Career Stage: Supervisor/Foreman

Strategic Management (SM) Seminars for Construction

Owners, management team and project managers will benefit from these seminars built to help you strategically manage risk. You will gain insights into proven methods for developing effective strategic plans and key factors to implement and maintain them. Best of Class focus on key areas like” cash, risk, profit and family dynamics give participants great “take-home” value that can be implemented at once.

These courses are eligible for a 20% rebate on instructor fees, up to $5,000 per class. This benefit is available only to MCAA members and local affiliates in good standing who book courses via the NEI Initiative portal.

Seminars taught by Jim McCarl include:

  • SM 100: Strategic Planning–Your Springboard To Success
  • SM 101: Advanced Strategic Planning Workshop
  • SM 102: Risk Management for the Savvy Mechanical Contractor
  • SM 103: Succession Planning…or Else
  • SM 104: Profit Is Not a Dirty Word
  • SM 105: Cash is King
  • SM 106: How to Build a “Best of Class” Company
    – Session One: A Different DEJA-VU
    – Session Two: Proactive Planning
  • SM 107: The forgotten heroes….our support team.

Field Leaders Education (FLE) Seminars for Construction

Field leaders of all experience levels will find great value in these seminars. They are specifically directed to junior and senior level field leadership personnel such as “future” foremen, foremen, general foremen, project superintendents, general superintendents, etc.

These courses are subsidized by MCAA. No rebate is available.

Seminars taught by John Koontz, MCAA Director, Project Management Education, include:

  • FLE 100: Planning Skills for Foremen
  • FLE 101: Productivity Improvement for Mechanical Projects
  • FLE 102: The Foreman’s Role in Project Documentation
  • FLE 103: Managing Labor: Coding, Tracking, and Forecasting
  • FLE 104: Essential Management Skills for the Project Foreman
  • FLE 105: Managing Change at the Jobsite
  • FLE 106: Successful Survival of Project Closeout
  • FLE 107: Critical Leadership Skills for Project Foremen
  • FLE 108: Everyday Negotiating Skills for Jobsite Supervisors
  • FLE 109: Managing Your Subcontractors
  • FLE 110: Practical Time Management Skills for Project Foremen
  • FLE 111: Qualities, Characteristics, and Habits of the Industry’s Best Field Leaders