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9780763765620

Agile Construction for the Electrical Contractor

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    9780763765620

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    0763765627

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-09-29
  • Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Summary

In order to remain competitive, electrical contractors, owners, and supervisors must alter current production-based business models for the more "agile" productivity-based model to maintain a company which quickly responds to the changing needs of jobsites, improves cash flow management, and accurately tracks expected profits. In this groundbreaking new book, Dr. Daneshgari applies proven managerial techniques from other industries to electrical construction through the introduction of agile constructiontrade; - a new tracking system based on jobsite dynamics and the bottom-line impact of three sources of cost drivers: money, materials, and manpower. This practical guide to improving operating systems and efficiencies is a must-have for electrical contractors. Providing a series of practical tools, processes, and tips for improving productivity Agile Electrical Construction demonstrates how to effectively incorporate actual construction-put-in-place (CPIP) with standard building information modeling (BIM) to measure job progress, labor productivity, profitability, cash flow, and materials handling as part of daily project operations.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
What Is Agile Construction?p. 5
Productivity and Productionp. 8
Productionp. 8
Productivityp. 8
Production versus Productivityp. 10
System Productivityp. 11
Individual Productivityp. 14
Measuring Production and Productivityp. 15
Managing the Productivityp. 16
Making It Visiblep. 21
What Is Variation?p. 23
How to See the Variationp. 24
Control Signalsp. 26
How to Read the Signalsp. 30
Variation in Constructionp. 34
Job-to-Job Variationp. 35
Estimate-to-Job Variationp. 37
Estimate-to-Estimate Variationp. 41
Making Moneyp. 43
Financial Modelsp. 43
Variable Cost Financial Modelp. 44
Fixed Cost Financial Modelp. 45
Where Does the Money Come From?p. 47
Negotiated Profitsp. 47
Increased Productivityp. 48
Reduced Cost of Cash Flowp. 50
Productivity and Safetyp. 55
Tools for Becoming an Agile Companyp. 57
Project Planningp. 59
General Contractor's Scheduled Planp. 61
Work Breakdown Structurep. 61
Prejob Planning and Layout Phasep. 61
Buying the Job (Procurement Phase)p. 63
Installation Phasep. 64
Closure Phasep. 65
Electrical Scheduled Planp. 66
Three-Week Scheduled Planp. 66
Operational Tools for Agilityp. 71
Job Productivity Assurance and Controlp. 72
Special Causes versus Common Causesp. 80
Case Studiesp. 83
Short Interval Schedulingp. 84
Case Studyp. 91
Agile Procurementp. 93
Case Studyp. 96
Estimation Analysis Enhancementp. 97
Data Analysis to Improve Estimation Accuracyp. 100
Accounting Feedback to Estimationp. 106
Case Studyp. 110
Using the Toolsp. 112
Corporate Tools for Agile Constructionp. 121
Agile Procurement: Vendor Partnershipp. 121
Work in Progressp. 126
How to Create a WIPp. 129
Productivity-Based WIP Reportingp. 135
Customer Positioning and Controlp. 136
Strategy for Agilep. 139
Market Realitiesp. 139
How to Build an Agile Company: Strategic Planningp. 146
The Supporting Structure for Agile Companiesp. 149
Company Infrastructurep. 149
System Design: Simplicity and Functionp. 150
Organizational Learning: Continual Learning Culturep. 152
Process Models: Visibility of Systems and Processesp. 154
Team Technology: Dimensions of Information Flow Control and Communicationsp. 155
Methods, Algorithms, and Tools (Technologies)p. 157
Corporate Memoryp. 158
Processesp. 161
Process versus Procedurep. 161
Strategic Breakthrough Process Improvementp. 163
Identify: Recognize and Definep. 164
Characterize: Measure and Synthesizep. 166
Optimize: Improve and Managep. 170
Utilize: Standardize and Integratep. 174
Process of Project Managementp. 175
Management Planning Functionsp. 176
Project Team Planning Functionsp. 177
Project Team Management Functionsp. 178
Process of Procurementp. 180
Procurement Planp. 181
Procurement Schedulingp. 182
Material Delivery to the Job Sitep. 183
Job Site Material Movement and Storagep. 184
Material Returnsp. 186
Lessons Learnedp. 187
Process of Estimationp. 187
Identificationp. 189
Risk Managementp. 190
Feedback Loopp. 191
Conclusionp. 192
Safety Datap. 193
Data Collectionp. 193
Nonfatal Injuries and Illnessesp. 193
Hours Workedp. 193
Fatalitiesp. 195
Nature of Injuryp. 195
Data Analysisp. 198
Nonfatal Injuries and Illnessesp. 198
Fatalitiesp. 204
Comparison to Other Industryp. 206
Causes of Injuryp. 206
Referencesp. 209
Plan-Do-Study-Act Cyclesp. 210
Process Mappingp. 213
Job Planning and Estimation Flowchartp. 218
References and Resourcesp. 225
Indexp. 229
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