Missouri Valley Line Constructors Chapter

What Missouri Valley Line Constructors Chapter does

The Missouri Valley Line Constructors Chapter is a Kansas City, Missouri-based nonprofit trade association and chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), chartered on August 29, 1955 to serve electrical line construction contractors across Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. It operates under a shared management structure with the Southwestern Line Constructors Chapter (chartered 1965, covering Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) under Chapter Manager Joe Mitchell, with a total of four named administrative staff across both chapters.

The organization's product portfolio is anchored by two Department of Labor-recognized Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee programs (Missouri Valley JATC and Southwestern LCAT) that deliver a national curriculum for the line construction trades; labor relations services that negotiate and administer collective bargaining agreements with 21 IBEW local unions across the territory; the One Check System, a consolidated payroll remittance mechanism that processes monthly contributions to NEBF, NEAP, NLMCC, apprenticeship funds, Lineco, and chapter service charges in a single transaction; and a CSI ePR.Live electronic Monthly Payroll Reporting platform that has replaced paper filings. Supporting services include government affairs advocacy (including a Political Action Committee), technical representation on bodies such as the Electrical Council of Underwriters Laboratories and the National Electrical Safety Code, and marketing support through the NECA Connection computerized buyer-seller matching service.

Revenue is generated primarily through percentage-of-payroll service charges billed to signatory contractors (tiered from 0.8% down to 0% above 150,000 man-hours in Missouri Valley, and a flat 0.8% to 75,000 man-hours in Southwestern), plus a 0.2% Administrative Maintenance Fund. Chapter dues of $550–$600 are waived after the first year of membership, making them a marginal revenue line. The chapter currently serves 32 Missouri Valley members and 22 Southwestern members (54 total), with named contractors including B & L Electric, Black & McDonald, PAR Electrical Contractors, INTREN, Michels Power, M.J. Electric, J.F. Electric, The L.E. Myers Company, and Edison Power Constructors.

Name

Missouri Valley Line Constructors Chapter

Legal name

Missouri Valley and Southwestern Line Constructors Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association

Website

https://mvswneca.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Missouri Valley Line Constructors Chapter is a Kansas City, Missouri-based NECA-affiliated nonprofit trade association serving 54 electrical line construction contractors across 12 U.S. states, providing DOL-recognized apprenticeship training, IBEW labor relations, and consolidated payroll fund administration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Association Services for Electrical Contractors

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Labor, Social Protection & Occupational Safety Standards Cooperation (BPADANAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Electrical contractor association
• Trade association services
• Apprenticeship training programs
• Labor relations support
• Electrical line construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Mound City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. NECA Service Charges: Tiered service charges based on gross labor payroll. Missouri Valley Chapter: 0.8% for 0-40,000 man hours, 0.2% for 40,000-75,000, 0.15% for 75,000-150,000, no charges over 150,000. Southwestern Chapter: 0.8% for 0-75,000 man hours. Chapter dues of $550-$600 waived after first year of membership.
2. Administrative Maintenance Fund: 0.2% of gross labor payroll from signatory contractors in Missouri Valley chapter for maintenance fund.
3. Payroll Processing Fund Contributions: The chapter collects various fund contributions through its One Check System including NEBF (3% of Gross Labor Payroll), NEAP (varies per Local Area), NLMCC ($.01 Cent per Hour), Apprenticeship funds (1.5% of Gross Labor Payroll), and Lineco ($6.75 per Hours Worked).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Membership-based trade association under the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) that serves electrical line construction contractors across 12 U.S. states. The organization provides labor relations support, joint apprenticeship and training programs, government affairs advocacy, marketing assistance, technical services, and a consolidated One Check System for payroll fund processing on behalf of its member firms.

Product overview

Missouri Valley Line Constructors Chapter is a trade association organized under the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) that provides a portfolio of services to member electrical/line construction contractors. The organization operates two distinct chapters (Missouri Valley covering 7 states and Southwestern covering 5 states) with shared administrative functions. The core offerings include two Joint Apprenticeship and Training Programs (Missouri Valley JATC and Southwestern LCAT) that provide skilled manpower through DOL-recognized national curricula; MPR Forms processing using the ePR.Live system; and the One Check System for consolidated payroll fund management. Member benefits encompass Labor Relations services for negotiating agreements with IBEW local unions, Marketing services including the NECA Connection computerized marketing platform, Government Affairs advocacy and PAC support, and Technical Services including UL representation and safety code development. The chapters maintain relations with 21 IBEW local unions total across their service territories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Missouri Valley Line Constructors Apprenticeship and Training Program

Named customers12 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 August 1955NECA maintains a positive working relationship with IBEW for collective bargaining. The chapters maintain relations with 11 IBEW local unions in Missouri Valley territory and 10 local unions in Southwestern territory. The NECA-IBEW Quality Connection program promotes unionized construction with project owners.
• National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1901MVSWNECA is a local chapter of NECA. The chapter operates autonomously but follows NECA's national programs and governance structure. Each chapter elects a governor to represent them on NECA's Board of Governors.
• Corellian Software Inc. (CSI)supportingTechnology or IntegrationThe chapter utilizes CSI's ePR.Live payroll reporting system for processing Monthly Payroll Reports. All MPR filings must be submitted through this electronic system.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Southeastern Line Constructors Chapter NECA: Sister NECA line constructors chapter covering the southeastern U.S., with matching membership-based services for outside line construction contractors, joint apprenticeship programs, and IBEW local union relationships.
• Northwest Line Constructors Chapter NECA: Pacific Northwest NECA line constructors chapter offering identical member services — labor relations, payroll/One Check processing, apprenticeship training, government affairs — for outside line construction firms in its territory.
• Northeastern Line Constructors Chapter NECA: Northeastern U.S. NECA line constructors chapter with parallel services — collective bargaining with IBEW locals, apprenticeship training, payroll reporting, and member advocacy — for outside line contractors.
• Electrical Training Alliance: The NECA-IBEW jointly sponsored national apprenticeship program organization whose curriculum the Missouri Valley and Southwestern JATCs deliver locally. Direct comparable in the same electrical workforce training ecosystem.
• Albany/South New England Line Chapter NECA: Another NECA line constructors chapter providing essentially the same labor relations, payroll processing, apprenticeship, and member service functions for outside electrical contractors in a different U.S. region. Same NECA chapter governance and tiered service-charge model.
• National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) for the Electrical Industry: National training arm for IBEW-NECA apprenticeship programs that the chapter's two JATCs operate locally. Directly comparable as it provides DOL-recognized electrical apprenticeship curricula and certification across similar outside/inside construction trades.
• Western Line Constructors Chapter NECA: Mountain West NECA line constructors chapter providing the same suite of labor relations, training, payroll processing, and member advocacy services to outside line contractors in Utah and surrounding states.

Broad incumbents

• National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA): The national parent association of which Missouri Valley/Southwestern is a chapter. Operates broadly across the entire U.S. electrical contracting industry with comparable labor relations, apprenticeship, and government affairs programs, but at national scale rather than regional.
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW): Core labor partner of NECA chapters. Represents outside line construction workers nationwide and negotiates the collective bargaining agreements the chapter administers locally — directly comparable counterpart on the labor side of the union electrical construction model.
• Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC): National trade association representing merit-shop (non-union) contractors across all construction trades including electrical. A direct structural competitor to NECA's union model and the chapter's value proposition, representing the alternative the bear case highlights.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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