56th Annual MBCEA Conference & MBMA Spring Meeting
Sheraton Le Meridien Hotel
555 South McDowell StreetNorth Tower
Charlotte, NC 28204-2605
Registration is now closed. We look forward to seeing you there.
Click on the Agenda button in the 56th Annual MBCEA Conference Event in the MBCEA Appto review the sessions and add the ones you don't want to miss to your "My Agenda".
The Exhibit Hall will be open five times throughout the three days and we'll send out push notifications for fun contests to enter a raffle for prizes so be sure to keep your MBCEA app notifications turned on.
Scroll through the Attendees, reaching out to those you want to connect with. Preview the Exhibitors, planning out your exhibit hall route. Check out the sponsors and thank them for their support.
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Agenda
| May 7 | |
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MBCEA Board Meeting (MBCEA Only) Governor's 2-4 |
| 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Exhibitor Setup Symphony 1-4 |
| 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM | MBCEA & MBMA Registration Desk Open Mecklenburg Foyer |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | MBMA Board Meeting (MBMA Only) Executive Boardroom |
| 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
MBCEA & MBMA Opening Remarks, Keynote Speaker, MBCEA Awards Ceremony (All)
Join us as we kick off our three days together. Keynote speaker Caleb Campbell - former NFL Linebacker, West Point Graduate, and Army Officer - will share the framework to navigate uncertainty, expand your capacity and accelerate transformation. Learn how to thrive through challenges and lead with purpose. MBMA's Safety Awards; MBCEA's Building of the Year Awards; and the Metal Construction News Metal Construction Hall of Fame induction will round out this session. Mecklenburg |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
AC478 Cocktail Hour - by invitation only
AC478 Accredited Members gather together for this exclusive cocktail hour CJ's |
| 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
MBCEA & MBMA Welcome Reception and Exhibit Hall (All)
Begin making your rounds in the Exhibit Hall during our Welcome Reception while enjoying a dinner buffet, visiting with old friends, and making new. Symphony |
| May 8 | |
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
MBCEA & MBMA Networking Breakfast and Exhibit Hall (All)
Continue to visit with the vendors during breakfast. Symphony |
| 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM | MBCEA & MBMA Registration Desk Open (All) |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
MBCEA Educational Session - Successful Project Startup & Management (Utilizing AC478) (MBCEA Members)
This session will cover Planning, Starting, Scheduling, Delivering and Close-Out of a Project with a focus on safety and quality throughout. Mecklenburg |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MBMA Spring Association Meeting (MBMA Members) Symphony 5 & 6 |
| 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM |
MBCEA & MBMA Networking Lunch and Exhibit Hall (All)
Take some time to focus in on just a few of the vendors you'd like to learn more about during lunch. Symphony |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
MBCEA Contractor/Erector Roundtable (MBCEA Members)
This highly anticipated session allows you to bounce things off of your peers, collaborating and learning from each other for the betterment of your business and the industry. Mecklenburg |
| 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM |
MBCEA & MBMA Educational Session on Cybersecurity (All)
We will look at the hacker problem and hacker economy, share real world stories and practical security awareness tips and cyber security basics to adopt today. Mecklenburg |
| 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
MBCEA & MBMA Networking Reception and Exhibit Hall (All)
It's time to focus on a few more vendors for in-depth conversations about how they can help your business. After light refreshments, plan to go out to eat with someone new you've met or a long-time associate. Symphony |
| May 9 | |
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
MBCEA & MBMA Networking Breakfast and Exhibit Hall (All)
Here's your last chance to make those connections invaluable to your business! Symphony |
| 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Exhibitor Breakdown |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
MBCEA Field Sessions (All)
OSHA & fall protection for steel/MB erection What OSHA’s new heat illness prevention standard will require 2025 OSHA update and open Q&A Symphony 5 & 6 |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | MBCEA & MBMA Educational Session - Litigation Risk (All) James Gallagher, P.E., will speak about disputes in construction and strategies for resolving them effectively. He will cover some new innovations in the industry such as BIM, AI, game theory and others, and their potential to increase or decrease dispute risk. He will also review the post-pandemic resolution environment and how dispute resolution is evolving. Valuable for owners, developers, architects, engineers, builders and other top executives in construction-related businesses. |
| 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM |
MBCEA & MBMA Association Updates and Joint Roundtable (All)
Tony Bouquot, MBMA and Robert Tiffin, MBCEA will share the latest association happenings. The Joint Roundtable will be a time for contractors, erectors, manufacturers and suppliers to discuss industry issues and resolutions. Mecklenburg |
| 12:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Golf Tournament (All) Shotgun start at 1:30 pm with transportation provided to and from the Skybrook Golf Course. Meet in the Symphony Ballroom Foyer to load into two buses to depart by 12:30 pm. Box lunch will be provided upon arrival at Skybrook.With an average tournament time of 5 hours, we expect to leave at 6:30 pm to be back at the hotel at @ 7 pm. Club rentals will only be available to those who pre-ordered. |
Shipping and Parking Information
Booth space has sold out.
Note that these are table top displays, with a 6’ covered table and two chairs provided and the spacing between tables will be 2 to 3 feet. This is not a pipe and drape setup. We aim to give each exhibitor about an 8’ wide footprint with a few feet behind the table and in front.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Contest is now closed. We look forward to the awards presentation at the conference.
Watch this short video to see last conference's winner:
Sheraton Le Meridien Hotel
555 S McDowell Street
North Tower
Charlotte, NC 28204
The hotel block closed on Monday, April 21. If you need to secure lodging or make any changes to existing reservations, please contact the hotel at 877-822-3224
Beware of Scammers!
We understand that you may be contacted by outside companies attempting to sell you exhibitor services, lead retrieval, hotel reservations, attendee lists or more for the upcoming 2025 MBCEA 56th Annual Conference. Please rest assured, we never sell our exhibitors' or attendees' contact information.
Instead, these 3rd party companies will scrape event websites for exhibiting companies and research contact information to present themselves as show partners – some even will use the MBCEA logo.
The MBCEA and the Sheraton Le Meridien Hotel will never call you to make a hotel reservation.
Unless the email is coming from an @mbcea.org address, it is a scam and we ask that you please proceed with caution!
Don’t be fooled by other parties using the MBCEA name and/or logo – they are NOT affiliated with MBCEA. At the very least, prior to engaging with any of these outside companies, feel free to verify with Britain Graver.
