Lunch & Learn: GTP Total Station Overview

Thursday, July 12, 2012
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
(Lunch Provided)

LU 533 Training Center
9904 Hickman Mills Drive
Kansas City, MO 64137

RSVP to David Pate at dpate@pftc533.com or 816-761-8800.

Coaching for Field Leadership

New “Coaching” Workshop
for Foremen & Superintendents

MCA-KC invites all contractors signatory to either LU 8 or LU 533 to send their field leadership personnel (i.e., Foremen & Superintendents) to a free, one-day workshop titled: “Coaching for Field Leadership.”

This one-day workshop will be offered on two separate days,
with a maximum of 25 participants each day.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 (25 Participants Maximum)
OR…
Thursday, November 15, 2012 (25 Participants Maximum)

Overland Park Marriott Hotel
10800 Metcalf Avenue
Overland Park, KS 66210

7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (Continental Breakfast)
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 (Morning Workshop)
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Lunch)
12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Afternoon Workshop)

RSVP to MCA-KC’s Cathy Paulson at cpaulson@mcakc.org

About the Workshop

This workshop focuses on building fundamental skills for coaching others. It is intended to help participants be more effective as they interact and communicate with not only their direct reports, but also with their peers and superiors. It also gives participants the opportunity to practice using the “Coaching TIPS² Model” during case study experiences as part of the workshop, as well as receive helpful tools to successfully apply the Model in the workplace.

Workshop Objectives

ü  Maximize team-member performance through encouraging improvements and leading others through positive change.

ü  Motivate others to actively seek out opportunities to contribute more to the organization.

ü  Resolve differences, handle team-member resistance, and confront excuses in a constructive manner.

ü  Help people accept, adjust to, and acquire personal ownership of change.

ü  Build positive and supportive relationships with team members.

About the Presenter

Peter Long has over 30 years of experience in training and leadership development. He has designed and developed large, multi-faceted change initiatives, project managed cross-functional teams, and facilitated countless workshops related to leadership, coaching, and team building.

What Others Have Said after Attending This Workshop

• “This workshop provided me with a great source of insight in how to give difficult feedback without causing others to become defensive or angry.”
• “Through this workshop, I finally figured out how to turn a problem into a learning opportunity and make a negative situation a beneficial experience.”
• “After this workshop, I am now better able to monitor and adjust my negative reactions and turn them into positive responses.”

Fundamentals of MCAA’s WebLEM

The Fundamentals of MCAA’s WebLEM

All Contractors Signatory to either Local 8 or Local 533 are invited to a free lunch-hour session on the “Fundamentals of MCAA’s WebLEM Software”.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
(Lunch Provided)

Overland Park Marriott Hotel
10800 Metcalf Avenue
Overland Park, KS 66210

RSVP to Cathy Paulson at cpaulson@mcakc.org

Or phone: 913-948-9200

About this Session…
MCAA’s WebLEM is the next generation of the popular Labor Estimating Manual (LEM), considered the industry’s most reliable, authoritative source for comprehensive labor units for typical project tasks. This web-based product, which is free to all members, contains the detailed labor data that contractors have come to depend on. With WebLEM, you can quickly search for and retrieve information, as well as export the data into Microsoft Excel or CSV format

MCAA’s WebLEM can save your company time and money by giving your Estimators immediate 24/7 access to a systematic approach to labor estimating that’s proven successful for hundreds of mechanical contractors in generating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual construction.

This session will be presented by the two Co-Chairs of the Labor Estimating Manual Committee, Tim Moormeier, President of U.S. Engineering and Ron King of Accubid, Division of Trimble.  Ron and Tim were integral in the conversion of the LEM information into the current web-based product.  Their presentation will focus on how to use the WebLEM effectively, how labor units are developed, what the Committee considers when making decisions on labor units, and what is coming next for the WebLEM.  They will take you behind the scenes of WebLEM to understand how the labor hours are applied in the system so that you can appropriately apply your own experience modifiers in your estimating system.