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Measuring Labor Productivity for Electrical Contractors, ELECTRI International Research Project

Session Type: Management
Track Number: M-20
Location: MPLC
Room: E353c
Speaker: Eddy Rojas

Date: Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Time: 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Description:

 The main goal of this study is to introduce practical and simple ways of measuring labor productivity in a contractor’s organization at different levels of detail from the company to the field.  Higher productivity levels allow contractors to simultaneously increase profitability, improve competitiveness, and pay higher wages to workers, while completing activities sooner.  Once a contractor is capable of measuring labor productivity, the effect of any factor or combination of factors can be assessed by comparing labor productivity values before and after the factor was in place.  For example, the impact of a new managerial approach in productivity can be determined by measuring labor productivity before and after the new approach is implemented.

 

 

 

 

Speaker Bio:

Eddy Rojas is the Associate Professor at the University of Washington, Department of Construction Management. Dr. Rojas holds advanced degrees in both Civil Engineering (M.S. and Ph.D.) and Economics (M.A.) from the University of Colorado. He began his academic career at the University at Buffalo. He has published in the Journals of Construction Engineering and Management, Management in Engineering, Infrastructure Systems and Engineering Education among others and has completed a number of research projects for ELECTRI International.

 

 

 

 

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