Print Editions of 2019-2020 Publications Now Available Print Editions of 2019-2020 Publications now available NECA announced that the 2019-2020 editions of the NECA Manual of Labor Units (4090-19) and Tool & Equipment Rental Schedule (5065-19) publications were available in print and PDF formats. The CD version will be available sometime in January 2020. You can order your copy from the publications section on the CECA website. [...]

ELECTRI International Releases Low Voltage Systems Report ELECTRI International has released a new report titled The Electrical Contractor as the Integrator, which is now available to be viewed or downloaded free of charge from the ELECTRI website, electri.org. The low voltage market is more profitable than the traditional electrical market, in some cases twice as profitable or greater. This key finding comes from ELECTRI International research evaluating contractors who perform [...]

ELECTRI REPORT F3405 - CHANGE ORDER GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRICAL AND LOW VOLTAGE CONTRACTORS Contractors are routinely asked to prepare change order proposals on construction projects. The single most common area of dispute in the change order process is its cost. The main purpose of this project is to develop guidelines that provide a systematic, standardized, fair process for the pricing of change orders. This study identifies various [...]

ELECTRI Report F3410 – Measuring Productivity and the Impact of Prefabrication on Productivity ELECTRI International – The Foundation for Electrical Construction, Inc. Productivity Enhancement Electri Report F3410 - Measuring Productivity and the Impact of Prefabrication on Productivity Field and office productivity and the use of prefabrication in the Electrical Contracting industry are intertwined. This project explored the impact and use of prefabrication within Lean Construction and BIM [...]

Electri Report F3413 - From Field to Office From Field to Office Identifying and Overcoming Skill Gaps when Promoting Field Workers to Project Managers Successful projects require good project managers. When a company desires to promote field workers to project management positions, how does a company ensure the new project manager has the skills necessary to be successful? This report discusses the skill gaps identified by [...]