September 28 - October 1, 2022

Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, 1919 Upper Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada is pleased to be holding its 79th Annual National Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia from September 28 to October 1, 2022!

Join MCAC in the beautiful maritime city of Halifax as we RECONNECT in '22! We have a great program of networking, education, and social events planned, and we can't wait to RECONNECT with members from coast-to-coast-to-coast!

Visit https://pheedloop.com/register/EVEKBSWOOFMON/attendee to register, or the conference website to learn more!

Get your foursome together and join us on Wednesday, July 13 at the spectacular Royal Ontario Golf Club in Milton, Ontario for a day of food, fun and friendly competition.

The Royal Ontario course combines rolling countryside, nine large ponds, mature trees, generous and narrow fairways, and large and small greens as part of a design that is sure to test every aspect of your game!

Don't wait. Register your team today!

Having your company stand out is easy when you sponsor our tournament!

MCA Canada is very pleased to enjoy the benefits of its ongoing partnership with Mark’s Work Wearhouse. All members, their employees and families are entitled to discount pricing on the purchase of Dakota, Wind River and Denver Hayes products. Also, work wear, outerwear, denim jeans, work & safety accessories and CSA-approved safety footwear.

To request your discount cards, email Jessica Shaver with the following information:

• company name,
• contact name,
• mailing address,
• phone number, and
• the of discount cards you'd like to receive.

The MCA Canada’s Women in Construction Committee is pleased to announce the launch of its quarterly newsletter, The Voice of Women in Mechanical Construction.

With this newsletter, WiMC committee’s hope is to create something that is sincere, genuine and helpful to the members of the WiMC Initiative Group.

Check out MCA Canada’s WIMC social media at:

• LinkedIn
• Instagram 
• Facebook

Thank you to the following associate member companies for participating in the 2022 Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series.

MCA Canada will showcase two sponored companies each week over the course of the next couple of months in the Exchanger. Keep a look out on our LinkedIn and Facebook pages as well.

June 22 - A Step by Step Guide to Dispute Adjudication
June 23 - The Evolution of Contracts Under Prompt Payment Legislation

Each day: 11 am to 12 noon MDT 
 
These sessions will provide details required to help your business prepare to successfully operate within the rules of prompt payment legislation. Invoicing protocols, forms and notices, the process of adjudicating disputes, and what you need to know before legislation is enacted on August 29, 2022.
 
This legislation will dramatically impact the manner in which invoices are rendered and will set mandatory time periods in which payments must be made to all parties involved in the construction chain. The webinar will include over 50 FAQs relating to prompt payment, builders' liens and holdbacks, adjudication, consolidation, the transition period and what your organization can do to get prepared. It will also include a segment on lessons learned from other provinces who have prompt payment legislation already in place.
 
Registration is now open. Learn more here.

Source: Daily Commercial News
A national plan for trade infrastructure is urgently needed if Canada wants to climb back up the world rankings and regain the confidence of foreign customers, states a new report from the Canada West Foundation (CWF), an independent, non-partisan public policy think-tank.

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When the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announces the results this month of its one-year disclosure challenge to Canadian building owners that provides data on their energy consumption and carbon footprints, one thing will be clear: for most owners, accessing that data was difficult.

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The Construction Education Council (CEC) proudly presents the exclusive Gold Seal and Blue Seal Accredited Project Management Program. This highly acclaimed program is offered in partnership with the University of Waterloo. The program takes place over a 10-day period and is split into two, five-day sessions.

This will mark the 40th session offered with nearly 900 industry managers graduating from the program.

COURSE OUTLINE
This Gold Seal accredited course is designed to help you:

• Improve the planning and controlling of your projects, thereby improving your company's bottom line
• Take a business view of projects and take ownership of a project from bid to final payment
• Increase your own project "lessons learned" by learning from experiences of other participants
• Be able and willing to contribute improvements to your company's project management process
• Be better prepared to take the Gold Seal examination, if you choose
• Enjoy your projects!

EVENT DATES
Week 1: November 10-14, 2022
Week 2: December 8-12, 2022

Registration cutoff: October 28, 2022 (unless sold out)

For more information and to register, visit https://mcac.ca/event/project-management-for-contractors-gold-seal-and-blue-seal-accredited/2022-11-10/

The MCA Canada Jobsite Journal is a daily log to help track projects, including:

• site conditions,
• weather conditions,
• productivity/time loss and reasons,
• area/work in progress,
• subtrade reports,
• daily report reminders,
• and more.

Daily and Weekly Reports track work site conditions, progress and delays which prevent costly claims. The Daily Reports record work site conditions and progress, while the Weekly Reports detail delays and provide space to give a more specific explanation of that week's progress.

For MCA Canada members, this valuable tool is available for only $11.50.

Are labour estimates taking too long and reducing your productivity and profitability? You can increase your profitability by utilizing a streamlined, systematic approach for labour estimating.

MCA Canada members will have access to the MCAA WebLEM, which streamlines labour estimating by allowing your estimators to access labour estimates that have generated hundreds of millions of dollars for mechanical contractors everywhere!

• You can quickly search and retrieve data with our search engine, which will look for any text that is found across the entire database and provide links to relevant information.
• Download any labour table as soon as data is exported into Microsoft Excel or CSV.
• Up-to-date labour units are available on our website on the latest products and joining methods. When items are new or changed, they will be highlighted in yellow over the next 12 months.

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Statistics Canada reports that investment in building construction increased by 2.7% to $20.9 billion in April. Gains were reported in both the residential (3.2%) and the non-residential sectors (1.4%).

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1675: Christopher Wren begins work on rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral in London after the Great Fire.
1791: The French royal family is arrested in Varennes.
1887: Britain celebrates the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.
1915: Germany uses poison gas for the first time in warfare in the Argonne Forest.
1939: Baseball legend Lou Gehrig is forced to quit baseball because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–a disease which wastes muscles.
1945: Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to American troops.
1948: Dr. Peter Goldmark demonstrates his "long-playing” record.