The ITI has informed us that they will be conducting the TABB Performance Exam for TABB Certification at Local #17. This will be open to all contributing contractors who wish to send their people and there will be individuals coming in from all over the northeast to take part.
- On Friday, April 24th they will administer the written portion of the exam.
- On May 28th and 29th they will administer the practical portion of the exam.
Techs must pass the written portion of the exam in order to take the practical portion.
SMACNA Boston and the Local #17 Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee have agreed to put on a four-day prep course in advance of the written portion of the exam. The course will cover all the relevant topics on the exam and provide a comprehensive refresher for balancing technicians who are looking to become TABB certified. The dates for the prep course will run from April 20 to 23 from 7 AM – 3 PM tentatively. Meals will be provided as well as course material and practice exams.
In order to plan for the prep course we would like to ask that all interested contractors please submit count and list of names of balancing techs who are potentially interested in taking the prep course, by no later than 5:00 PM Wednesday, February 12, 2020.
This program is a must for Project Managers who deal with change orders. This workshop walks all attendees through the life of a change order. From what is a change and types of changes, to calculating non-direct costs using fill-in-the-blank worksheets (available only from this workshop) to presenting mock change orders calculated in class to a professional Disputes Review Board (DRB). Following the presentations, the DRB presents their counter-offers to each presenting group and gives them feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Presenters: Troy Aichele, Aichele & Associates, LLC, David Ashcraft, Advantage Learning Systems, Inc.
Attendees of this program will learn:
1) Describe different types of changes and the impact costs associated with them.
2) Use specific tools to price, analyze and document change order impact pricing.
3) Demonstrate understanding of the vocabulary associated with complex change orders.
4) Present a cumulative impact change order based on a case study scenario.
5) Improve effectiveness at selling change order entitlement and impact costs.
Who should attend? This seminar will benefit Project Managers with at least 3-4 years of experience who price and sell change orders.
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Mark Breslin is an author, speaker, CEO and influencer at the highest levels of business in North America. He has spent decades advising CEOs and senior leaders in business, government, labor and nonprofit arenas. Influencing groups from 50 to 5,000 at a time, Mark drives home the lessons needed for positive change that create profound results in the workplace.
Based on his book Alpha Dog: Leading Managing and Motivating in the Construction Industry this leadership-training program provides concrete lessons for construction professionals who want to improve team and individual performance.
The training program is designed to make an immediate impact with those involved in field operations. The curriculum touches on all leadership levels, provides a strategic look at the “homegrown nature” of leadership development. It includes specific recommendations on how to build a new leadership culture in a company or organization of any size. Former participants include project managers, project engineers, foremen, superintendents and other managers.
Lesson plans include the following:
- Alpha leadership skills and characteristics
- Examine and challenge your mindset as leader
- Improve communication strategy and practices
- Ways to encourage positive change with your team
- How to use influence to enhance performance
- How to better motivate others
- How to make better, faster and smarter decisions
- How to delegate for best results
- How to be or find a mentor
- And much more!
The Alpha Leadership workshop is based on real-world experiences, life changing and powerful in its relevance for construction professionals to adopt new leadership methods and behaviors.
The training program’s curriculum includes a useful Action Plan on how leaders can tackle these challenges immediately head on, and leverage them into higher team and individual performance.
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Join Tom Richert, Principal of LeanProject for an seminar on how to best implement lean construction. This is the second of two lean workshops held by the BTEA and Tom Richert. This seminar is intended for project managers and operations staff who are interested in how to better implement lean principles into practice.
This workshop introduces several common lean practices trade contractors can apply on projects, regardless of whether the general contractor is using lean. These practices include the Last Planner® System, 5S organization, visual management, and balanced workflow planning.
These practices have been demonstrated to increase productivity and reduce the level of unplanned work and resulting risk. The day provides an awareness of how work is planned has a dramatic impact on the level of productivity in the field.
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BTEA and MCAP are pleased to announce that Nic Bittle will be conducting an extended seminar for supervisors and foremen of our contributing contractors.
In A Foreman’s Field Guide to Developing Your Workforce, Nic will walk your foremen and supervisors through how to develop their team for long-term success. As natural mentors on the jobsite it is up to the Foremen and Supervisors to develop their crew to be the next leaders of the industry.
In this program your Supervisor/Foreman will learn:
- The 4 Core Competencies lacking in most of the workforce entering the industry today.
- How to develop those competencies within your team while on the job.
- How to develop each team member so that everyone communicates on a higher level.
- The tips, tricks, tactics, and techniques a foreman and/or supervisor must master to effectively lead in today’s market.
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Confined spaces incidents aren’t the most common, but they can be the most deadly. As we have seen in numerous incidents throughout New England, confined spaces hazards tend to be misunderstood or underestimated. In addition, many confined spaces injuries or fatalities involve not one, but two, victims: the worker and the rescuer.
SMACNA Boston and Contractor’s Risk Management (CRM) are working together to offer this training to all our signatory contractors. Make sure your employees are up to date on the latest in confined spaces regulations and procedures!
The course covers:
- Key elements of the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Spaces Regulation
- Confined spaces concepts and terminology
- The difference between confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces
- How to identify and evaluate hazards: atmospheric, mechanical, chemical
Procedures for controlling hazards
- Proper protective equipment for confined spaces
- Duties of the entry supervisor, entrant, and attendant
- Procedures for self-rescue, non-entry rescue, entry rescue by company employees, and entry rescue by emergency responders
- Completing the entry process
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What’s different? Rather than dwelling on legal standards and what NOT to do (although this will be covered), this training will focus on WHAT TO DO – the words and actions that promote respect and fairness, and participants’ responsibility for contributing to respect in the workplace. Supervisors practice skills in responding appropriately to employee complaints and discuss how they can create a sense of respect for their employees, focusing on the employee’s perceptions of fairness and the supervisor’s responsibility to respond with emotional intelligence. Finally, supervisors are taught simple but effective ways to coach employees whose behavior might be a problem – early intervention to nip problems in the bud before they rise to the level of illegal harassment.
PRESENTERS: Feng [Kenneth] An, J.D., Director, and Elizabeth Marcus, Mediator Boston Area Office, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
This program is being Co-held in collaboration with Building Trades Employers’ Association, Building Pathways, NECA Boston Chapter and New England Mechanical Contractors Association. Registration is limited to 50 persons.
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Special Opportunity for SMACNA Boston Members
(1½ day program) is coming to your backyard!
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 – 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 23, 2020 – 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
This 1½-day program is led by SMACNA’s Technical Resources staff and is recommended for project managers, estimators, engineers, supervisors, foremen, and shop superintendents. Participants will participate in intensive, hands-on educational sessions that cover many SMACNA standards including SMACNA’s HVAC Duct Construction, HVAC Air Duct Leakage, Fire/Smoke Dampers, and Round and Rectangular Industrial Standards.
SMACNA’s technical staff will provide an in-depth analysis of SMACNA standards and the means and methods to fabricate and construct projects in a more efficient manner to enhance the contractor’s ability and technical background to aid in the delivery of a cost-effective project.
Sign up by Monday, January 15th, 2020!
Confined spaces incidents aren’t the most common, but they can be the most deadly. As we have seen in numerous incidents throughout New England, confined spaces hazards tend to be misunderstood or underestimated. In addition, many confined spaces injuries or fatalities involve not one, but two, victims: the worker and the rescuer.
BTEA and Contractor’s Risk Management (CRM) are working together to offer this training to all our signatory contractors. Make sure your employees are up to date on the latest in confined spaces regulations and procedures!
The course covers:
- Key elements of the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Spaces Regulation
- Confined spaces concepts and terminology
- The difference between confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces
- How to identify and evaluate hazards: atmospheric, mechanical, chemical
Procedures for controlling hazards
- Proper protective equipment for confined spaces
- Duties of the entry supervisor, entrant, and attendant
- Procedures for self-rescue, non-entry rescue, entry rescue by company employees, and entry rescue by emergency responders
- Completing the entry process
Register HERE
The Building Trades Employers’ Association (BTEA) and SMACNA Boston are offering a Silica Competent Person Training Seminar.
Once completed each person will receive a certificate designating them as a competent person on site to manage the dangers of silica exposure. The new OSHA rule regarding Silica Exposure Limits is now in effect! Take advantage of this opportunity for silica training. This seminar will discuss the dangers of silica as well as the new regulations and how contractors and employees can meet the requirements.
REGISTER HERE
