Simple Math of Labor Savings

What would it be worth for your company to improve your field productivity?

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Field Productivity: The 12 Month Challenge for Basic Labor Savings.
  • If you are a specialty contractor directly responsible for field labor?
  • If you are a general contractor managing dozens of specialty contractors?  
  • If you are a project owner?  

There is an incredible amount of low-hanging fruit to be picked when it comes to improving labor productivity before you even start to get into improvements from:

Those are major enhancers to field productivity but just imagine the savings you can achieve from improving:  


Improving Field Productivity Workshop - Revamped for 2018


Simple Math of Labor Savings
Field labor is the often the biggest variable on a construction project - making it the biggest risk and opportunity....

Simple Math of Labor Savings
Field labor is the often the biggest variable on a construction project - making it the biggest risk and opportunity....

Resource - The Five Minute Foreman
The Five-Minute Foreman by Mark Breslin is our most recommended book for Foremen in any sized contractor. The writing style, digestible chunks, and companion workbook are a great combination. We have never heard any Foreman not absolutely love this book.
Resource - 2 Second Lean
Dozens of practical and fun ways to save a few more seconds each day. 3 minutes per day of additional productive time on tools (ToT) equals about a 1% labor savings - or $10K for every $1M in job cost labor. Helps develop a continuous improvement culture.
Time-on-Tools and Minimum Required Installation
Labor productivity IS NOT the biggest problem with field productivity. Under similar conditions the variation in how fast two crafts people actually “turn wrenches” is about 2X but there are far bigger problems to tackle. Focus on these three areas.