When: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Continental breakfast at 7:30
Seminar begins at 8:00
Lunch included
1940 The Exchange, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30339
800-203-4629
Cost: This event is complimentary. We only ask that you attend once you register!
Deadline to register is February 10, 2010
Seminar Outline
I. Overview of Productivity in Construction
· The impact of industry changes on productivity
· Defining productivity
· Identifying the controllable variables that impact productivity
· Why the industry has not improved productivity
II. The Economics of Productivity
· The difference between "average" and "best in class"
· Understand how the productivity multiplier impacts bottom-line
· How a 10% change in productivity can make or break your company
· Learn why volume kills and profit thrills
III. 3-Levels of Project Planning that lead to Productivity
· Identify the signs of a reactive culture
· Build a proactive culture and planning process
· Understanding FMI's project planning pyramid
· Improve pre-job planning, weekly field planning and daily planning
· Understand everyone’s role in effective project planning
IV. Keeping Score: The Importance of Effective Job Cost, Production Feedback, and Cost to Complete Process
· The importance of job cost and production feedback
· The basic ingredients of a good job cost system
· Why tracking and reporting quantities is critical
· Understanding the basics of a good cost to complete process
· The implications of poor cost projections by your project managers
V. Measurement as a Tool for Improving Productivity
· The importance of measurement at a macro level
· Why measuring process and behavior is as important as measuring results
· Upstream v. Downstream measurements
· The power of graphic feedback
VI. Implementation Workshop
· Demonstration of the power of planning
· Applying the productivity to a hands-on workshop
· Understand the affects of crew size and other controllable factors
· Going from the "knowing" to the "doing"
