NorCal NECA

Basic Estimating of Electrical Construction
2019-01-28 08:00 - 2019-01-31 16:00 UTC | ZNE Center, 14600 Catalina Street, San Leandro, CA, 94577, United States
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 and profit. Following this class, participants will be able to:

List types of mistakes found when estimating electrical construction projects and how to avoid them
Describe the parts of an estimate
Explain the importance of establishing the trust cost for a project
Develop an estimate to provide job management information
Discuss how labor units can be used to competitively bid projects
Explain the difference between a competitive bid and simply a low bid

Target Audience: Individuals who are new to estimating or are looking to hone their skills. Prerequisite: An understanding of electrical construction and the application of electrical material and completion of NECA’s Introduction to the Manual of Labor Units online course (included with registration).

Joint Safety Committee Meeting
2019-01-30 16:30 - 18:00, 2019-02-27 16:30 - 18:00, 2019-03-27 16:30 - 18:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States

NorCal NECA 75th Anniversary Gala
2019-02-02 17:00 - 21:00 | Blackhawk Museum, 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville, CA, 94506, United States

EPS Level 1 - Pleasanton
2019-02-04 16:00 - 2019-02-06 20:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States
A good foreman is often company’s most valuable asset. This course will provide important knowledge and skills for foremen with a wide range of responsibilities. It will enrich an understanding of the business and process of construction and enable IBEW foremen to ensure that work is done correctly, safely, within budget and on-time. Anyone interested in improving their skills as a foreman should attend this training class. This class is a requirement for foreman callout by name (where applicable).
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Alameda Division Meeting
2019-02-05 17:30 - 20:00, 2019-03-05 17:30 - 20:00 | CA

Lean Construction in Electrical Contracting
2019-02-06 08:00 - 16:00 | ZNE Center, 14600 Catalina Street, San Leandro, CA, 94577, United States
The purpose of this course is to teach electrical contracting project managers and superintendents how to improve productivity through a focus on lean construction principles. Participants will learn strategies to reduce workflow variability and increase throughput in order to decrease waste and increase efficiency.
Following this course, participants will be able to integrate methodologies that will allow a company to get to the root cause of a problem and use problem-solving statistical tools to solve it quickly. Participants will also be able to explain business needs such as product development, operations, technology and customer relations.
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EPS Level 1 - Pleasanton _ Continued
2019-02-11 16:00 - 2019-02-13 20:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States

Codes & Standards Committee Meeting
2019-02-19 17:00 - 18:00, 2019-03-19 17:00 - 18:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States

EBUCC Educational Forum
2019-02-19 18:00 - 19:30, 2019-03-08 18:00 - 19:30, 2019-03-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2019-04-16 18:00 - 19:30 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States

Construction Scheduling for Managing Projects
2019-02-21 08:00 - 15:00 | Stockton Training Center, 1531 El Pinal Drive, Stockton, CA, 95205, United States
Target Audience: Project Managers, Superintendents, Estimators, Project/Field/Design Engineers, Contract Administrators.
Course Description: The primary objective of this course is to provide an introduction to principles of network scheduling and its potential impact on delay claims by the contractor. The second objective is to provide a hands-on workshop environment where attendees will have an opportunity to work in pairs to create a simple CPM schedule based upon the predetermined criteria and to discuss the issues involved. Although computer applications will be discussed, the workshop program involves a basic hand-drawn logic diagram and schedule activities.
This seminar is currently full. If you are interested in being placed on the waiting list, please contact Juanita Mitchell.

Small Contractor Forum
2019-03-13 17:00 - 19:30 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States

The Future Is Now BIM
2019-03-15 08:00 - 16:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States
This course focuses on what electrical contractors need to know about BIM and the process of generating and managing building data during its lifecycle. This program is based on the research report Building Information Modeling for Electrical Contractors: Current Practices and Recommendations funded by ELECTRI International.
Following this course, participants will be able to:

Discuss the design and construction stages of a project when using BIM
Explain how to use the BIM process for pre-planning and pre-fabricating
Discuss design and clash detection software
Describe the potential cost and time savings with BIM
Discuss the current status of BIM in the electrical contracting industry

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Women in NECA Conference
2019-03-19 - 2019-03-20 | San Antonio, TX

Future Leader Conference
2019-03-20 - 2019-03-21 | San Antonio, TX

NCECI Trust Meeting
2019-03-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Stockton Training Center, 1531 El Pinal Drive, Stockton, CA, 95205, United States

NorCal NECA Board of Directors
2019-03-26 18:00 - 20:00 | CA

Future Leaders Meeting
2019-03-29 10:00 - 14:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States

NECA Now Conference
2019-04-01 - 2019-04-04 | Phoenix, AZ

Spring General Membership Meeting
2019-04-09 17:30 - 20:00 | Dublin Ranch Golf Club, 5900 Signal Hill Drive, Dublin, CA, 94568, United States

Member Services Committee
2019-04-11 12:00 - 14:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States

EPS Level 1 - Modesto
2019-04-15 16:30 - 2019-04-17 20:30 | Central Valley Training Center, 1925 Yosemite Blvd., Modesto, CA, 95354, United States

Codes & Standards Committee
2019-04-16 17:00 - 18:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States

Do It Yourself - Layout and Build Out of an Effective Prefab Shop
2019-04-18 08:00 - 12:00 | NorCal NECA Chapter Office, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94566, United States
This course is designed to give participants an overview of how to layout the shop to optimize production in the shop and have the highest contribution to profitability at the job site. The course will explain the obstacles and bottlenecks that are created in a prefab shop. The course addresses how to set up effective using principles of Industrial Engineering and Facility Design.
Following this course, participants will be able to:

Understand the key principles of material and work flow
Improve material management and stock levels
More accurately schedule task activities for the shop workforce
Identify obstacles and impacts to activities in the system
Design an effective layout for the shop floor and work cells

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