b'EducationalSessionsboth residential and commercial construction, contractorsMEMBERSHIP MEETING & KEYNOTE should know what legal and financial risk is at stake. ThisPRESENTATIONpresentation will cover the differing insurance types available10:50 pm12:20 pmRoom 205-207for injuries and workmanship, i.e. workers compensation insurance, errors and omissions, and commercial generalThe MRCA Conference Keynote Speaker will be Olympic liability.Contractors will also learn the differences when itGold Medalist, Rulon Gardner, and he will speak on turning comes to classifying a worker as an employee or independentnegative moments into character contractors and how it may trigger insurance coverage. buildingexperiences.Itwas growing up on a dairy farm in SAFETY EDUCATION Afton, Wyoming, where Gardner An Introduction to MRCAs Hot Air Welding & Inductionbecame accustomed to defying the odds. When he was just in Welding Safety Training Program kindergarten, he was identified by 9:40 pm10:40 pmRoom 208 his teachers as a special-needs Speakers: HAWT Chair, Jim RamserHighland Roofing, T&Rstudent a characterization that Chair. Randy AdamsR. Adams Roofing, and HAWT Instructor,plagued him throughout much of Chris Paulin his elementary school years in the form of poor grades and bullying. But with strong family support and the resolve of an Olympic champion, those early struggles would prove to only fuel his motivation to succeed and capture not only a gold medal, but also a Bachelor`s degree from the University of Nebraska. During the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Rulon Gardner cemented his spot in Olympics history by providing MRCAsnewHotAirandInductionWeldingSafetyprogramthe world with an inspirational and unforgettable story that (HAWT) was developed with the intention to improve the wayperfectly captures the spirit of the Games. Pulling off what is workers safely utilize hot air and induction welding equipment andnow remembered as the Miracle on the Mat, Gardner did the electrical generating equipment.When you commit to providingunimaginable and upset the previous 13-year undefeated and HAWT training to your crews you are making signicant stepsthree-time Olympic champion, Alexander Karelin, to capture forward in improving the safety of the property and the peoplethe Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal. ESPN would later working on your projects. Come learn what this innovative safetymemorialize the match as one of the greatest upsets not training covers, how you can get your employees trained and howonly in wrestling history, but in Olympic history and sports you or a member of your company can become a Certied HAWThistory as well.Instructor with MRCA helping you every step of the way.After his memorable Olympic moment, Gardner immediately TECHNICAL EDUCATION stormed onto the sports culture scene and into the hearts of sports fans throughout the country. He was celebrated Drones in Construction in the national spotlight on Oprah, the Today Show, and 9:40 pm10:40 pmROOMS 205-207 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He also received the ESPY Speaker: Randall WarnasEnterprise UAS Award for U.S. Male Olympic Athlete of the Year (2001), the DronesarebecomingstandardinanumberAAU James E. Sullivan Athlete of the Year Award (2000), and ofindustrialverticalsaroundtheworld,withthe Jesse Owens Award for Sportsmanship (2000).architecture,engineering,andconstruction amongst those most beneting from aerial data12:30 pm4:00 pmEXPO OPEN (EXHIBIT HALL B)capture. This presentation will give anyone who has yet to add drones to their workflow the current landscape of what drones are out there,FRIday, october 20 thwhat they do, and what the deliverables look like for anyone building8:00 am12:00 pmRegistration (EXHIBIT HALL GRAND FOYER)or inspecting structures. Dispel the mystery of drones by joining this session hosted by one of the most influential gures in the drone space. 8:00 am12:00 pm EXPO OPEN, Continental Breakfast & Hourly Prize Drawings (EXHIBIT HALL B)10:40 pm10:50 pm Break #MRCA2023www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer 25'