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ELECTRI Updates
120 AND COUNTING – Council members are signing up quickly for our January 2024 meeting on Amelia Island, FL. Take a moment today to register and reserve your room. Register to attend the Winter ELECTRI Council Meeting here.
CHECK THESE OUT – If you want to learn more from our recent programs, check these out:
RESEARCH YOU MAY HAVE MISSED: Production Improvement Methods for Trade Contractors - This handbook (originally published in October 2022) is a user guide with practical resources, lessons learned by others, examples, and guidance to allow trade contractors and specialty construction firms to adopt lean principles and reap the workforce and business benefits that follow more readily. The handbook emphasizes identifying and using methods to enable your craft workforce and colleagues across the firm to support the key tasks with which your firm adds value to your projects. The focus is on identifying and linking methods and techniques from the lean community with the common tasks and waste that trade contractors regularly encounter on projects. Click here for the full report.
ELECTRI’s latest research report on Future Infrastructure Growth is available now! ELECTRI International has released its Future Infrastructure Growth assessment of the state-of-the-practice on emerging opportunities for the electric industry related to the ten-year $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). For ECs, the strongest opportunities within the IIJA are broadband, electric vehicles (EVs), and clean energy and power sectors. This ELECTRI report provides the EC community with an overview of the IIJA Act and areas closely related to their businesses, a survey, and structured interviews of electrical contractors. Researchers Anthony E. Sparkling, Ph.D., LEED AP BD+C and Kyubyung (Kyu) Kang, Ph.D. focused on understanding ECs’ perceptions of the IIJA, as well as identifying emerging business opportunities and threats to the industry. Download the full report (at no charge) by making a free account at www.electri.org.
This month’s ConTech & Coffee session focused on Change Management Techniques. Participants on the call discussed how to ensure a smoother transition into digitized workflows. Click here to stay ahead of the curve by listening to real-world examples and success stories of contractors who have successfully managed change in their businesses.
ELECTRI’s Think Like a Leader conversation with Redtop Electric’s Mike Curran is available. Mike pays a lot of attention to “powering what’s next”. To make sure the company has the best possible workforce in place both in the field and in the office, Mike and his co-leaders focus on attitude and trust. Learn more about Redtop’s approach to finding a better way every day. Click here for Mike’s Think Like a Leader conversation.
Registration for ELECTRI’s January Meeting will open on November 1! The meeting will take place January 16-18 in Amelia Island, Florida and will feature a tour of Miller Electric in Jacksonville, along with lots of education sessions and networking. Mark your calendar for the other 2024 ELECTRI meetings:
· Summer Council Meeting: July 15 – 17, 2024 – Boston, MA
- NECA Convention- September 28 – October 1, 2024 – San Diego, CA (ELECTRI Council meeting details TBD)
THEY CAME. THEY LEARNED. THEY JOINED. Leaders of Huston Electric recently spent time with ELECTRI to learn about the Foundation’s programs and services for the EC industry. CEO Jon Huston then notified ELECTRI of Huston’s decision to join the ELECTRI Council at the $100,000 Founder level. Huston Electric, founded in 1939, is headquartered in Indiana and has more than 300 in its workforce. It is a full service electrical contracting company that delivers home and business technology and offers a wide array of business support tools including phone systems, signage and business branding. ELECTRI extends its thanks and looks forward to welcoming Matt Huston as the company’s rep to the Council.
PHISHING – ARE YOU THE BAIT? – This month, ELECTRI’s IT & Coffee (November 15 @ 11:00 AM Eastern) will zone in on Cyber Security Revisited. Participants, led by Matt Lamb, will take a close look at Simulated Phishing Campaigns and software on the market to facilitate cyber security. Watch for a calendar hold for this event.
ELECTRI knows we all get a lot of meeting reminders and calendar holds. To make it easier for you to join each month’s IT & Coffee or ConTech & Coffee, we are asking you to complete a one-time sign-up here. You will automatically be on the list of interested participants for each month’s event and will not need to re-register. If you do not sign up, you will no longer receive the calendar hold, but will see the announcement in Quick Notes each week.
WHAT WE ALL LEARNED – Last week’s Council Room highlighted driving productivity and motivating the workforce. There were many excellent ideas and comments and you can watch it here and share it with your team.
THINKING AHEAD – ELECTRI has several key meetings each year. Here’s an advance notice for the places and dates for our 2024 Council meetings.
- January 16 – 18, 2024 – Amelia Island, Florida
- July 15 – 17, 2024 – Boston
- September 28 – October 1, 2024 – NECA Convention, San Diego (ELECTRI Council meeting details TBD)
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES - ELECTRI International has released its Future Infrastructure Growth assessment of the state-of-the-practice on emerging opportunities for the electric industry related to the ten-year $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). For ECs, the strongest opportunities within the IIJA are broadband, electric vehicles (EVs), and clean energy and power sectors. This ELECTRI report provides the EC community with an overview of the IIJA Act and areas closely related to their businesses, a survey, and structured interviews of electrical contractors. Researchers Anthony E. Sparkling, Ph.D., LEED AP BD+C and Kyubyung (Kyu) Kang, Ph.D. focused on understanding ECs’ perceptions of the IIJA, as well as identifying emerging business opportunities and threats to the industry. Download the full report (at no charge) at www.electri.org
NEVER TOO EARLY – Mark your calendar for the next ELECTRI Council meeting – January 16 – 18, 2024 on Amelia Island, Florida. The closest major airport is JAX – Jacksonville, FL, approximately 30 miles from Amelia Island. Registration for the Council meeting, activities, and hotel accommodations will open November 1st. Watch for the link next week. For more information about Amelia Island, check out this official website.
OUR SINCERE THANKS – Research projects often require a significant number of survey responses in order to reach meaningful findings and conclusions. The response to ELECTRI’s requests for EC industry participation in the research survey process has been outstanding this year. We appreciate your interest in helping the industry by sharing your experiences and data.
All ELECTRI Council members: Help steer the future of Electrical Contracting (EC) research by joining one of our task forces. Each of our research projects is assigned a task force of industry experts to work with the researcher. Your expertise will shape valuable outcomes for the industry. Let's advance the EC landscape together!
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Fair Outcomes for Electrical Contractors for Schedule Compression and Out of Sequence Work- Timothy Becker, ASU
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Managing Rework with an Early Warning System, Proactive Remedies, and Proper Documentation - Hala Nassereddine, NCM Consulting
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MEP Contractors and GCs: What is the Cost of Inexperience? - Amelia Celoza, University of Colorado Boulder
If you want to participate in one of these new projects, please contact Amanda Harbison at Amanda@electri.org .
The Council Room panel reviewed the updated Change Order Guidelines and their importance. Attendees shared their process for pricing change orders more effectively and ways to communicate the update to many more contractors across the country. Click here to watch the Council Room session. Click here to download the full Updated Change Order Guidelines report.
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