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Take 5 Vol. XXIV, No. 1
| February 2010
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MCAG HOSTS ANNUAL INSTALLATION DINNER
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The Mechanical Contractors Association of Georgia recently held its 2011 installation dinner.
John McKenney, McKenney's Inc., was installed as MCAG's 2011 president.
Other officers for 2011 include Jon Sterling, senior vice president, Maxair, Inc.; Andy Sumpter, treasurer, Player and Company; Bill Flynn, immediate past president, Mallory & Evans Service Copmany; and directors Ken Harbour, Cleveland Mechanical Services; Bill Doty, K&B Mechanical Contractors; John Helms, W.B. Wallis & Company; and Jim C. Thomas, J.S. Thomas Mechanical. Gary Fowler is chief executive officer of MCAG.
  Above: During the 2011 officers and directors installation ceremony, incoming president John McKenney of McKenney's, Inc., presented a special framed plaque to immediate past president Bill Flynn (above right) of Mallory & Evans Service Company. Right: MCAG 2011 president John McKenney, McKenney's, Inc., and his wife Janine.
Following the presentation, President McKenney took a moment to address those present. He underlined the importance of several issues, placing particular emphasis on the matter of jobsite safety awareness. He underscored the importance of craftsmen being able to identify safety issues and protecting themselves from jobsite hazards, and he noted the importance of pushing for zero injuries among all MCAG contractors.
Mechanical Contractors Association of America national president Bob Armistead (at left) of Armistead Mechanical, and his wife Susan, were also on hand for the installation dinner and ceremony.
During the evening's program, president Armistead spoke to the group, commenting on key issues and on MCAG's activities.
 Above, from left: Gary Fowler, CEO, MCAG, and new MCAG officers and directors, including Bill Flynn, immediate past president, Mallory & Evans Service Company; Andy Sumpter, treasurer, Player and Company; Ken Harbour, director, Cleveland Mechanical Services; Bill Doty, director, K&B Mechanical Contractors; John McKenney, president, McKenney's, Inc.; Bob Armistead, MCAA national president; and John Sterling, senior vice president, Maxair, Inc. Not shown are John Helms, director, W.B. Wallis & Company, and Jim C. Thomas, director, J.S. Thomas Mechanical.
Above: Past presidents attending the installation dinner and ceremony included (from left) Jeff Cotton, Fred Horne, Grant Willis, Bill Flynn, Doug Martin, Ken Harbour, John McKenney, Buddy Harvard, MCAA president Bob Armistead, Tom Williams, Marty Mann and David McKenney.
Above, from left: MCAG president John McKenney, immediate past president Bill Flynn, LU 72 business manager George Head; and MCAA president Bob Armistead.
 
Above left: Mike and Patti Rich, Emcon Services. Above right: Grant and Leticia Willis, Willis Mechanical. Below: MCAA president Bob Armistead, Armistead Mechanical, with George Head, LU 72 business manager.
 Above, from left: Emily Hendrick, Theresa Fowler, and Mechanical Contractors Association of Georgia CEO Gary Fowler. |
JOHN GILMAN, VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS RECRUITMENT FOR THE METRO ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ADDRESSES MCAG MEMBERSHIP MEETING
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John Gilman, vice president, business recruitment, for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, was the featured speaker at MCAG's November membership meeting.
Gilman spoke on the economic development work of the Atlanta Chamber for the greater Atlanta area. He also shared insights into the current state of the local economy and what appears to lie ahead.
Following his presentation, Gilman answered a number of questions from those present at the meeting.
MCAG's 2010 President Bill Flynn, Mallory & Evans Service Company; John Gilman, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; and Dave McKenney, McKenney's, Inc. |
MCAA NATIONAL PRESIDENT BOB ARMISTEAD ADDRESSES MCAG JANUARY BOARD MEETING
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Mechanical Contractors Association of America president Bob Armistead, Armistead Mechanical, Inc., Waldwick, N.J., addressed the recent January board meeting of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Georgia.
In his remarks, president Armistead updated the group on recent MCAA activities, including efforts by the United Association to promote energy and green policy.
President Armistead also shared the most recent result of the joint meetings of the MCAA and UA executive officers, that being a training school for new business managers. MCAA will furnish instructors for the school.
He also reviewed the success of the ITF scholarship program.
In addition, he noted that it was his observation across the country that all LUs are continuing to lose market share.
President Armistead continued with a look at what is going on in Washington. He talked about several issues. Among the topics he discussed were energy and green policy, the crackdown on the misclassification of workers as independent contractors by others in the industry, and bidding reforms. He also commented on the repeal of the 3 percent withholding tax on public contracts.
He commented at length on the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) accounting standards, which would require numerous additional disclosures on the financial statements of employers participating in multi-employer benefit plans.
Several MCAG past presidents, including Jeff Cotton (Player & Company), Marty Mann (Mann Mechanical Company) and Grant Willis (Willis Mechanical, Inc.) were present.
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FOUR-HOUR FOREMAN CLASS HELD AT UNION HALL 72
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LU 72 recently hosted a four-hour Foreman Class at Union Hall 72. The class was led by JATT Director Lance Streetman and by Jeffrey Hansler of the Oxford Company, a nationally known California-based firm that specializes in coaching people to attain their full potential. The highly interactive class focused on communication skills in four key areas -- UA Standards of Excellence, Leadership, Conflicts, and Safety. It provided communication skills training to foremen to help them establish new levels of cooperation and understanding to increase the competitiveness of union contractors in the current marketplace. The class also provided a forum for sharing information with the foremen on initiatives undertaken by LU 72 and backed by the UA to increase union contractor competitiveness in the marketplace by increasing commitment to the partnership between union contractors and LU 72.    Above, from left: George Head, LU 72 business manager; Lance Streetman, JATT director; and Jeff Hansler, Oxford Company. Below: A number of foremen participated in the four-hour class. |
UPCOMING EVENTS
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2011 MCAA Annual Convention -- Maui, Hawaii, March 6-10.
LU 72 Joint Apprenticeship Training Apprenticeship Competition -- March 14
MIC Supervisory Seminar - March 22
Special meeting with Memphis MCA -- March 24 MCAG Membership Meeting -- Georgian Club, April 5 2011 NCPWB Tech Committee Meeting -- Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 17-20 UA Joint Apprenticeship Training Apprenticeship Competition for the state of Georgia -- May 4-6 MIC Project Manager Seminar - May 17 |
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MEMBERSHIP LISTING |
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Mechanical Contractors Association of Georgia Inc.
Mechanical Industries Council
Georgia/Florida National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau
# A Accurate Plumbing Company
A & R Mechanical Enterprises, LLC
ARS Mechanical, LLC
# + Action Elec. & Mech. Contractors
Air Duct & Mech. Component Cleaning
AirCond Corporation
Amason Mechanical Services, Inc.
American HVAC
# Art Plumbing Company Augusta Chiller Services # + B & W Mechanical Contractors
Blue Chip Air, Inc.
Boling Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Brantley Services
Building Environ. Systems Services + C & M Piping Solutions Certified Air Conditioning Company
Clark Plumbing Company
# + Cleveland Mechanical Services
Crescent Mechanical Systems, Inc.
# DNS Consolidated
The Dickerson Group, Inc.
Dixie Electrical & Mechanical
Contractors of Macon, Inc.
# + Emcon Services
Enerfab, Inc.
Engineered Technical Services, Inc.
Excelco Industrial Services, Inc.
+ F & S Mechanical and Plumbing Service
# 1st Mechanical Services
# Fletcher Mechanical, Inc.
# Alan Foster Plumbing, Inc.
# Frazier Service Company, Inc. # Galgon HVAC & Mechanical Service
# Greenco of Augusta, Inc.
HVAC Control Services, Inc.
HVAC Service, Inc.
# + Paul W. Heard & Company
# Honeywell, Incorporated
# + Inglett & Stubbs, Inc.
# Johnson Controls, Inc.
# + K & B Mechanical Contractors L & C Mechanical
# Linc Mechanical Services
Lord Plumbing, Inc.
M & S Specialty Welding
# + MCI Enterprises, Inc.
MDI Services, LLC
MLS Concrete Drilling & Sawing
# + Mallory & Evans, Inc. # Mallory & Evans Service Company
# + Mann Mechanical Company # + Maxair, Inc.
McAbee Construction
# + McKenney's, Inc.
Mechanical & Plumbing Solutions, Inc.
# + Mechanical Associates, Inc.
Mechanical Services, Inc.
Merritt & Sons Plumbing, Inc.
C. R. Meyer and Sons Company Morrison Heating & Air Conditioning
# + Muns Welding & Mechanical, Inc. NAX Enterprises, LLC
PAR Mechanical & Plumbing
P.I.E., Inc.
# Padgett Group
Panola Enterprises, Inc.
# + Patton Mechanical Payne Williams, Inc.
# + Peachtree Mechanical, Inc.
# + Player and Company
Popham Mechanical Contractors
Prestige Mechanical Contractors
R & R Refrigeration
RDH Mechanical Contractors
REI - Ragan Enterprises, Inc.
RTS Water Solutions
Ragan Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Rome Mechanical Shriver Mechanical
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
Dale Sims Heating & A/C Service
# + Specialty Mechanical Services, Inc.
Standridge Plumbing # Stallworth Mechanical Contractors Standridge Plumbing Company
System Controls & Services
TA Services
# Tenant Mechanical, Inc.
# + J. S. Thomas Mechanical, LLC
# J. S. Thomas Service, Inc. Trans Logic Corporation
Viking Industrial, Inc.
# + W. B. Wallis & Company
Welding Services, Inc. WeldTech Services Corporation A. L. Williams Heating & Plumbing
# + Willis Mechanical, Inc.
# Also Members of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Georgia, Inc.
+ Also Members of the National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau
Gary P. Fowler 4500 Hugh Howell Road Suite 250 Tucker, Georgia 30084 770.934.1427 (FAX 770.934.1429) www.mcageorgia.org
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