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Technology Conference Offers Practical Solutions to Tech Challenges

Technology is bringing a great deal of change to the industry. New tools like robotic total stations, 3D scanners, augmented reality glasses, drones, and mobile devices are changing the way that many have been doing business for generations. This change can be seen as either a challenge or an opportunity. For contractors willing to make that change, huge productivity gains are being seen, but it takes effort to research, understand the capabilities, and learn new processes. Technology is not only keeping innovative contractors at the forefront it is also limiting their risk of being outmoded or obsolete as the industry evolves.

The 2017 MCAA Technology Conference provides contractors with the access to the industry’s leading experts on technology, cybersecurity, apps, service software, and the processes that use the corresponding technology. It also provides a channel for contractors to learn from each other in peer-to-peer roundtables and idea sharing sessions. This conference is a unique chance to learn from both the industry’s best as well as other contractors facing the same situation.

A new feature to this conference this year will be a headline session that focuses on cybersecurity. Nick Espinosa, a white hat hacker from a cyber warfare unit called Security Fanatics, will headline a session on hacking and cyber defense. In a recent interview with BuiltWorlds, Nick spoke about the threat that we are facing when he said, “We are seeing a rise in major threats. A report came out that said globally, we have had over 2,200 major breaches from January to July this year and in that period alone, 6 billion records were exposed to the dark web. We have about 3 ½ billion internet users on the planet, so that means on average, everyone has had their record hit about twice in a six month period.”

The conference will also feature the release of the new Complexity Measurement Tool, being developed by BuildingSP with funding from MCERF. This new tool provides contractors with a heat map of congestion on a BIM model by performing a volumetric analysis of the space available to build MEP systems. This is one of the many next generation software tools that will be presented at the conference.

Registration is now open for the conference and hotel space has already become limited. This conference has sold out every year, so visit the MCAA Technology Conference meeting site and register soon.

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Missed MCAA’s Webinar on Robotic Total Stations? Listen to the Recording!

Total stations are one of the most cost effective technologies in the industry. According to the recently released Robotic Total Station Report, the payback period averages about 2,000 layout points. For contractors to achieve this cost savings with Robotic Total Stations, a lot depends on the processes, cost of the hardware, required accuracy and use of BIM in your operations.

MCAA hosted a webinar on September 6 that went in-depth on the latest research. Josh Bone, the report’s primary author from JBKnowledge reviewed the report’s findings and shared some of the insights from the research. The webinar recording is now available as a vital companion piece that fleshes out additional details not captured in the research report.

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Discover More Innovative Solutions at the MCAA Technology Conference

Josh Bone will present some aspects of this report as part of the MCAA Technology Conference, which takes place in Austin, Texas, November 8-10. Learn more about the conference by visiting the MCAA Technology Conference website.

Can’t Get Enough of Technology?

Find more tech news in the Technology Initiative section of the MCAA website. Plus, our @MCAAGeek Twitter feed includes a look at interesting up-and-coming innovations.

Is Your Out-of-the-Box Idea a Winner?

It could be, but you’ll never know unless you nominate that invention for the 2017 E. Robert Kent Award for Management Innovation.

Named for an industry legend, one of MCAA’s most distinguished awards brings well-deserved recognition to management innovations that help companies grow, prosper and move ahead in their market. The innovation could streamline office operations, enhance fabrication shop procedures, improve the productivity of crews on a project site, manage the inventory of tools and equipment more efficiently or reduce paperwork and its accompanying time and costs. The innovation has to be just that—an idea that’s unique to your company. Commercial products or procedures, technologies or practices that are in use elsewhere in the industry are not eligible.

Nominations are due October 6, 2017. The winner will be announced during the 2018 MCAA Annual Convention in San Antonio, TX. In addition to the accolades from an admiring industry, the winning company also receives valuable publicity that can bring in more business.

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“I have never been more proud to be a plumber for a union contractor…”

MCAA is a family. Tragically, members of our family now need our help. Many of our MCAA and UA families had their lives turned upside down by the unbelievable tragedy named Harvey.

That’s why MCAA established the MCAA Disaster Relief Fund. THANK YOU to those MCAA-affiliated local associations, individuals and member companies, both contractors and manufacturer/suppliers, that have contributed to our Relief Fund.

Together, We are Making a Difference!

If you would like to make a contribution to our Fund you can easily do so via a check made out to the “MCAA Disaster Relief Fund.” Checks can be mailed to the attention of MCAA CEO John Gentille at the MCAA National Office, 1385 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD 20850.

MSCA CONNECT 2017 – Trends and Forecast for Mechanical Service Industry

Dr. Christopher Kuehl
MSCA CONNECT 2017
An Economy in Flux: Has it Worked Out as Expected?

Dr. Kuehl, leading chief economist for several national and international organizations, will discuss and share his forecast for the mechanical service industry at MSCA CONNECT 2017 Education Conference, October 15-18.

This informative session will give you a solid overview of what has transpired in 2017 and what we can expect and look forward to in 2018. The world of the mechanical service contractor engages with almost every sector of the economy. After Dr. Kuehl’s revealing session, you will have a better idea of which sectors are healthy and which still struggle so that you are better equipped to make decisions for your company armed with this important economic information.

Dr. Christopher Kuehl is a Managing Director of Armada Corporate Intelligence and holds advanced degrees in economics, Soviet and East Asian studies. He provides forecasts and strategic guidance for a wide variety of corporate clients around the world. Dr. Kuehl was a professor of economics and finance for 15 years, teaching in the US, Hungary, Russia, Estonia, Singapore and Taiwan.

Don’t miss Dr. Kuehl’s informative session on Tuesday, October 17! Register today for MSCA CONNECT 2017 using the button below.

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OPUS…Your Online Pipeline to Piping Knowledge!

The Online Piping and Usage Specification (OPUS) tool helps users dynamically evaluate combinations of pipe types, materials, applications and joining methods. Plus, the data in OPUS links directly to the world-class members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council who can provide the materials and methods to make it all work!

While OPUS is geared toward those who are new to the industry, it’s powerful enough to be used by experienced professionals who need to make dynamic combinations of systems and materials on the fly. If you just need to know what the most prevalent materials used in the mechanical contracting industry are, their most typical applications or uses, simple definitions (e.g., What is a ball valve?), photos, diagrams, and who on earth provides and can explain all this “stuff,” www.opuspiping.org should be your first stop!

Developed by the Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF) with the assistance of MCAA contractors, Manufacturer/Supplier Council members, students and other stakeholders, this is one resource you won’t want to miss. And you can’t beat the price…it’s free to all who use it. OPUS is your online pipeline to piping knowledge!

Discover the Latest from Asahi/America, DEWALT and More in MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show

MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show connects our contractor members with the members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.

Participating companies highlight and link to new products, product lines, services, solutions or web pages of particular interest. Here are just a few of the recent additions:

Asahi/America, Inc.
Asahitec™ PP-RCT piping systems offer a wide range of benefits including greater pressure capabilities at higher temperatures and reliable butt and socket fusion joining methods.

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DEWALT Industrial Tool Company
DEWALT is announcing additional tools for the mechanical and plumbing trades. A 20V MAX* 1″ PEX Expander (Made in the USA with global materials) and the 20V MAX* XR® Brushless Drain Snake add to the 20V MAX* System from DEWALT.

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Need Something Else?

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Speaking of Smart Solutions

Visit the Smart Solutions Case Studies area of our website to learn how other mechanical contractors found their win-win with cost-saving and productivity-enhancing applications from members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.

This section of our website also includes tips and ideas to help your company save money and enhance your productivity. Don’t miss it!

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MCA of Omaha, Inc. Contributes to MCERF

The Mechanical Contractors Association of Omaha, Inc., Omaha, NE, has contributed an additional $3,000 to MCERF, raising their total contribution to the Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF) to $141,500. Marsha Babcock, Executive Vice President of the association, says that everyone at the MCA of Omaha supports MCERF’s educational and research efforts, especially its many efforts to recruit and retain great young people for the mechanical contracting industry.

President of MCERF, Mark Rogers, thanked the leadership and members of the MCA of Omaha for their long term and generous support of the Foundation.

For more information on MCERF, contact Dennis Langley (dlangley@mcaa.org).

Erickson’s Aircrane Cuts The Hill Group’s Installation Time Down to Hours

In the summer of 2016, The Hill Group called on Erickson Inc. to lift and place cooling towers and chillers by air into a building in crowded downtown Chicago, accomplishing the goal in hours compared with weeks needed for other methods. The project was located at East Randolph Street in a crowded landscape with multilevel streets and nearby residential buildings, so land crane equipment was not an option. Using Erickson’s precision capabilities, aerial crane operators placed chiller equipment through a hole in the roof, with inches to spare, and then set it 15’ below the roof level.

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Need Solutions to Other Challenging Conditions?

Visit the Smart Solutions Case Studies area of our website! You’ll see how other mechanical contractors found their win-win with productivity-enhancing and cost-saving applications from members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.

Plus, you’ll find tips and ideas on other ways you and your company can save money and enhance your productivity.

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CBCA Decision Supports the Use of MCAA Loss of Labor Productivity Factors and the Measured Mile

In a decision published on May 5, 2017, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) decided in favor of claimant Turner Construction Company regarding delays and loss of labor productivity experienced during the renovations to the National Museum of American History located in Washington, DC. The contract required substantial structural, architectural, mechanical HVAC and electrical demolition and renovations to the museum.

During the course of construction, Turner and its subcontractors, that included the mechanical and plumbing subcontractor and the sheet metal subcontractor, both MCAA member-firms, encountered concealed conditions that critically delayed the schedule and caused a loss of labor productivity. Turner filed a claim to the Smithsonian Institution and the parties agreed to litigate the case at the CBCA.

After hearing testimony over a period of several weeks, the CBCA issued its findings and decisions on April 14, 2017. The Board issued several important findings:

Fact witnesses from Turner and Turner’s subcontractors presented compelling testimony regarding the pervasive concealed conditions that delayed the schedule and impacted labor productivity;
Turner presented a damages claim for which it was partially compensated;
None of Turner’s subcontractors presented independent CPM type delay analyses and the Board denied their extended performance costs;
The MCAA-member mechanical firm presented expert and fact witness testimony regarding loss of labor productivity based on the MCAA labor inefficiency Factors to the extent of a 42% impact, and the Board accepted the use of the MCAA Factors and all of the 42% loss of labor productivity; and
The MCAA-member sheet metal firm presented expert and fact witness testimony regarding a classic “measured mile” loss of labor productivity comparison and was awarded 100% of its claimed amount.

This reported decision contains clear language supporting the use of the MCAA loss of labor productivity Factors and many citations to some of the authorities that are very important to MCAA member firms.

Details

Turner Construction Company, Appellant, v. Smithsonian Institution, Respondent. CBCA 2862, 4085, 4802, May 5, 2017.

Messrs. Douglas Patin and Michael Koplan, Partners, Bradly Arant Boult Cummings, Counsel to the Claimant Turner Construction Company
Mr. Paul Stynchcomb, CCM, PSP, CFCC, Principal, Vero Construction Consultants, Corp., testifying expert, loss of labor productivity representing the mechanical and sheet metal subcontractor claimants

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Wish Your Safety Supervisors Were Better Leaders? MCAA’s Video Will Teach Them How to Be!

MCAA’s Safety Leadership for Supervisors training video will provide your supervisors with an overview of the skills required to be a good safety leader and build a strong safety culture.

Your supervisors will learn from real-life examples about key leadership skills such as:

Leading by example
Relationship building
Mentoring
Demanding safety excellence
Taking good care of employees
Effective handling of difficult personalities

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Find the Latest from Viewpoint Construction Software, Jomar Valve and More in MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show

MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show connects our contractor members with the members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.

Participating companies highlight and link to new products, product lines, services, solutions or web pages of particular interest. Here are just a few of the recent additions:

Viewpoint Construction Software
Experience the full power of our Office/Team/Field software through Viewpoint Enterprise Cloud. It provides always-on, 24/7 access in a secure, scalable cloud environment.

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Jomar Valve
Jomar carries a ½”-2” lead free, press ball valve with stainless steel trim. The JP-100SSG is Italian made with dezincification resistant brass body. Buy American Act approved, NSF 372 Certified and has BIM/CAD files ready to download.

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Need Something Else?

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Speaking of Smart Solutions

This section of our website also includes tips and ideas to help your company save money and enhance your productivity. Don’t miss it!

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Is a Customer Filing for Bankruptcy? MCAA’s Latest Bulletin Can Help You Steer Clear of Trouble

MCAA’s Management Methods Committee has just released a new bulletin—Doing Business with a Customer in Bankruptcy—that can help you avoid legal and other pitfalls that may affect your business relationship with a customer that has or may file for bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy issues, both legal and financial, are complex, but this bulletin can help you sort out your options. It covers bankruptcy basics—both Chapter 7 and Chapter 11—how claims are managed under each type of bankruptcy, court actions, debtor obligations, special protections available on construction projects should a general contractor or owner file for bankruptcy during a project and issues that could arise when a debtor obtains post-petition financing from lenders.

Although this bulletin offers helpful information, be sure to consult with a bankruptcy attorney to ensure you understand your rights, responsibilities and protections before you enter into any business transactions with a bankrupt customer.

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Revised Safety Manual for Mechanical Construction Workers Now Available in Print

MCAA recently released an electronic version of its newly revised Safety Manual for Mechanical Construction Workers. The manual, which includes substantive revisions to sections on CPR, choking, OSHA, silica, and confined spaces in construction, and new sections on noise, manganese, and zinc, is now available in print.

The extremely popular printed version is a pocket size manual on a durable, hard stock laminated paper. It’s also spiral bound to prevent binding damage.

The member price for printed copies has been substantially reduced. The new member pricing is $5.00 per manual, regardless of the number of manuals ordered. The non-member pricing is $20.00 per manual.

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Does Your Company Do Service Work or Have a Fab Shop?

Then you won’t want to miss these similar titles designed especially for service and fabrication shop workers.

Safety Manual for Mechanical Service Technicians

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Safety Manual for Mechanical Fabrication Shop Workers

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Revised Safety Manual for Mechanical Service Technicians Now Available in Print

MCAA recently released an electronic version of its newly revised MSCA Safety Manual for Mechanical Service Technicians. The manual, which includes substantive revisions to sections on CPR, choking, OSHA, arc flash and electrical shock protection, and refrigerants, and new sections on hexavalent chromium, manganese, noise, and zinc, is now available in print.

The extremely popular printed version is a pocket size manual on a durable, hard stock laminated paper. It’s also spiral bound to prevent binding damage.

Download a PDF or Purchase Hard Copies

Does Your Company Do Construction Work or Have a Fab Shop?

Then you won’t want to miss these similar titles designed especially for construction and fabrication shop workers.

Safety Manual for Mechanical Construction Workers

Download a PDF or Purchase Hard Copies

Safety Manual for Mechanical Fabrication Shop Workers

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MSCA CONNECT 2017 – Does Your Company Have a Culture of Innovation?

Jay Rao – MSCA CONNECT 2017

Innovation Sandbox:
Entrepreneurial Leadership &
Culture of Innovation

Jay Rao, a highly rated MCAA ALI presenter and Babson Executive Education programs instructor, uses his executive teaching and consulting in the areas of innovation in initiatives within firms; implementation; customer experience; and corporate entrepreneurship to show how companies need to change and adapt to new technologies in order to embrace the future of our industry. Dr. Rao’s insights and examples of how big companies like Kodak missed tremendous opportunities to embrace new inventions, for the sake of keeping the status quo, will help you recognize how not to follow that old way of thinking. Dr. Rao shares how the sustainability and stability of big companies has changed with technology and how embracing innovation trends will enable us to implement new technologies into areas of our business with an open mind.

Dr. Rao teaches extensively in the Babson Executive Education programs and has taught and/or consulted for leading companies such as BAE Systems, GlaxoSmithKline and Ocean Spray.

Don’t miss Dr. Rao’s eye-opening and informative session on Tuesday, October 17! Register today for MSCA CONNECT 2017 using the button below.

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Get the Latest from NIBCO, Pentair and More in MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show

MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show connects our contractor members with the members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.

Participating companies highlight and link to new products, product lines, services, solutions or web pages of particular interest. Here are just a few of the recent additions:

NIBCO INC.
Use NIBCO® PressSystem® for a perfect fit every time. With flame-free installation and a new leak detection feature, you can drive your business forward and press on to your next project.

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Pentair
CADDY ROD LOCK Strut allows for the quick creation and installation of trapeze assemblies. The pre-cut strut is ready to use out of the box and allows for quick prefab and easy installation.

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Need Something Else?

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Speaking of Smart Solutions

This section of our website also includes tips and ideas to help your company save money and enhance your productivity. Don’t miss it!

VISIT SMART SOLUTIONS

West Chester Mechanical Named 2017 Mechanical Contractor of the Year

Congratulations to everyone at MCAA member West Chester Mechanical of Aston, Pennsylvania for being named Plumbing & Mechanical’s 2017 Mechanical Contractor of the Year.

Owner and COO Mark Rogers’ key to success:

“Listen to people. Listen to others who do what we do. Listen to the guys from the UA. When you listen, that’s when you learn. That’s what has helped us get to where we are now. And take care of the people around you. Be part of their lives and do for them, and good things will happen for you.”

Well said!

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MCERF Announces Beta Release of BIM Add-In, Complexity Measurement Tool

The Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF), the non-profit foundation of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA), has been collaborating with BuildingSP, a California-based software developer, on a building analysis add-in for the Autodesk Revit building information modeling (BIM) platform. The Revit add-in is called the MCERF Complexity Measurement Tool (CMT) and analyzes a building’s mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) spaces for congestion and complexity.

The Goals of Creating the MCERF CMT

The MCERF CMT was created because complexity and congestion of spaces with MEP can be major obstacles, cost drivers, and schedule shifters for all construction projects. While the shift to BIM has transformed the industry, MEP subcontractors have a significant challenge to coordinate projects that are becoming more and more complex. MCERF and MCAA, like our member companies, believe that digital tools are an important and valuable part of construction. The MCERF CMT is being created to raise awareness of MEP congestion and complexity through measurable, reportable, and standardized values.

Figure 1: This is a medium-resolution CMT output, shown in Revit in 3D. Areas shown in blue are fully filled by MEP systems.

How the MCERF CMT Works

The MCERF CMT is a computational BIM tool that uses the Revit API to analyze, measure, report, and store information about complexity. The general theory of the MCERF CMT is to break up the building’s interstitial spaces into discrete columnar elements and measure how “filled” they are with MEP systems, structures, and other Revit families. Measured volumes that are highly filled are obviously congested.

T he add-in first identifies all the interstitial spaces used for routing MEP systems in a combined Revit model. It does this through a combination of dialog boxes to determine the level being analyzed, the programmatic identification of ceilings, and querying the structural decks above these ceilings. The MCERF CMT then measures the volume of space that is filled with MEP systems and other Revit elements, including Industry Foundation Class (IFC) file elements. The add-in includes the space that is within a system (such as the interior of a duct) as being part of the filled volume. The CMT complexity metric is then the ratio of filled space to total volume. Finally, the add-in uses Revit’s analytics graphics to overlay a “heat map” on the plan view. This heat map has gradients of colors that correlate to low and high levels of congestion. Blue is the most congested (from 90% to 100% filled) and green is the least congested.

Figure 2: This side-by-side comparison of a standard Revit model with the output from CMT demonstrates how the added insight from the CMT is important to understand potential coordination problems.

Technical Specifications of the MCERF CMT

The MCERF CMT works with the latest versions of Revit 2016, 2017, and 2018. If your computer meets the minimum requirements for Revit, it can run the MCERF CMT. The tool can be run on a single Revit space or on a given Revit Level. It can work on projects with unusual shapes and on floors with different ceiling heights.

The MCERF CMT Will Be Free to Use

The MCERF CMT will be distributed free of charge for use by the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. This distribution is aligned with the MCAA and MCERF’s goals of outreach and industry support.

The MCERF CMT Is Enabling Opportunity

Through the beta testing currently underway, it is clear that the MCERF CMT is an enabling tool that creates opportunities for the industry to engage in new and exciting forms of analysis. Prior to this tool, the industry never had a unified method of characterizing MEP spaces and generating metrics that could be used by teams, projects, and enterprises. The BuildingSP team, along with their beta testers, has been using the MCERF CMT to data mine, investigate, and benchmark 3D models on projects. For example, the MCERF CMT is able to provide metrics to answer the following questions:

How does congestion vary by project type?
How does congestion grow from design into coordination and then into construction?
By what percentage do design models differ in routing from design through construction?
How do project scope changes alter congestion and affect coordination?
How does congestion vary down a corridor and what strategies are successful for managing the most challenging congestion?
What MEP congestion levels and characteristics lend themselves to maintainability? Constructability?

Figure 3: This is a high-resolution output of a high-congestion area at the building core at 50% CD. What can we learn from this image and the accompanying metrics?

Summary

More information, including features and demonstration videos, is available on the MCERF website. The MCERF CMT has been in active development since 2016. It has been released as a beta for testing to select MCAA member companies and design firms. It will be released for public use at the MCAA Technology Conference in Austin, Texas, on November 8, 2017 and will be compatible for Autodesk Revit 2016 and subsequent versions.

For inclusion in the beta program, contact Sean McGuire at smcguire@mcaa.org. For technical details about the MCERF CMT, contact Brett Young at brett@buildingsp.com.

About MCAA and MCERF

The Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc. (MCAA) serves the unique needs of approximately 2,800 firms involved in heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, plumbing, piping, and mechanical service. MCAA does this by providing its members with high-quality educational materials and programs to help them attain the highest level of managerial and technical expertise. Mechanical Contracting Education and Research Foundation (MCERF), the non-profit foundation of the MCAA, furthers this mission through outreach to the AEC community, as well as the public at large.

About BuildingSP, Inc.

BuildingSP, Inc. is a California-based software development firm focused on improving BIM workflows through design automation and advanced computation. Its work in clash-free autorouting of building systems and real-time clash detection has been recognized globally as the path forward for BIM and virtual design and construction. For more information, visit http://www.buildingsp.com.

Labor Factors and the Measured Mile Upheld in Win for 2 MCAA Members

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) decided in favor of Turner Construction Company regarding delays and loss of labor productivity experienced during renovations to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History located in Washington, DC. The contract required substantial structural, architectural, mechanical HVAC and electrical demolition and renovations to the museum for the principal purpose of providing a state-of-the art display for the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write what is now the U.S. national anthem.

During construction, Turner and two of its subcontractors, Welsh & Rushe and Stromberg Sheet Metal Works, encountered concealed conditions that critically delayed the schedule and caused a loss of labor productivity.

As a result of the CBCA decision:

Welch & Rushe’s claim of 42% loss of labor productivity based on the MCAA labor inefficiency factors was accepted.
Stromberg was awarded 100% of its claimed amount based upon a classic “measured mile” loss of labor productivity comparison.
Turner was partially compensated for its damages claim.

The April 14, 2017 decision provides clear language supporting the use of the MCAA loss of labor productivity factors and many citations that are very important to MCAA members.

Case Information and Representation

Turner Construction Company, Appellant, v. Smithsonian Institution, Respondent. CBCA 2862, 4085, 4802, April 14, 2017
Messrs. Douglas Patin and Michael Koplan, Partners, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Counsel to the Claimant Turner Construction Company
Mr. Paul Stynchcomb, CCM, PSP, CFCC, Principal, Vero Construction Consultants, Corp., testifying expert, loss of labor productivity representing the mechanical and sheet metal subcontractor claimants.

For More Information

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Want the Labor Factors, Measured Mile and More?

Find the them in Change Orders, Productivity, Overtime—A Primer for the Construction Industry. This resource includes information to help you determine the costs associated with unplanned events, circumstances and factors that may impact the outcome, productivity and schedule of construction projects.

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