Mid-Michigan Mechanical Contractors Association

Becky J. Brimley, CAE, Executive Director 2016 Annual Report

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Approximately 2,000 members and guests came to Or-lando, FL March 20-24, 2016 for the Annual MCAA Convention to celebrate the association’s “Best Ever.” The program featured an exceptional line-up of distin-guished and accomplished speakers from a variety of vocations who gave everyone new ideas about how to prepare for current and future challenges, particularly the emergence of new technologies and the recruitment of talented young people for professional positions.

Educational sessions featured: James Benham on how new construction technologies are impacting projects and operations; John Spence on strategies for building a successful life and company; Dutch Martinez on the Lean approach to winning and managing projects; the Project Managers Education Committee’s panel discussion about solutions to office and field challenges that will help you move ahead of your competition; and John Koontz on lessons from the great mechanicals (pictured above). Legendary NBA star and entrepreneur Dr. Shaquille O’Neal was the featured speaker at the Annual Awards Breakfast and the Wednesday evening gala featured Grammy winning superstar Sheryl Crow. From the opening session to the closing program, attendees experienced MCAA’s best, as they learned of and honored their industry’s accomplishments and so much more.

2016 SkillsUSA Residential Plumbing Contest

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The 2016 SkillsUSA Residential Plumbing Contest was conducted this year on Saturday, April 9th at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids. The judges included Robert MacDonald of Emergent BioSolu-tions (Lansing), Aaron Munoz of Limbach Company (Pontiac), and Brian McKay, Grand Rapids City Plumbing Inspector (pictured bottom, left). The Mid-Michigan Mechanical Contractors Association (3MCA) and the West Michigan Mechanical Con-tractors Association (WMMCA) co-sponsored the event and both Becky Brimley and Cindy Morse were present to assist in the competition.

Ten contestants competed with the top three places awarded to the following individuals: First Place - Tris-tan VanDyken, Careerline Tech Center (Holland), Second Place - Nathan Baas, Careerline Tech Center (Hol-land), Third Place - Logan Ribbons, Careerline Tech Center (Holland).

3MCA, WMMCA and Ferguson Enterprises also jointly donated a Milwaukee M18” 2-Tool Combo Kit to the first place winner.

Sparrow Children’s Center Telethon & 21st Annual Doug Griffith Breakfast

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Sparrow’s Center, UA Local 333 and 3MCA partnered to recognize community service labor leader Doug Griffith and to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network on Friday, June 17, 2016. Hosted by Labor Community Relations Specialist Claire Corr, the event raised $9,000 this year.

The featured “Miracle Child” was 7-year-old Olivia Borodychuk of Dewitt (pictured left, 3rd row). Olivia’s parents, Chad and Lisa (pic-tured left, 4th row) explained that she was diagnosed at age two with Alexander Disease (Leukodystrophy), a rare disorder of the nervous system. The disease is incurable and children who have it usually succumb to the disease between ages 7 and 10. The Borodychuks are also helping families by donating hand-made pillows to hospitals around the state. The pillows are given to children who are patients at the hospital. The idea for the pillow project came to Lisa when she brought pillows to Sparrow Hospital when Olivia was in the chil-dren's intensive care unit last August. "Olivia cannot breathe if she is sitting up so she had to lay on her side," Lisa said. "If you are doing that all the time, you have problems with your skin. So I started mak-ing pillows to go between her legs as well as her back and head to help support her.”

The Doug Griffith Service Award was presented this year to Randy Freeman, long-time employee of UAW 652 General Motors in Lans-ing (pictured bottom row with Claire Corr). Claire stated that Randy has been in living in the community his whole life and he believes in his community. Randy also goes the extra mile and has no ego.

The event was well attended by many community leaders and is an effective fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network, with over $82,000 being raised in its twenty-one year history.

The Sparrow Children’s Telethon on June 3-4, 2016 raised more than $887,000 to benefit the young patients of the Sparrow Children’s Cen-ter. 3MCA and UA Local 333 were phone bank sponsors and jointly donated $10,000. UA Local 333 members manned the phone bank (pictured left), which included UA Local 333 Assistant Business Man-ager Price Dobernick. Executive Director Becky Brimley is pictured left, top row, with the check. The money raised during the telethon will help fund improvements to the Sparrow Children’s Center and ensure the ongoing advancement of medical care for all children in Mid-Michigan – regardless of their ability to pay.

2016 Golf Outing

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The Annual 3MCA Golf Outing was held Monday, June 27, 2016 at the Country Club of Lansing with over 40 golfers in attendance. Contractors, Associate members and guests enjoyed a great day of golf.

First Place Team Low score went to Jerry Gunthorpe, Jon Upton, Scott Gardner and Harley Eskew (pictured left, 2nd row). Second Place Team Low Score went to Larry Gunthorpe, Jeff Schumkaer, Tim Pruden and Bill Behnke (pictured left, 1st row). Closest to the Pin went to Jerry Gunthorpe (pictured bottom, right). Longest Putt went to Joe Michilizzi with Longest Drive to Jerry Gunthorpe. Skins game winners went to Larry Gun-thorpe, Jeff Schumaker, Tim Pruden and Bill Behnke.

3MCA would also like to thank the following sponsors: Association Benefits Company, Galloup, Hedrick As-sociates, Novara Tesija P.L.L.C. and TIC International Corporation.

MSAE CAE Summit

Redevelopment 101 Workshop

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The Annual MSAE Certified Association Executives Summit was held May 4-6, 2016 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI. 3MCA’s Becky Brimley attended this event where participants explored the elements of treating cre-ativity and innovation as systematic disciplines using the five-step approach outlined by Josh Linkner in Disciplined Dream-ing. The event shared videos, experiences and exercises to promote ways to think differently, unconventionally or from a new perspective. Featured speakers included Susan Radwan of Leading Edge Mentoring, Mike Moss of the Society of Col-lege and University Planning and the Pete Siers Trio, featuring Dave Bennett and Tad Weed (pictured left).

3MCA’s Becky Brimley was invited to attend a Redevelopment 101 Workshop on June 24, 2016 at The View, Cooley Law School Stadi-um, in Lansing, as she serves on the Ingham County Economic Development and Brown-field Development Authority Boards. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) hosted the event. The workshop explored various resources available to municipalities to assess, clean up and redevelop blighted and brown-field properties to enhance the vitality of communities, and the processes behind suc-cessful redevelopment.

Speakers included Keith Lambert of the Lans-ing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), Jeff Hukill of the Michigan Department of Envi-ronmental Quality (DEQ), Cindy Mollenhour of DEQ, and Nate Scramlin and Tom Durkee of the Michigan Economic Development Cor-poration (MEDC).

2016 AEC Conference

UA Celebrates Over 60 Years of Industry Leading Instructor Training

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The Annual AEC Conference was held on August 7-10, 2016 in Seattle, Washington with over 50 atten-dees. The conference included a three-day-in-depth examination of best practices in association manage-ment. Attendees examined and shared the highly use-ful information and strategies on key topics raining from building board relationships to unique new edu-cational initiatives. The objective of the conference is to further the professionalism of staff executives of MCAA’s affiliated associations, empowering them to better serve and represent their contractor members. By all accounts, this year’s conference achieved that objective.

The UA’s Instructor Training Program (ITP) was held on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 and is considered one of the most successful skills training program in North America. Approximately 2,000 instructors from local unions across North America and Australia arrived at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) in Ann Arbor, Michigan to train as peers in the most contemporary skill sets for the next genera-tion. The program encompassed intensive week-long classes in the latest teaching methods and emerging technologies in our trades, and features other events and activities throughout the week. This year’s theme was “Our Commitment to Excellence.”

Nearly 4,000 Attendees Learn About MSU’s FRIB

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Nearly 4,000 members of the public attended the Facili-ty for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) and National Super-conducting Cyclotron Laboratory Open House on Sat-urday, August 20, 2016. The “Rare Access” event in-cluded activities, demonstrations, presentations and tours that allowed attendees to learn more about a world-leading science facility in operation (NSCL) and one in the making (FRIB).

The four-hour open house, made possible by 130 vol-unteers, offered an array of experiences for all ages. Tours were held in the currently operational experimen-tal areas in NSCL that will be used in FRIB experi-ments and visitors could tour the $730 million FRIB facility under construction. Several hands-on activities and demonstrations showed the fields of FRIB and NSCL research, including playing the isotopolis video game, operating an electromagnetic accelerator, smash-ing model “nuclei” made of magnetic marbles and op-erating a control system like a cyclotron operator. Ad-ditionally, scientists were available to talk about their work on the frontiers of rare-isotope research and sev-eral educational videos were shown in the “FRIB The-ater.” In the presentation hall, speakers gave presenta-tions on the NSCL/FRIB Laboratory, the science being explored and career opportunities for young people.

When FRIB comes online in 2022, it will propel Mi-chigan State University (MSU) and the United States back to the top of nuclear science research. The work of FRIB scientists will focus on the creation of rare iso-topes, some of which have never existed on earth and only for fractions of a second and it will help scientists answer fundamental questions about the origins of the elements and the structure of matter.

Gunthorpe Plumbing & Heating, Inc., Limbach Com-pany LLC and Northern Boiler & Mechanical Contrac-tors, Inc. are jointly working on the FRIB project.

Ferris State University HVAC/R Engineering and Technology Program Event

Pete Chaney Visits Mid-Michigan

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On Monday, September 12, 2016, fifty-one of the current students enrolled in the Ferris State HVAC Program par-ticipated in a cook-out in Rodney, Michigan, in which var-ious prizes were awarded via a random drawing from nu-merous donors. Justin Dean (pictured top right) and Vital-ity Yashchuk (pictured bottom right) received service tool bags from UA Local 333 and 3MCA. UA Local 333 Business Agent Joe Michilizzi is shown presenting the prizes. Other individuals in attendance included Assistant Professor Brian Holten and Instructor Jacob Skinner, along with three UA organizers. The students were in-formed about career opportunities in the HVAC industry.

On Thursday, September 15, 2016 Pete Chaney, MCAA Director of Safety and Health, gave a Mechanical Indus-try Safety Issues Update at the Holiday Inn in Okemos, Michigan. Mr. Chaney discussed Electric Arc Welding Safety, MCAA Safety Resources for 2016 (Respiratory Protection Video, Silica Video, MCAA Guide to Subcon-tractor Safety Management, Fab Shop Safety Manual, MCAA Toolbox Safety Talks Volume VI, Model Silica Exposure Control Plan), MCAA’s 2017 Safety Directors Conference, RF Radiation Safety Awareness, OSHA’s Recently Revised Rule on Record Keeping, OSHA Silica Standard and the new MCAA Website. A separate out-door presentation was given by Marc Jamrose, DeWalt Regional Manager Eastern Great Lakes regarding power tools for silica protection and other state-of-the-art tool safety features. The presentation was jointly sponsored by Greater Michigan PMCA, 3MCA, MCA Detroit, WMMCA and Michigan MCA.

Great Lakes Peer Group Conference

John Koontz Conducts Foreman Training Workshop

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Please Mark Your Calendar 3MCA Christmas Party

Wednesday December 7, 2016

6:30 p.m.

Country Club of Lansing

The Annual Great Lakes Peer Group Conference was con-ducted this year on September 22-23, 2016 at the Magno-lia Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska. Sixteen MCAA Associa-tion Executives attended this informative meeting to dis-cuss association management, labor relations, trust funds, and future planning. The Great Lakes Peer Group is a re-gional AEC roundtable of association executives that share problem-solving techniques with their colleagues regarding a multitude of industry-related issues.

MCAA’s National Director for Project Management and Ad-vanced Supervisory Education, John Koontz, conducted the first of four Foreman Training Workshops on Wednesday, Oc-tober 5, 2016 at the UA Local 333 Training Center in Lansing, Michigan. Over 50 attendees participated in this informative workshop which covered Planning Skills for the Project Team and Productivity Improvement for Mechanical Projects. The remaining workshops will be scheduled in April and October 2017, with the remaining workshop to be scheduled in 2018. Mr. Koontz brings a balance of academic and practical expe-rience to his workshops and has been teaching since 1992. Mr. Koontz is a former tenured associate professor at Purdue University's Department of Building and Construction Man-agement and has worked for MCAA contractors in a variety of management positions.