The Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation

5 Key Things About MCERF

Mega Issues
Founded in 1989 by pioneers envisioning an organization to help solve mega-issues that confront the mechanical construction and service industries. LEARN MORE
Attracting the Brightest and Best Students
MCERF invests in programs that attract the best and brightest students to the mechanical and mechanical service industries. LEARN MORE
Developing Tools to Teach our Next Generation
MCERF develops online tools, methods, materials, and technology-focused practices to advance the mechanical contracting and service industries. LEARN MORE
Our Partners are Vital to Our Continued Success
MCERF receives support from local MCAA affiliates, manufacturers and suppliers, contractors and individuals to help achieve its goals. LEARN MORE
Ensuring all Funds Support our Mission
MCERF is a 501(c)(3) corporation with a Board of Trustees who oversee all donations received in an ethical manor. LEARN MORE

News & Happenings

Team USA wins Water Innovation Challenge

Congratulations to Team USA for Winning the Water Innovation Challenge 2014

Congratulates to all members of Team USA and Team Australia for their incredible efforts at the inaugural Water Innovation Challenge, held June 3-5 in Singapore. Over 3+ humid competition days the two teams were neck-in-neck, but it was Team USA who emerged on top and won the first Water Innovation Challenge title.

85 Student Internship Grants Awarded for 2014

The grants, each for $1,200, will help cover the salaries of student interns who are working for MCAA and MSCA members in the field and/or in the office over this summer. The students will gain valuable work experience and the opportunity to learn more about the industry, and their employers will benefit from the students'...

Prof. Mike Feutz, Ferris State, teaching teachers

CM Faculty Go Back to School for MEP Basics

Sixteen faculty members from universities across the U.S. gathered at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS last week for the 10th Mechanical-Electrical Academic Consortium's (MEAC) Faculty Training Conference...

WorldSkills Foundation Water Innovation Challenge

Team USA Members Selected for the Water Innovation Challenge

Chicago, Illinois (April 28, 2014) — The Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF), the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE), International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association (PHCC), and WorldSkills USA are financially...

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