Managing Field Productivity to Improve the Bottom Line

Description

Description:

This course will address many of the issues and new concepts necessary to successfully increase the productivity of on-site craft labor.  As a result of taking this course, participants will know how to plan, measure, and take corrective action to increase field productivity, understand “real life” tools and techniques that will lead to increased productivity and more profit from projects, and be ready in the firm to implement and measure the results of what has been learned.  Topics include productivity measurements and principles of improvement, identifying, quantifying and allocating risk factors affecting productivity, pre-job and pre-task planning, and tricks of the trade to cost-effectively measure field productivity.

Outlines and Goals

1. Extent of Construction Productivity Problems
2. Definitions of Productivity
3. Causes of Poor Labor Productivity
4. Classification of work

• Productive work
• Essential but not productive
• Inefficient work {tools, materials, information, late start, early quit)

5. How to reduce inefficient time and increase your profit
6. Methods for Identifying Ineffective Work and Lost Time

• Work Sampling
• Foremen Delay Surveys
• Rate of Manpower Consumption

7. The Seven Pillars of Productivity Improvement

• Management
• Manpower and manpower loading charts
• Materials and materials delivery and handling
• Mechanization and prefabrication
• Measurement and project tracking
• Methods and the four crew concept
• Miscellaneous (Overtime, overmanning, shiftwork, weather, and 29 other factors)             

8. Performance Factor Report
9. Impact of TIME (Tools, Information, Materials, and Environment)
10. Site Logistics and site layout
11. Deliveries
12. Storage
13. How to Keep Material Handling Alive
14. Factors that may have an adverse effect on labor productivity (30 factors)
15. Factors that improve productivity (20 high impact factors)

Speaker: Dr. Awad Hanna

Daily Agenda

• 7:30 AM – Breakfast Served
• 8:00 AM – Seminar Begins
• 12:00 PM – Lunch
• 1:00 PM – Seminar Continues
• 4:00 PM – End of Day

Cost

• WI Chapter NECA Member — $400
• Non-Member — $550

If eligible, the $99 educational subsidy will be applied for Wisconsin Chapter members. This will be reimbursed via check after the seminar.

Location: Hilton Garden Inn Sun Prairie
1220 South Grand Ave
Sun Prairie, WI 53590

Hotel Room Block
A hotel room block is reserved for September 24-24, 2026, so you can arrive the night before the course begins.
Rate: $159.00 Standard Rate - 1 King Bed
If you'd like to reserve a room for this event, please book here: https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/msnspgi-91r-98aac650-6793-4acf-ae57-4dc9c3f948d0/

The room block will expire on 9/11/2026.

Cancellation Policy
There is no charge for cancellations made by 9/11/2026. A 50% charge applies for cancellations made between 9/12/2026 and 9/16/2026. Cancellations made between 9/17/2026 and 9/25/2026, as well as no-shows, will be charged the full registration price — $400 for Wisconsin Chapter NECA members, $550 for non-members. Attendee substitutions are welcome at any time.

Code of Conduct
By attending this event, you agree to abide by all National Electrical Contractors Association Code of Conduct rules, etiquette, and privacy guidelines, as well as the NECA & ELECTRI International Events Code of Conduct.