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| MCAA National Update for April 30, 2012 |
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DO YOUR FOREMEN REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS SIDE OF YOUR BUSINESS?
If you believe your foremen and your company would benefit from this broader insight and perspective, then schedule the National Education Initiative's (NEI) newest offering, Contracting 201: Educating Your Foreman to Better Understand the Business of Contracting, Why Profitability is a Team Effort and How they Impact the Bottom Line. Led by industry consultant F. James McCarl, the half-day seminar will cover the major drivers behind a successful company from the viewpoint of senior management and the owner. Topics will include, but are not limited to: departmental differences and why they matter; job costs, markup, and overhead, what they mean and why they are important; profit, what it is, what it's for and why it's important to the company; what procedures and practices should be in place when things go well and when things go bad; winning/losing jobs, what goes into a decision to bid a project, what factors determine success or failure and what happens afterward; marketing/sales/ customer service and why foremen are part of the equation; and how foreman fit into management's plan for company growth. Go to www.mcaa.org/education/mcaa/nei for more information. |
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FIND OUT HOW WATER AUDITING SERVICES CAN GROW YOUR BUSINESS
For plumbing contractors, water auditing is a powerful driver for creating new business, customer trust, and repeat clients. By assessing a facility's water use, contractors can leverage their product knowledge and estimating expertise to calculate savings in water, sewer, and hot water generation expenses. If water auditing services could fit into your company's strategic plan, consider attending the Plumbing Contractors of America's (PCA) Water Audit Seminar on June 7 at the Boston Marriott, Newton, MA. Led by Troy Aichele, the four-hour seminar will give you the information and tools you need to make water auditing a valuable, profitable and popular service for your company's existing and future customers. To register, go to www.mcaa.org/education. For more information, contact Sean McGuire at smcguire@mcaa.org. |
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DEADLINE NEARS FOR STUDENT INTERNSHIP GRANT REQUESTS
The May 15 deadline is fast approaching for MCAA/MSCA members who are planning to request a 2012 Student Internship Grant. Once again, MCAA's Career Development Committee is making available grants with funding provided by the Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF) to MCAA/MSCA members who hire college students as interns, preferably with plans to pursue a career in our industry. The grants are for $1,200 (one per company) and they are to help offset the intern's salary. The student gains experience working in our industry and his/her employer benefits from the student's energy, fresh perspective, knowledge about new technologies and much more. If you have already lined up one or more interns for this summer or you're beginning your search, consider applying for a grant. Go to http://www.mcaa.org/careers/grants to download the information. |
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ALI GIVES YOU THE TOOLS TO TAKE ON NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
The economy continues to challenge and baffle most MCAA members, so developing the leadership and entrepreneurial skills to be successful is more important than ever. Since 2000, MCAA's Advanced Leadership Institute has provided our industry's top executives with the business planning and development skills that enable them to take on new challenges and opportunities with confidence. The refined course curriculum, featuring a new and very challenging case study, along with excellent networking opportunities bring a new dimension to the experience of acquiring leadership and strategic planning skills. At a time when contractors have to make tough choices about how best to invest their resources, increasing numbers are looking to ALI as a high-value investment in their company's future. Make sure your company has what it takes to move up and ahead. Send in an application for yourself and/or one of your executives for a seat in ALI's Course 12 (September 30 - October 5 and November 11 - 16, 2012). If you need more information about ALI, go to www.mcaa.org/ali and then contact Dennis Langley (dlangley@mcaa.org) for an e-application. |
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SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK MCA MAKES FIRST-TIME DONATION TO MCERF
The Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF) recently received a $500 contribution from the Southern Tier of New York MCA to "assist the mechanical contracting industry in its continuous pursuit towards excellence." Meredith Kumpon, executive director of the association, explained, "We are a very small organization. However, it is important to us, despite these difficult economic times, to continue to support research and education in the mechanical contracting industry." Toward that end and along with the MCERF donation, the association recently helped form the first MCAA student chapter in New York at the University of Binghamton. Kumpon said, "It is our belief that applying our time, money, and expertise into assisting the next generation of graduates will allow us to bring the best and brightest into our field." The MCERF Board of Trustees thanks the Southern Tier of New York MCA for its donation and support. Find out more about MCERF and its programs at www.mcerf.org or contact Dennis Langley (dlangley@mcaa.org). |
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