PRODUCTIVITY SERIES REVIEW (reissue 3)

McLaughlin and McLaughlins Project Professionals blog has a series of posts regarding labor/labour productivity.  Over the last six months we have added to this popular series.  The first summary was posted in June 2011.  There was a reissue in October 2011, and again in November 2011.  Readership has continued to increase.  Consequently, we are reissuing this updated and expanded post as an overview of the labor/labour productivity series.

This Subject Series is being updated and new posts will be added over the coming weeks and months.

Productivity is a hot topic and has given rise to much discussion and debate in the project management world.  Labor productivity can be a competitive advantage or a managerial challenge (actually, both and more).  Therefore, we believe that there is high potential benefit in a review of McLaughlin & McLaughlins Productivity Series.  Below, we have the titles and links to each post followed by a brief summary of the content.  We intend to augment these posts with additional writings on the subject.

PRODUCTIVITY SERIES REVIEW (reissue 2)

McLaughlin & McLaughlin’s Project Professionals blog has a series of posts regarding labor/labour productivity. Over the last month we have added to this popular series.  The first summary was posted in June and the latest was a reissue in October 2011.  Readership has continued to increase.  Consequently, we are reissuing this updated and expanded post as an overview of the labor/labour productivity series.

Productivity is a hot topic and has given rise to much discussion and debate in the project management world.  Labor productivity can be a competitive advantage or a managerial challenge (actually, both and more).  Therefore, we believe that there is high potential benefit in a review of McLaughlin & McLaughlins Productivity Series.  Below, we have the titles and links to each post followed by a brief summary of the content.  We intend to augment these posts with additional writings on the subject. [Read more…]

PRODUCTIVITY SERIES REVIEW (reissued)

Project Professionals blog had a series of posts earlier this year.   Over the next several weeks, the intention is to add to this popular series.  This summary was posted in June.  Since June, the number of readers has increased significantly.  Consequently, we are reissuing this post as a kickoff and restart of the labor/labour productivity series.

Productivity has become a hot topic and has given rise to much discussion and debate in the project management world.  Labor productivity can be a competitive advantage or a managerial disaster.  Therefore, we believe that there is high potential benefit in a review of McLaughlin & McLaughlins Productivity Series.  Below, we have the titles and links to each post followed by a brief summary of the content.  We intend to augment these posts with additional writings on the subject.

 

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Construction Field Labor Productivity Improvement Productivity Evaluation

The proper evaluation of worker productivity is one very important measure in the determination of project status.  To have a complete picture of the status of any project there must be some sort of measure of the productivity of the work force.  Certainly, one would be interested in the physical progress, the amount of money expended, the amount committed, absenteeism and turnover rates, safety incident rate, supervision to worker ratio, craft distribution, worker density, manpower history, etc. to properly evaluate the status of a project.  But one key factor in evaluation of status is worker productivity.  There must be some consistent measure of the productivity of the workers on a project in order to frame the complete picture of project status.

Generally, productivity evaluation is focused on the construction craft workers.  However, no less important is the productivity of the office design and engineering staff.  Having said that, this article is focused on the field construction staff and evaluation of productivity in the field. [Read more…]