Member Update
CEC is pleased to announce that it will once again offer its highly acclaimed Estimating Conference in Calgary, AB from February 27 to March 1. This conference focuses not on how to estimate, but rather project procurement and strategies. Sessions covered will include deal breakers, project risk and go/no go strategies, putting together a proposal, what a general contractor looks for in its selection process—to name a few.
Visit http://mcac.ca/cec/programs/estimating/ to view the full article online.
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Staff from Taco Comfort Solutions were on hand at last week’s CIPHEX West Trade Show. There, they presented a $2,000 cheque to scholarship winner Erin Martin, who is studying in the mechanical contracting field. Taco’s annual scholarship is part of MCA Canada’s Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series.
Pictured (left to right) are: Mike Miller, Director of Sales, Commercial Building Services; Erin Martin; Sean Giberson, Sales Manager, Wholesale Products; and Jim Garrett, General Manager, Taco Comfort Solutions Canada.
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LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION & TRAINING
The Construction Education Council is pleased to announce the launch of its brand-new Advanced Project Management course. The program builds on the teachings in the highly successful 10-day program, and provides 28 hours of Gold Seal-accredited, industry-specific, advanced-level project management training.
Graduates will bring back to their companies’ strategies for making their projects even more successful. Senior project skills that will be covered include:
- The Art of Facilitative Leadership
- Organizational Planning – Portfolio Management
- Financial and Basic Accounting Principles for Project Managers
- Principles of Lean for Construction
Register today!
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BY THE NUMBERS
1835: Texas officially proclaims its independence from Mexico, and calls itself the Lone Star Republic, after its flag, until its admission to the Union in 1845. 1851: The London-to-Paris telegraph begins operation. 1862: Lewis Carroll writes in his diary, “Began writing the fairy-tale of Alice–I hope to finish it by Christmas.” 1878: New Mexico Governor Lew Wallace offers amnesty to many participants of the Lincoln County War, but not to gunfighter Billy the Kid. 1907: Paul Corno achieves the first helicopter flight. 1927: New York’s Holland Tunnel officially opens for traffic. 1940: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Hansberry v. Lee that African-Americans cannot be barred from white neighborhoods. 1941: A German U-boat, the U-81, torpedoes Great Britain’s premier aircraft carrier, the HMS Ark Royal. The ship sinks the next day. 1945: Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France. 1947: The Soviets complete the development of the AK-47. 1952: Harvard’s Paul Zoll becomes the first man to use electric shock to treat cardiac arrest. 1956: The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously strikes down two Alabama laws requiring racial segregation on public buses. 1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC. 2001: U.S. President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to planned or actual terrorist acts against the U.S.
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Events
As an MCA Canada member, you have access to MCA America’s web-based labour estimating software, the WebLEM. This webinar will provide you with an overview of the WebLEM and the recently released new generation of the software WebLEM + Plus. The next generation adds 100,000 items to the database, transforming it into the single resource for labour units, drawing content, and much more. It’s all there to help you coordinate projects better, fabricate work to a greater extent and execute projects faster and with more confidence.
- Date: December 5
- Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Eastern
To register, visit: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2610773162487069441
For further information, please contact Tania Johnston at 613-232-5169 or tania@mcac.ca.
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The Lean Construction Institute of Canada invites knowledgeable speakers to share expertise, experience and knowledge on Lean principles at the fourth annual LCI-C conference being held April 30 to May 2, 2019 in Montreal.
Visit http://www.lcicanada.ca/events-2/call-for-presentations/ to view the full article online.
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