MCA Canada, as part of its commitment to providing members with useful and pertinent information, continues to run a series of webinars on relevant topics.

The following is a list of upcoming webinars from MCA Canada (all times are listed in Eastern):

• In The Business Value of BIM, you'll learn about the value of this exciting new technology from a mechanical contractor's perspective. Topics discussed will include quantifying BIM's benefits for mechanical contractors, how to benchmark yourselves for success with BIM, how to establish realistic goals for BIM success (no matter your expertise) and more. Join us for this session on May 6, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• In Supercharge Revenue Generation Through Your Field Service Technicians, you'll learn about the specific actions your organization can take to improve technician revenue generation effectiveness. This session is scheduled for May 13, from noon to 1 p.m.

Be sure to also check out a recording of Worried About Water Quality After Building Shutdown?, a webinar presented by the Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating this afternoon at 1 p.m.

In an effort to help you manage your business through this complex and challenging time, we at MCA Canada have created a dedicated page on our website that is filled with important resources and information on the COVID-19 pandemic.

There, you'll find recordings of our latest webinars, as well as a list of frequently asked questions for employers, including:

• The latest updates on the COVID-19 economic response plan
• How do I fill out records of employment stemming from COVID-19?
• How has the work-sharing program been modified to address COVID-19?
• What is the temporary wage subsidy?

Look for this information and much more, and check back often for updates.

Source: HistoryNet.com

1494: Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica, which he names Santa Gloria.
1821: Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the island of St. Helena.
1862: Mexican forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeat troops sent by Napoleon III in the Battle of Puebla.
1886: A bomb explodes on the fourth day of a workers' strike in Chicago.
1912: Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing.
1916: U.S. Marines invade the Dominican Republic.
1920: Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are arrested for murder.
1935: American Jesse Owens sets the long jump record.
1942: General Joseph Stilwell learns that the Japanese have cut his railway out of China and is forced to lead his troops into India.
1945: Holland and Denmark are liberated from Nazi control.
1961: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space.
1968: U.S. Air Force planes hit Nhi Ha, South Vietnam in support of attacking infantrymen.
1969: Pulitzer Prize awarded to Norman Mailer for his 'nonfiction novel' Armies of the Night, an account of the 1967 anti-Vietnam War march on the Pentagon.
1987: Congress opens Iran-Contra hearings.
2000: The Sun, Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn align – Earth's moon is also almost in this alignment – leading to Doomsday predictions of massive natural disasters, although such a 'grand confluence' occurs about once in every century.