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March 11 is World Plumbing Day, a day to celebrate the impact of plumbing on humanity. Depending on where you sit in the industry and in your community it may mean different things to different people but there is no doubt that plumbing, its design, its equipment and its people are essential quality of life.

Visit https://www.ciph.com/news/432673/How-Do-You-World-Plumbing-Day.htm to view the full article online.

What does your respectful workplace look like?

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/mca-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=540119&issueID=62943 to view the full article online.

MCAC Innovation Conference: April 15–16

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/mca-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=540109&issueID=62943 to view the full article online.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Infrastructure Minister ‘laser-focused’ on construction projects for 2019

In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Mr. Champagne said he expects to be busy in early 2019. “We want to make sure that we have projects on the go to make sure that our tradespeople will be at work this summer when construction season comes.”

Visit https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-federal-infrastructure-minister-francois-philippe-champagne-laser/ to view the full article online.

2018 a year of disruption and evolution for construction

Disruption? Evolution? Either of these two words could describe the changes in the construction industry landscape in 2018.

Visit https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/others/2019/01/2018-year-disruption-evolution-construction to view the full article online.

What makes tradespeople the happiest workers in the country?

Listen to CBC's Up North interview with Jon Gallagher, the director of a recent report on tradespeople. About one-thousand skilled trade workers took part in the survey. More than 60 percent said they believe they have "really accomplished something worthwhile" through their work and that their work gives them a "sense of success and achievement."

Visit https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1402359363541 to view the full article online.

LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION & TRAINING

Webinar: Proactive Service – The Service in Business Promotion by Techs

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/mca-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=540111&issueID=62943 to view the full article online.

Have you signed up for the Advanced Project Management course?

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

CEC Estimating Conference – Project Procurement and Strategies

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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