The NECA Convention & Trade Show is coming! Please visit www.necaconvention.org to register. Please be aware that the Austin City Limits (ACL), Texas home football and Formula One will be occurring near the Convention time-frame.

Please click on the link for IMSCA’s June 24, 2022 Legislative Update. The report includes the effective dates of legislation recently approved by Governor Pritzker. You will also find information on the potential return of the Illinois General Assembly for a “Special Session on Reproductive Rights” that IMSCA is closely monitoring. 

IMSCA would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the 2022 Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, June 28^th. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Voters will have the opportunity to select their party nominees for every constitutional officer, one United States Senate seat, two seats on the Illinois Supreme Court, all seventeen Illinois Congress members, every member of the Illinois General Assembly and numerous county and judicial offices. If you haven’t already participated in early voting opportunities, IMSCA members are encouraged to exercise your right to vote and participate in Tuesday’s Primary Election. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Newbold Hoselton, Executive Director, Illinois Mechanical & Specialty Contractors Association (IMSCA) at (217) 523-4361.

The Electrical Contractors’ Association of City of Chicago (ECA) held its 50th Annual Spring Conference on June 8 - 9, 2022 at The American Club in Kohler, Wisconsin. 

Please click on the links for written and video highlights of the Conference.  Next year's event will be held on June 7 - 8, 2023  at the Abbey Resort in Fontana, WI!

The NECA Midwestern Region Spring Conference was held June 12 – 15, 2022 at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, CO. Nearly 25 individuals from the Chicago & Cook County Chapter, NECA were able to participate with the Conference.  

Please click on the link for the NECA Government Affairs "Week in Review" - 6/24/22.

Join us at Streeterville Social, Rooftop Bar and Restaurant, on August 11th for the ECA Summer Social Event! As the city’s largest outdoor rooftop terrace with sweeping skyline views, Streeterville Social offers a sprawling 9,000 square foot, park-like setting to enjoy a summer afternoon with fellow members.

Registration will open at www.ecachicago.com this June.

IMSCA-PAC’s 2022 fundraiser is underway! 

NINE RAFFLE WINNERS will be drawn this year! Tickets are $50 each. Each ticket purchased buys you a chance to win the prize of your choice. Your choices include:

·   FOUR tickets to cheer on the Chicago Bears vs. Washington Commanders at Soldier Field (October 13 2022, 7:20 p.m.). This prize also includes parking passes (Value: $1,100.00). Donated by Tom Morton, LLD Electric Company.

·   FOUR tickets to cheer on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center (Date TBA). These are 200 Club Level seats with parking passes (Value: $750.00). Donated by Jim McGlynn, McWilliams Electric Company.

·   $1,000 Travel Package that includes a $500 American Airlines gift card and a $500 Hotels.com gift card. Donated by Bloomington/Normal PHCC.

·   $750 Bass Pro gift card. Donated by Underground Contractors Association of Illinois.

·   $500 Amazon gift card. Donated by Illinois Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors Association.

·   $500 Best Buy gift card. Donated by PCA of Greater Chicago.

·   $500 Cabela’s gift card. Donated by Electrical Contractors Association of Chicago.

·   $500 Top Golf gift card. Donated by SMACNA Greater Chicago.

·   $500 Cooper’s Hawk gift card. Donated by Associated Steel Erectors of Chicago and Bold New Strategies.

The winning tickets will be drawn at IMSCA’s Board and Membership meeting on September 16, 2022. The winners do not need to be present to win.

Please click the link for the most recent NECA Forum, which includes how you can assist with the 2022 NECA Financial Benchmarker Report.