According to research recently completed by the Building Services Institute (BSI), contractors miss labor estimates because of equipment failure and human error; poor estimates; poor project mobilization and staging; poor coordination of resources; failure to communicate to the installation team the job's scope and tasking schedule; and poor field labor management practices.
"For one thing, you need to set everything up on the job for the installers," said Italiano. "You don't want your techs coming into the office. Productive time is lost."