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ontinuing its mission to help members build
strong project leaders, PCCA announced that
it will hold the third PCCA Project Manager
Academy (PMA) January 11-14, 2016, in Den-
ver, Colo., at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - Denver
International Airport.
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 two PMAs were wildly success-
ful, as participants, instructors, and the association came
away enlightened, enriched, and energized. Each PMA has
included construction professionals from companies 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
PCCA Announces 2016 Project Manager Academy in Denver
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