ORLANDO, FL — If you are a mechanical contractor, have you ever taken the time to estimate true jobsite productivity? Did it ever occur to you that your workers engage in nonproductive (ineffective) activities at least 25% of the time? Is there a way to reduce indirect operations on the jobsite?
These were some of the questions posed to Construction Con-tractors Alliance (CCA) members at its recent meeting here. The person posing the questions (and giving answers) was Kerry O’Brien, B.E., P. Eng., and owner of K.E. O’Brien & Associates Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, a construction productivity consultant.
O’Brien titled his presentation “Jobsite Productivity Management.” He showed CCA members some facts and figures from his three-year study on productivity measurement. The study used this work sampling technique on a total of nine different commercial/institutional projects: