After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are excited to be back once again at the Royal Ontario Golf Club to raise funds for the Construction Education Council and its exceptional education programming for the industry!

This annual tournament directs all funds raised to support our ability to provide the mechanical contracting industry with ongoing and innovative new educational programming. The fundraising from this tournament will be put toward a major CEC project!

Learn more about our annual tournament and plan to join us on Sept. 29.

Attention MCA Canada members: 

We are pleased to announce that we have extended the deadline for applications for the 2021 Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series to August 27. 
 
This year, our association and our valued partners will award close to $16,000 in scholarships to students studying in the mechanical contracting and mechanical engineering fields.

There's never been a better time than now to share this great news — and this great program — with your colleagues and employees.

Learn more about our annual program at https://mcac.ca/our-programs/scholarships.

You are invited to participate in a review of the draft of the new Red Seal Occupational Standard for the Steamfitter/Pipefitter trade for Canada.

A draft of the standard was developed at a national virtual workshop attended by trade experts and apprenticeship instructors from across Canada. After this online survey is completed, provincial and territorial industry and apprenticeship committees will also review and validate this standard. In preparation for this step, we would like to give individuals who would like to participate the opportunity to do so.

For this trade, the standard is divided into Major Work Activities, which are broken down into Tasks, which are further broken down into distinct Sub-Tasks.

The survey is completely voluntary and is anonymous, though if you possess a Red Seal, the first digits of your Red Seal number will be requested (these do not identify any individual).

All comments will be forwarded to your province/territory’s apprenticeship authority to review with their committees for consideration.

To complete the survey, please click below.

Steamfitter/Pipefitter RSOS Validation Survey

You can start the survey and resume at a later time, as long as you work from the same device (laptop, tablet, smartphone) every time. Please note that the deadline to complete the survey is Aug. 30, 2021.

Thank you for participating in the survey.

The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada and the Construction Education Council are once again proud to present the exclusive Gold Seal and Blue Seal Accredited Project Management Program. This highly acclaimed program is offered in partnership with the University of Waterloo.

Our fall program will be held online once again, and will be offered two days a week for 10 weeks between September and December. This will mark the 41st session offered with nearly 900 industry managers graduating from the program.

This course is one of our premiere offerings. Learn more, and sign up today!

Source: HistoryNet.com

1582: Russia ends its 25-year war with Poland.
1779: Louis XVI of France frees the last remaining serfs on royal land.
1841: Oronhyatekha (“Burning Cloud”) is born on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford. In 1866, he completes a Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, becoming the first Indigenous person to earn a degree at a Canadian university.
1846: The Smithsonian Institution is established in Washington through the bequest of James Smithson.
1911: The House of Lords in Great Britain gives up its veto power, making the House of Commons the more powerful House.
1954: The groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held at Massena, New York.
1960: NASA launches Discoverer 13 satellite; it would become the first object ever recovered from orbit.
1970: Rocker Jim Morrison tried in Miami on "lewd & lascivious behavior." Although convicted and sentenced to jail, he was free on bond while his case was being appealed.
1975: David Frost purchases the exclusive rights to interview Richard Nixon.
1977: U.S. and Panama sign Panama Canal Zone accord, guaranteeing Panama would have control of the canal after 1999.
1997: The last British troops leave Hong Kong. After 156 years of British rule, the island is returned to China.
2006: All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes after Scotland Yard disrupts a a major terrorist plot involving liquid explosives. After a few weeks, the toiletries ban was modified.

CanBIM is hosting a special event on Aug. 25. The CanBIM Technical Summit on Construction Estimating will offer informative and innovative insights into how companies can work on improving the estimating process while navigating the unique challenges and opportunities in the industry today.

Attend this half-day event at no charge to hear about the latest technology and tools available to improve your processes and productivity.

MCA Canada is a proud member of CanBIM.