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!

Gold sponsors:
The Home Depot
MCA Ontario
Mitsubishi Electric
Victaulic

Silver sponsor:
Ontario Pipe Trades Council

Hole sign sponsors:
Kilmer Environmental
LynCar
Victaulic
Uponor
Bibby-Ste-Croix
Aecon
The Home Depot
IPEX
Mitsubishi Electric
MCA Ontario
Aon
MCA Kitchener-Waterloo
M. A. Stewart & Sons Ltd.
MCA Hamilton-Niagara
TD
ES Fox Ltd.

Longest drive sponsors: Milwaukee, Trimble

Pin flag sponsor: Sloan

Hole in one sponsor: Federated Insurance

Cup insert sponsor: OS&B

Tee, Divot and Marker kits sponsor: Bibby-Ste-Croix

Closest to pin sponsors: IPEX, Aon

Putting contest sponsor: MCA Toronto

Golf cart sponsors: Masco, RWC

Golf photo sponsor: IPEX

Beverage cart sponsor: NCI Canada Inc.

Trophies sponsor: Lekter Industrial Services Inc.

Mark’s Commercial is offering 25% off all MCA Canada Members, but only between July 18 and 30.

Mark’s Commercial, the business-to-business division of Mark's and a member of the Canadian Tire family of companies, supplies thousands of businesses across Canada with compliant industrial workwear, footwear, and PPE as well as branded uniforms and apparel. To make sure you receive the discount you must bring the coupon to the store staff at the time of purchase. In store purchases only!

Click here to print coupon.

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

Source: Plumbing HVAC
Changes are coming to Alberta’s prompt payment legislation. As such, Bill 37, the Builder’s Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act, 2020, will set a 28-day timeline for project owners to pay invoices to general contractors, and a seven-day timeline for contractors to pay subcontractors after receiving payment. 

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Source: Financial Post
Sluggish labour force growth and ongoing supply chain disruptions are contributing to recruiting challenges for the red-hot construction industry, leading some builders to defer or even cancel projects as they seek to fill record-high job vacancies.

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Source: Daily Commercial News
A recent report on federal infrastructure spending by a House of Commons all-party committee strikes a balance between meeting the hard infrastructure needs of municipalities and building to achieve social policy goals, say two construction and engineering executives who contributed presentations.

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Source: Canadian Manufacturing
Canadian organizations must act now to not only change perceptions of trades and technical programs but to introduce the field to youth who may not have considered pursing a skilled trade before.

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The Canadian Hydronics Conference provides a unique opportunity for hydronics industry professionals to connect in person, have one-on-one conversations with peers, and share knowledge and business building ideas. Hydronics professionals are expected to gather at the conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for a special two-day conference and trade show. This will be two full days of learning opportunities plus increased chances to form industry connections!

Learn more and register today.

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: Construction Links Network
Statistics Canada reports that investment in building construction edged down 0.2% to $20.6 billion in May, as many of Ontario’s unionized construction workers were on strike during the month. These strikes caused significant delays in numerous residential and non-residential construction projects throughout the province. Excluding Ontario, investment increased 1.1% at the national level.

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Source: Historynet.com

1525: The Catholic princes of Germany form the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation.
1545: King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French.
1799: The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, is found in Egypt.
1870: France declares war on Prussia.
1975: Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts dock in orbit.