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Project Management Program: Spring dates announced

The Construction Education Council is pleased to announce the latest series of dates in its always-popular Project Management Program.

Book your calendars for the week of March 5-9 and March 26-30 for this informative gold and blue seal-accredited 10-day course. The course is designed to help you:

  • improve the planning and controlling of your projects,
  • 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, and
  • be better prepared to take the Gold Seal examination, if you choose.

Check out the attached PDF for more information.

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HVACR community forecasts positive economic outlook for 2020
Source: Canadian Consulting Engineer
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The importance of balanced ventilation
Source: Construction Canada
This article examines the necessity of proper ventilation in order to ensure indoor air quality (IAQ) and the removal of pollutants found in consumer productions, building materials and other human activities. 
LEED v4 registrations surpass 1,000 in Canada
Source: Daily Commercial News
The Canada Green Building Council reports an increase in v4 project registrations for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Surpassing the 1,000 mark shows the growing support for LEED in Canada.
Disclosure Challenge reveals need for transparent energy and carbon data
Source: Daily Commercial News
The Disclosure Challenge, an initiative created by The Canada Green Building Council has released the results for the Canadian commercial real estate market. The study demonstrates the essential need for energy benchmarking and data transparency. 
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
Entering the AI realm? — consider the legal issues
Source: Daily Commercial News
The many legal issues businesses need to review when considering implementing artificial intelligence (AI) include intellectual property rights, privacy and civil liability concerns.
BY THE NUMBERS
Who got paid by the federal government this week?
Click below for the latest prompt payment in the construction industry payment tables.
Canada posts significant job losses in November, but construction employment holds steady
Source: On-Site Magazine
The largest monthly job loss in the Canadian economy was reported since the November financial crisis. This has pressed the unemployment rate higher and elevated the possibility that the Bank of Canada may cut interest rates in 2020.
On this day in history

1258: Hulagu, a Mongol leader, seizes Baghdad, bringing an end to the Abbasid caliphate.
1799: Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Cairo, Egypt, for Syria, at the head of 13,000 men.
1814: Napoleon personally directs lightning strikes against enemy columns advancing toward Paris, beginning with a victory over the Russians at Champaubert.
1846: Led by religious leader Brigham Young, the first Mormons begin a long westward exodus from Nauvoo, Il., to Utah.
1904: Russia and Japan declare war on each other.
1915: President Wilson blasts the British for using the U.S. flag on merchant ships to deceive the Germans.
1939: Japanese occupy island of Hainan in French Indochina.
1941: Iceland is attacked by German planes.
1941: London severs diplomatic relations with Romania.
1942: The war halts civilian car production at Ford.
1945: B-29s hit the Tokyo area.
1955: Bell Aircraft displays a fixed-wing vertical takeoff plane.
1960: Adolph Coors, the beer brewer, is kidnapped in Golden, Colo.
1966: Protester David Miller is convicted of burning his draft card.
1979: The Metropolitan Museum announces the first major theft in its 110-year history, $150,000 Greek marble head.
1986: The largest Mafia trial in history, with 474 defendants, opens in Palermo, Italy.

Source: Historynet.com

MCA Canada's Charity of Choice
Join us in supporting the ALS Society of Alberta: our Charity of Choice

MCA Canada recently named the ALS Society of Alberta as our Charity of Choice for 2019.

This charity was chosen to honour MCAC Secretary/Treasurer David Flamand‘s sister Patsy Brooks. The ALS Society of Alberta is dedicated to making each day the best possible day for people living with and affected by ALS. It is the only charitable organization in Alberta that provides support to families affected by the disease.

Learn more about this great organization, and how you can help support this important cause.
 

 

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