Take 5 Vol. XXIV, No. 8
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MCAG HOSTS ANNUAL INSTALLATION DINNER
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The Mechanical Contractors Association of Georgia recently held its annual installation dinner. A large turnout of members and guests attended the event.
Above: Incoming president John Sterling, Maxair, Inc., above right, presents outgoing MCAG president John McKenney, McKenney's Inc. an appreciation plaque for serving as MCAG pesident.
Above: A number of past MCAG presidents were in attendance at this year's installation dinner event.
Above: Jeff Cotton and Andy Sumpter, Player & Co., and David Hendrick of Hendrick, Phillips, Saltzman & Flatt. Below: Bill and Cathy Flynn, Mallory & Evans Service Company, and Leslie and Lee Lemke, Capitol Strategies, Inc.
Above: Wendy and Jeff Beavin and Dana and Trent Patrick, Honeywell Building Solutions. Below: Donnie and Kelly Woodham, McKenney's, Inc.
Above: Sandy Harvard, Theresa Fowler, and Stacey Schribner. Below: John Sterling, Maxair, Inc., and wife Jennifer, and Justin Gary, Maxair, Inc., and his guest Ana Karina.
Above: Pam and Rob Lehman, Maxair, Inc. Below: Chan White, B&W Mechanical Contractors, retired, and his wife Alice; and Grant and Leticia Willis, Willis Mechanical Inc.
Above: Steve Teachout, Honeywell Building Solutions, and his wife Julie; and Barry Wallis, W.B. Wallis & Co., and his wife Anne. Below: David McKenney, McKenney's Inc., and his wife Sarah; and Buddy Harvard, Specialty Mechanical Services.
Above: Jim F. Thomas, J.S. Thomas Services Inc., and his wife Lynn; Jim C. Thomas, J.S. Thomas Mechanical LLC, and his guest Susan Barnett; and Bill Flynn, Mallory & Evans Service Company, and his wife Cathy. Below: Vickie Barger, MCAG; Tom and Sonia Nelson and Steve Galgon, Galgon HVAC and Mechanical Services, Inc.
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"GO BUILD GEORGIA" KICKS OFF WITH GEORGIA CAPITOL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MEETING | | |
 Above: Donnie Woodham, McKenney's, Inc., and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal.
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal recently announced the launch of a new skilled labor advance initiative known as Go Build Georgia. The program was announced during a press conference held at the Georgia Capital earlier this year.
"As a product of the Governor's Competitiveness Initiative, Go Build Georgia will work to address the skilled labor shortage in our state, and encourage students to choose post-secondary education," notes Tricia Pridemore, executive director of the Governor's Office of Workforce Development. "With a broad coalition of key stakeholders, our goal is to educate young people and the public at-large about the wage, lifestyle, and employment benefits in the skilled labor trades."
Governor Deal was enthusiastic about the program.
"By partnering with the private sector, this initiative will round out our workforce development program by educating young people and the public about the skilled trades," Governor Deal said during the Go Build Georgia launch press conference.
To further get the word out, the Governor's Office of Workforce Development has produced a circular designed to educate Georgians on the importance of this initiative. The circular is being distributed in more than 84 Georgia newspapers (for a total distribution of 1.3 million copies and readership of more than 3 million Georgians statewide). An additional 7,000 copies were distributed at the Skills USA Statewide Expo in mid March.
Above: Donnie Woodham, McKenney's, Inc., left, with several high school vocational technology instructors who were on hand for the kick-off. Below: Scott Shelar, Construction Education Foundation of Georgia, left; Donnie Woodham, McKenney's, Inc., second from left; and members of the Governor's special workforce development panel which developed the Go Build Georgia program.
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FOREMAN TRAINING HELD FOR CURRENT AND ASPIRING FOREMEN
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The Mechanical Contractors Association of Georgia and LU 72's
annual foreman training is providing current and aspiring foremen with the skills needed to better manage their projects and thus enhance their value in the workplace.
This 40-hour course, taught over several weekends, covers a wide variety of topics. It is taught by Lance Streetman, director of Mechanical Trades Institute; John Yale, UA Standard for Excellence special representative; George Head, LU 72 business manager; and Tom Williams, Aberly LLC.
Plans are to make this special training course an annual event.
 
Above left: Lance Streetman, director of Mechanical Trades Institute. Above right: John Yale, UA Standard for Excellence special representive. Below left: George Head, LU 72 business manager. Below right: Tom Williams, Aberly LLC.
 
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NCPWB CHAPTER 23 MEETS
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Above: Buddy Harvard, Speciaty Mechanical Services and Vickie Barger, MCAG. Below: Donnie Woodham, McKenney's, Inc. and Jeff Housworth, LU 72.
The Georgia/Florida Chapter of the National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau Board of Directors, along with invited guests, met recently.
Items of interest from the national Board of Directors Meeting included the following:
- New technical resources section on the NCPWB website in addition to the technical bulletins section.
- New welding procedure being developed for thermoplastic welding based on the 2013 version of Section IX which will have a section on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) butt fusion.
- Cajun Seeger has been appointed as a member of the newly created Welding Safety Task Force.
- Vickie Barger has been appointed chairman of the newly revised and expanded Chapter Operation/Welder Database Task Force.
 Also in the spotlight during the Chapter meeting was a new PowerPoint presentation created by Cajun Seeger. The national Board of Directors has approved the PowerPoint presentation, and it will be used to train individuals from NCPWB member firms across the country who perform contractor representative duties during a joint UA/NCPWB testing event.
Cajun demonstrated the PowerPoint presentation during the Georgia/Florida Chapter meeting. This presentation, which is entitled "NCPWB Testing Event Policy and Procedure for Contractors Who Witness Test Events," received compliments from everyone, and the group also expressed its appreciation to Cajun for developing this presentation.
The PowerPoint presentation will be sent to the national office and will be posted to their web site for use by welding bureau chapters across the country.
During the meeting, various suggestions were made for using the presentation as a training tool locally. Among the recommendations was that the Georgia/Florida NCPWB sponsor a "Lunch and Learn" for current and potential contractor witnesses, job foremen, project managers and any others interested in learning what to look for in a quality weld and how to identify unacceptable defects. Another suggestion was to demonstrate the PowerPoint presentation to company owners and other attendees at a future MCA of Georgia membership meeting. Plans for both meetings will be announced soon.
After years of meetings, discussions, welder certification demonstrations, etc., it was announced that Southern Company is now accepting UA certified welders referred by Local 72 on a limited basis. Local 72 is anticipating a wider acceptance of UA certified welders as Southern Company is convinced that the certification program provides welders who can consistently produce quality welds.
The Annual NCPWB Technical Committee Meeting will be held at the Marriott Hilton Head Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, April 22 - 25, 2012.
Above: Stinson Batchelor, K & B Mechanical Contractors and Jim Chesnut, Cleveland Mechanical Services. Below: Lance Streetmand and Cajun Seeger, Mechanical Trades Institute.
Above: Charles Foster, Specialty Mechanical Services and Andy Sumpter, Player and Company.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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MCAG Membership Meeting - April 11, 2012 - Georgian Club. Presentation by Cajun Seeger - "NCPWB Testing Event Policy and Procedure for Contractors Who Witness Test Events". Presentation by Southern Polytechnic State University team, first place winners in the MCAA Student Chapter Competition at the MCAA annual convention.
NCPWB Technical Committee Meeting - April 22 - 25, 2012 - Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa, Hilton Head Island, SC.
National Issues Conference - May 2 - 4, 2012 - Capitol Hilton, Washington, D. C.
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MEMBERSHIP LISTING |
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Mechanical Contractors Association of Georgia Inc.
Mechanical Industries Council Education and Training Fund
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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