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GPS
• Can do all earthwork using GPS attached to bulldozer blades, excavators, scrapers, etc– Cost: GPS equipment including receivers and base
stations, digital mapping of project– Benefit: faster, more accurate, less surveying– Can be done with less experienced operators• BUT you need good operators for non-GPS jobs
Modular housing
• Factory built house– Can be completed faster than a stick built house– Need excellent quality control on foundation• Must be square and level
– Estimating and scheduling are a large part of the modular home industry
– Workers work piece work– Need to move houses so many stations a day
Modular housing
• No change orders – lowers cost• Each house has individual set of plans• Limitations on size of house – 16’ wide
sections
New waves in home building
• Sustainability– Using renewable resources• OSB, Wooden I beams, trusses, finger jointed products• Use less wood, use smaller size trees• Building with load transfer in mind• Building smaller, more efficient houses• Bamboo• Blue jeans insulation
Energy Star
• Costs: more insulation, high efficiency heat and water heater, high e windows and doors
• Benefits: supposed to use less energy• Problems: Architects and contractors not clear
on the concept– Counts bulbs, efficiency of furnace, insulation,
windows,– http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=new_ho
mes.nh_features
LEED certification
• Looks at whole project– Impact on environment• Waste, carbon footprint, recycling
– Energy usage– Water/Storm water
• http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=220
Peer Review
• When does Peer Review start?– College Projects– Your boss asked for your opinion of a fellow
worker– Your Annual Review – your boss wants you to
succeed– You become the boss
Peer Review
• Should not be confrontational• Need to be able to give honest critique– Feedback is essential to a good project– A good project depends on people doing their
job -> how do you help others?– Words to avoid• Stupid• Idiotic• 3 year old could do better
Peer Review
• How do you get to the point where people know that your opinion is valid?– Honesty– Ethics– Knowledge base– Reputation
Peer Review
• How do you move up in Company– Based on ability– Based on interaction with others– Based on peer review– Based on ability to work and lead a team
Peer Review
• 2 career paths– Senior Engineer – can’t communicate, works well
alone, very competent– Management – can communicate ideas to others,
works well with others, team player, competent
• Which do you want to be?– Your peers will review you and put you in a
niche based on competency and need
Team Leading
• How do you get people to follow your lead?– Have a plan
• Everyone has input (ownership)
– Have milestones– Work harder than everyone else– Be fair– Celebrate project completion
Team Leading
• Get people to want to work for you– Give praise for good work
• Thank You Cards
– Take all the hits• Recognize personality types– You need to know how to react to people and why
they are reacting to you
Meetings
• Can be huge time sink– Ex: Weekly meetings for company
• How often?– Depends on project
• Keeps coordination between people at meeting• Lets everyone know what is happening• More complicated -> more meetings
– Only when necessary• How do you know?• Must have information to present or pass
Meetings
– Only for those who need to be there• Everyone at meeting is costing Company $• Efficiency = (Billable hours)/(Total hours)
• Meetings are a good place to chat– People have coffee, a seat, and other people
around table– Can formalize meetings• No coffee urn• No chairs
Calling Meetings
• Who needs to be there• How long is it going to take– No more than 1.5 hours without a break
• What is going to be discussed• Give people as much notice as possible so that
they can be productive and participate in meeting
Leading Meetings
• Keep on time – use the agenda• Keep on track – don’t let side discussions into
meeting – You can always schedule a meeting
• End on time• You want people to come to your meetings– Run a meeting that you would want to attend
Agenda
• Most important part of meeting– Tells participants• What will be discussed• How long a topic will be discussed• What they should bring to meeting• When it will end
• Don’t try to crowd items– Have 2 meetings or increase time
Agenda
• Send out preliminary agenda– What do you think is important
• Get feedback– Do some items need to be discussed– Do some items need their own meeting
• Finalize agenda