A dedicated team of contractor volunteers arrived two days before the competitions to assemble the competitor test benches, distribute the materials and supplies and set up the testing areas.
The Educational Foundation is responsible for guiding the development of the PHCC's education and training programs for contractors and their employees.
'Artificial intelligence, A.I., is one of those software tools that foremen should be using,' says Purdue University Professor Emeritus Kirk Alter
May 10, 2023
Professor Kirk Alter put an A.I. to work calculating duct installation productivity rates and generating a construction delay notification letter to a general contractor.
At the conclusion of this year's PHCC Educational Foundation annual Plumbing and HVAC Apprentice Contests, the company donated much of the materials used in the competitions to the Charlotte Region Habitat for Humanity organization.
The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors — National Association’s Educational Foundation announced the winners of the national plumbing and HVAC apprentice contests.
Twenty-six students were awarded a total of $60,000 in scholarships funded by the Foundation, the South Jersey Mechanical Contractors Association, Gerry Kennedy, Anne Williams, the McGlame-Wordell Scholarship committee, the PHCC Auxiliary of Texas, the PHCC Auxiliary of Massachusetts, and PHCC’s Past National Officers.