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!

MCA Canada President and Chair Wayne Davidson, as well as CEO Tania Johnston, met with representatives of Eastern/Atlantic Canada MCAs last week in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The group discussed a number of important issues to the region, including skilled labour, supply chain challenges, and public/private sector investment in construction.

"It was wonderful to once again meet in person with our colleagues from Atlantic Canada,” said Johnston. "Many of the issues being faced in Eastern Canada are the same as those being dealt with across the country. It is great to dialogue with members to discuss potential solutions, and how we can work together to benefit members from coast-to-coast.”

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!

Looking to register? Check out the details below.

Golf registration options

• Single player ˜ $260.00
• Foursome ˜ $1,025.00
• Foursome & hole sign ˜ $1,225.00

What’s included?

• 18 holes of golf & golf cart
• Pack of golf balls
• Tee, divot & marker kit
• BBQ lunch
• Raffle tickets
• Cocktail reception & dinner

Register today!

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

As an MCA Canada member you, your employees and families can take advantage of the new corporate program – with great incentives. Use your Park’N Fly corporate code number.

If you don’t have an MCA Canada login, create one now!

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.

Source: Daily Commercial News
A new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the country’s housing stock would need to climb to over 22 million units by 2030 to achieve affordability for everyone living in Canada.

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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.

Source: Canadian Manufacturing
Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies at the beginning of April hit just over one million, up more than 40 per cent compared with a year earlier.

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Source: Plumbing HVAC
With gains in both the residential (plus 1.7 per cent) and non-residential (plus 2.0 per cent) sector, investment in building construction increased by 1.8 per cent to 20.3 billion in March 2022, reports Statistics Canada.

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Source: Plumbing HVAC
The total value of building permits in Canada decreased 9.3 per cent to $11.7 billion in March 2022. The decrease was mainly due to the non-residential sector.

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Source: HistoryNet.com

1635: The French colony of Guadeloupe is established in the Caribbean.
1914: Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated at Sarajevo, Serbia.
1919: Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles under protest.
1970: Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal of induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.