Featured Resources

Change Orders, Productivity, Overtime—A Primer for the Construction Industry
This planning tool helps you determine the costs associated with unplanned events, circumstances and factors that may impact the outcome, productivity and schedule of construction projects. New for 2024: a chapter exploring the factors that contribute to BIM cost and time overruns.

Mental Health Awareness & Suicide Prevention Video
Our newest safety and health video highlights the success story of an industry veteran, with appearances from MCAA’s president Robert Beck, the UA’s Jen Massey, industry expert Dr. Sally Spencer Thomas, and MCAA member Ricky Reams.

WebLEM is the industry’s most reliable authority for comprehensive labor units for typical project tasks. Quickly search for and retrieve information. WebLEM is reviewed and updated to reflect the latest products and joining methods. You will need your MCAA.org username and password to log in to WebLEM. For WebLEM access questions, please refer to the WebLEM Access FAQs page.

National Service and Maintenance Agreement
The National Service and Maintenance Agreement is an agreement negotiated and administered by the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry (UA) and the Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA) and is a signed contract between the UA and individual mechanical service contracting firms who apply and qualify. The Agreement is a nationally recognized tool that helps contractors provide quality, consistent service to their customers throughout the country and helps reclaim lost market share.
Each year, thousands of workers suffer from heat illness while working in high temperatures, direct sun, and humid conditions; dozens even die. MCAA’s Heat Stress resources, alongside those from our partners at OSHA, CNA, and MILWAUKEE TOOL, provide strategies and tips for protecting those workers. These are just a few of MCAA’s educational resources that are free to MCAA members as a benefit of membership.
The mechanical contracting industry is one of the most complex sectors in construction—marked by multifaceted team structures, tight margins, variable project scopes, and a rotating workforce drawn from multiple unions. MCAA’s new Management Methods Bulletin, Mechanical Contracting: An Industry Overview, provides a grounding in how mechanical contracting businesses truly operate to help our members better understand their business and lead with clarity. It’s just one of MCAA’s educational resources that are free to MCAA members as a benefit of membership.
Mark your calendars for the 2025 MSCA Education Conference, November 9–12 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess. This year’s theme, Transform, challenges us to rethink how we inspire teams within our organizations while still being leaders and advancing the industry. In addition to our in-depth education sessions and conference-favorite peer-to-peer discussion roundtables, we have a great line up of keynote speakers. Registration opens June 18th.
The Manufacturer/Supplier Training area of MCAA’s website connects our contractor members with training opportunities available from the members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.
MCAA’s Virtual Trade Show connects our contractor members with the members of MCAA’s Manufacturer/Supplier Council.
Field leaders are one of a contractor’s most valuable assets. Energize your field leaders and build their skills with MCAA’s Field Leaders Conference. Watch the video to hear what other contractors have said about the program, then sign up your field personnel. Spots fill quickly, so register them today!
The complexity of longer, more elaborate pipe systems, paired with the urgency of getting a business back up and running, makes having the right tools for commercial plumbing repairs essential. You need tools with the appropriate power and size capacity to complete jobs, enough cable to ensure they can reach the end of longer pipes, and extra cable flexibility to allow navigation of longer pipe runs. Along with finding tools with these general features, here are five basic tools you should invest in for commercial work:
The ripple effect of change begins with one small action—and over the last five years, the Women in the Mechanical Industry (WiMI) Conference has grown from a powerful idea into a transformative force in our industry. As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of this groundbreaking event, we reflect on the tremendous growth we’ve seen—not only in attendance and engagement, but in the strength, confidence, and leadership of the women who continue to shape our industry’s future.Register now—and be a part of the next wave of growth, leadership, and transformation.
Gabriel majored in Construction Management at California State University, Chico and graduated in May. He was an active member of his student chapter from 2022-2025 and served as the Competition Chair and Event Coordinator for his chapter. Gabriel, who interned with MCAA Members, MacDonald Miller Facility Solutions and Marelich Mechanical, will be starting his full-time job this summer with MCAA Member ACCO Engineered Systems as a Project Engineer.
Worker health is at the heart of all that safety professionals do. MCAA’s Worker Health Resources include six worker safety videos and their accompanying materials and eleven worker safety resources that let you refresh training on subjects such as Asbestos Awareness, Bloodborne Pathogens, Hexavalent Chromium, Silica, Radio Frequency Radiation Safety, Respiratory Protection. Guides, bulletins, and programs on each topic support these efforts. These are just a few of MCAA’s educational resources that are free to MCAA members as a benefit of membership.
The MSCA25 Education Conference, Transform, is set to take place November 9–12 in stunning Scottsdale, AZ, and registration is opening soon. As we prepare to welcome you to the mechanical service industry’s premier educational event – featuring inspiring speakers, relevant education sessions, and insightful peer-to-peer discussions and networking – we want to take a moment to celebrate the heart of our industry: our Everyday Heroes.
Registration is now open for MCAA’s September Field Leaders Conference, being held Monday, September 15 – Wednesday, September 17 at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, ON. In two and a half days, your field leaders will hear from inspiring industry speakers and participate in powerful collaboration, leaving them inspired and re-energized. Don’t miss this opportunity to register your field leaders today.
MCAA’s web-based labor estimating manual is an invaluable tool for your business. Free as a benefit of your membership.
WebLEM
Scholarships are just one way the John R. Gentille Foundation is investing in your industry’s future. Have you invested in it?
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You can make an impact on the future of your industry and your business by contributing to the MCAA Political Action Committee.
MCAA PAC
Looking for an intern? You can head to our improved student chapter website and check out the great resumes there!
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The year-round involvement of our manufacturer/supplier members is part of what makes MCAA special. Learn more about the Council and the value it brings to MCAA.