Most electrical contractors agree that one of the industry's most vexing problems is the change order. They may significantly alter the nature of the work, change the materials to be installed, or be considered "insignificant" changes, but they often alter the sequence of scheduled activities, require rework of installations and divert some manpower and equipment […]

Target Audience: Project Managers and Field Foremen Course Description: Creating and sticking to project schedules will dramatically increase your project's chance of success. This course will review common forms of schedules, the impact of schedule changes and how to use the schedule to manage the project. Following this class, participants will be able to: Identify scheduling […]

Brian Perlberg, Executive Director and Senior Counsel with ConsensusDocs will be discussing why you should leverage the new ConsensusDocs to stay ahead of the curve. Contracts set the foundation for project success, and conversely unfair contracts raise prices up to 20%. ConsensusDocs contracts incorporate best practices and fairly allocate risk to help reduce costly contingencies […]

A Comprehensie pre-construction planning process can increase project profit margins and raise the likelihood of success. This course will focus on the major principles for successful pre-construction planning to create a process that extends through the bidding, pre-construction, and project execution phases. Following this course, participants will be able to: Discuss the value of pre-construction […]

Electrical contracting is a high-risk and labor-intensive industry and the most volatile cost element facing contractors is field labor productivity. This course will focus on ways to plan, measure and take corrective action to increase field productivity. Following this course, participants will be able to: Identify risk factors affecting productivity Discuss how to plan for […]

Small mistakes in an estimate can have a huge impact on your bid’s bottom line and this course provides the tools needed to be both comprehensive and competitive. This course will discuss the process for assembling an estimate including: developing material lists, applying labor unit data, material takeoff and application of direct job costs, overhead […]