The leaders of the UMCA and UA Local 140 have agreed to form a Productivity Committee for the joint Standards for Excellence Initiative. The committee will be responsible for reviewing complaints from the Union, any employees, applicants, or signatory employer arising from or relating to the Standard for Excellence. As the UMCA and Local 140 […]
The National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau released a Technical Bulletin in May regarding failures in seamless carbon steel piping, fittings and flanges during hydrostatic testing due to changes in steelmaking practices by certain mills over the last five years. The Bulletin recommends that, except when the piping system hydrostatic test pressure is less than 20% […]
The leaders and members of UA Local 140 are hosting a Lagoon Day on July 16th. All Local 140 Membership and UMCA Contractors and their families are invited to attend this event. In addition to an all-day pass to Lagoon, admission includes a group dinner which will be served from 3:00-4:00pm. Additionally, Local 140 is […]
The Utah Career Center (UCC) in constantly looking to improve the quality of training provided to apprentices. As part of this goal, the UCC is looking for individuals to come out and evaluate a course during the Fall Semester. Evaluators are assigned one class each semester and are asked to evaluate that class two different […]
by Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com Contributor Leaders need to show more composure than ever before in the workplace. With the change management requirements, increased marketplace demands and intensifying competitive factors that surround us, leaders must have greater poise, agility and patience to minimize the impact of uncertainty. How leaders respond to these and other growing pressures […]
MCAA’s new safety bulletin on OSHA’s new silica rule is now available. The bulletin describes the key compliance requirements and also summarizes the entire standard, which was published in the Federal Register on March 25. The new standard becomes effective on June 23, but does not become enforceable in the construction industry until June 23, […]
by John Rampton, entrepreneur.com There are many reasons why organizations spend enormous amounts of time and resources on developing leaders. One of the most important examples would be that “Organizations with the highest quality leaders were 13 times more likely to outperform their competition in key bottom-line metrics such as financial performance, quality of products […]
Patrick Lynch, Vice President of CCI Mechanical was elected to the MCAA Board of Directors at the MCAA Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida on March 24, 2016. Robert Bergman, Executive Vice President of the UMCA noted that Patrick will “continue his unwavering and unselfish commitment to the mechanical contracting industry and will be an outstanding […]
by John Young, Young Hoffman, LLC The 2016 Utah Legislative session adjourned late on the final day, Thursday, March 10th, after lawmakers considered 488 House Bills and 259 Senate Bills, together with various resolutions. Among the long list of bills presented, the UMCA addressed the 14 bills summarized in the Bill Tracker which can be […]
by Dr. Travis Bradberry, President at TalentSmart When it comes to productivity, we all face the same challenge—there are only 24 hours in a day. Since even the best ideas are worthless until they’re executed, how efficiently you use your time is as important as anything else in business. I’ve become fascinated by productivity secrets […]
by Dr. Travis Bradberry, President at Talent Smart When it comes to success, it’s easy to think that people blessed with brains are inevitably going to leave the rest of us in the dust, but social psychologist Amy Cuddy knows first-hand how attitude can outweigh IQ. Cuddy suffered a car accident at the age of […]
As we begin the 2016 Education Series and introduce the cutting-edge seminars being offered this spring, we want to remind UMCA Contractor Members of the $1,000 Education Stipend available for use at UMCA Seminars. This stipend is simply credit that can be used to cover the cost of UMCA Seminar registration fees. Although most of […]
