for Construction Contractors – Volume V – Spanish
This fifth volume of short duration safety training toolbox talks will further expand your safety training library. These talks will help you remind your mechanical construction workers to identify jobsite safety and health hazards and protect themselves from those hazards.
Toolbox Safety Talks for Construction Contractors – Volume I – Spanish
Teach workers to reduce job-related accidents and injuries with 52 brief, high-quality training sessions. The talks cover basic procedures to prevent or avoid safety risks from hazards encountered on the job and to reduce the costs associated with accidents and injuries.
Hand & Power Tool Safety for the Mechanical Trades Safety Training Video – Spanish
This video provides trainees with information on the most common hand and power tool injuries in the mechanical construction and service trades. It highlights the tools most likely to be involved in an injury incident, and teaches proper use of the tools to help prevent injuries.
Upcoming Events
March 15 – 19, 2026
Enjoy MCAA’s premier event with an abundance of educational workshops, riveting special sessions, outstanding exhibits, and social functions that never fail to amaze and delight.
Daikin Screw Chiller Service & Troubleshooting
March 19 – 20, 2026
For more information, contact Brad Tisdale at bct@ua449.com.
Field Leaders Conference – April 2026
April 7 – 9, 2026
Foremen and other supervisory-level field personnel have an opportunity to understand what their employers expect and what they should be doing as leaders.
MSCA Sales Basecamp, Spring 2026
April 12 – 14, 2026
Sales Basecamp is where it begins for your entry-level service sales personnel. This two-day program will prepare recent hires with relevant skills for time management and to confidently sell HVACR services.
MSCA Dispatcher Training Program, Spring 2026
April 12 – 14, 2026
This updated program will help new and experienced dispatchers understand their vital role in their companies and advance their careers by enhancing their ability to contribute to your company’s success.
April 13 – 14, 2026
This is an intensive two-day training program designed to give your service field supervisors (and your company) an edge in today’s challenging market. Please note this class includes one day of instruction at Milwaukee Tool’s Research and Development facility in Milwaukee. Attendees will get to see a tour of the facility, as well as attend
Foundations of Field Leadership Course 13
April 16 – June 11, 2026
A new online program for new or aspiring field leaders covering concepts and practices essential to running a successful mechanical jobsite.
IPM Class 97, Week 1, April 2026
April 19 – 23, 2026
If you’re a project manager, the MCAA Institute for Project Management (IPM) is the intensive, in-depth training in the fundamentals of project management and the essentials of managing-for-profit you’ve been searching for.