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Handbook of Production Improvement Methods for Trade Contractors
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HARNESSING SUPERVISORY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION
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How Integrated Product Delivery Impacts Specialty Contractors
Read moreWhen considering Integrated Project Delivery (IDP), specialty contractors want to know:
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HOW TO DEVELOP A SERVICE BUSINESS READY FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF EVERYTHING
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Ideal Jobsite Inventory Levels to Improve Profitability
Read moreElectrical contracting is a risky business. The contractor has to constantly balance between its relationship with labor, the general contractor, distributors, manufacturers, architects, owners, banks and many other constituencies.
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Identifying BIM Related Costs Due to Changes
Read moreBuilding information modeling (BIM) and prefabrication tools have greatly improved the efficiency of constructing structures but can only enhance construction if the design is reasonably set before their implementation.
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Impact of Change Orders on Labor Efficiency
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Impact of Overtime on Electrical Labor Productivity: A Measured Mile Approach
Read moreElectrical contractors are frequently faced with the need to compress or accelerate the construction schedule as a result of added scope, delays and/or a late start of activities. The most common approach to schedule acceleration is the use of overtime.
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Impacts of CAD for Electrical Contractors
Read moreThe challenge for electrical contractors is to develop strategic implementations of CAD technology to remain competitive. This study shows that CAD is an ever-increasing force in the world of electrical contracting.
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Improving Apprentice Training with Personality Assessment
Read moreThis research report provides a guide to more effective communication with apprentices through personality assessment. Results identify the most common personality traits and learning style differences and how instructors may utilize this information to enhance training.
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Improving Combined Time-Cost Forecasting Capabilities for Contractor
Read moreContractors must carefully manage cash outflow (e.g. for materials to enable their work) and inflow (after the work) to be profitable, especially in the current economy. The importance of cash flow for business success is undisputed, as bankruptcies due to insufficient cash flow underline.
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Improving Company Culture
Read moreThe goal of this research is to create a toolkit of proven methods that the EC industry can use to strengthen company culture and sustainability by:
• Attracting and retaining high-level talent.
• Improving customer and team member loyalty.
• Increasing employee engagement.The researcher team received feedback through interviews and surveys from more than 200 NECA contractors and industry partners across the country.
This toolkit is designed so that you do not have to read from front to back. You can select the element of culture that you are most interested in addressing and go directly to that area.
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Improving Productivity and Reducing Rework by Establishing a Built-in Quality (BIQ) Program
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Improving RFI Efficiency & Insight Through a Common Data Exchange (CDX)
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Industrialization of Construction a Compilation to Lead the Way-Book Four: Efficiency and Continuous Improvement: Survival of the Unfits
Read moreBeing fit in today’s electrical construction environment may be a weakness tomorrow. Today’s fittest may not survive the future environment and today’s unfits may be tomorrow’s survivors. It is not the “fittest” that survive; it is the ones that are able to adopt and adapt.
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Industrialization of Construction, A Compilation to Lead the Way, Book Three – Foundation & Future: Dealing with the Challenges of More Work
Read moreAs Industrialization moves forward, the foundation and future of companies and the EC industry are dependent on building solid infrastructure according to a business model that also stays flexible to meet changes in consumer needs.
