PCCA Journal 3rd Quarter 2014 - page 13

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PCCA Announces Second Project Manager Academy
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ooking to help its members build strong project
leaders, PCCA held its first PCCA Project Man-
ager Academy (PMA) earlier this year and has
recently announced plans for a second PMA,
January 12-15, 2015, in Atlanta, Ga.
The PCCA Academy is four days of tough, no-nonsense,
total immersion into the business of construction that will
fast-forward your people’s knowledge, decision-making skills,
and leadership abilities. But mostly, they will learn to think
and act as if they have a personal stake in every project.
By all accounts the first PMA was wildly successful, as
participants, instructors, and the association came away
enlightened, enriched, and energized. The class included 19
construction professionals from seven different companies
all around the country, and they all were fully engaged in
the program and worked hard to better themselves and their
companies.
“I will highly recommend this academy to our organization
on sending more managers. It was four days of high-level
information but explained in simple terms. It allows you to
better understand how the business is looked at by own-
ers and the importance of the things they discuss about job
closeouts, receivables, production, and planning,” wrote one
participant on his program evaluation following the PMA.
The PCCA Academy is based on FMI’s highly success-
ful PMA, and FMI worked with a group of PCCA contractor
and associate members to tailor the program specifically to
our industry. The course materials include PCCA-specific
case studies and samples of checklists, best practices, plans,
specs, contracts, change orders, etc. Your people won’t be
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