Transcript The Construction Users Roundtable - Home

Presented to
The Laborers Employers Cooperation & Education Trust
May 9, 2006 ~ Cincinnati, OH
Mission Statement
The mission of The Construction
Users Roundtable (CURT) is
to create strategic advantage
for construction users.
CURT will accomplish this by
Providing aggressive leadership on business issues
that promotes excellence in the development and
execution of engineering, maintenance and
construction projects
CURT’s Unique Role
in the Industry
• Exclusive representation of the Owner community
• Represents $95 billion dollars of spending power
• Unifies a diverse industry – contractors, Owners,
labor, A/E firms, academia
• Creates a forum for the exchange of best practices
• Ability to identify and address critical industry issues
Why CURT Exists
• To provide the “Owner’s Voice”
to the industry
• To promote “Quality and Cost
Effectiveness”
• To share common practices and educate Owners
• To establish expectations for training, workforce
development, productivity and safety
• To communicate and interact with other major
industry constituencies
• To provide resources to the Local User Council
Network
CURT Owner Members
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Abbott Laboratories
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
ALSTOM Power Inc.
Ameren
American Electric Power
Amgen Inc.
BP PLC
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Boeing Company
Caterpillar Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citigroup
ConocoPhillips
DTE Energy
DaimlerChrysler
Dow Chemical Company
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
Eastman Kodak Company
Ernst & Young
Exelon Corporation
ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
FirstEnergy Corporation
General Electric Company
General Mills, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
HCA Healthcare Corporation
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Hercules Inc.
Honda of America Mfg., Inc.
Intel Corporation
Johnson & Johnson
Kansas City Power & Light, Co.
The McGraw-Hill Companies
MeadWestvaco Corporation
Merck & Company, Inc.
Ontario Power Generation
Owens Corning
PSEG Power, LLC
Pfizer, Inc.
The Procter & Gamble Co.
Rohm and Haas
Salt River Project
Shell Global Solutions (U.S.), Inc.
Southern Company
TECO Tampa Electric Co.
Tennessee Valley Authority
Toyota Motor Mfg. North America
Tyco International
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. General Services Admin.
The University of Cincinnati
Walt Disney Imagineering
Weyerhaeuser
CURT Associate Members
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Alberici Group, Inc.
BE&K, Inc.
Bechtel Construction Company
Egizii Electric Company
Fluor Corporation
Gilbane Building Company
Hunt Construction Group
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
Rudolph/Libbe Companies
The Shaw Group
Tetra Tech EC Inc.
Turner Construction Company
Washington Group International
CURT Association Members
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ABC – Associated Builders & Contractors
AGC – Associated General Contractors
AIA – American Institute of Architects
MCAA – Mechanical Contractors
Association of America
NACA – North American Contractors Association
NEA – The Association of Union Constructors
NECA – National Electrical Contractors of America
SMACNA – Sheet Metal Air Conditioning
National Association
Strategic Initiatives
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Safety improvement and safety excellence awards
Workforce development and workforce awards
Industrial relations
Local user council network development
National conference
Sharing of Common Owner Practices
Technology deployment
A/E productivity and quality improvements
Owners Face Many Challenges
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Must build facilities in less time
Capital and maintenance budgets reduced
Function with internally reduced staffs
Increased job responsibilities
Younger, less experienced project personnel
Knowledge drain as senior personnel retire
Internal competition for dollars
Global competition; especially with China
Interaction with E-illiterate contractors
Global Salary Information For
Engineers
Country
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Median Salary
Exchange Rate
Median Salary
PPP
Australia
128
$68,751
$74,214
Belgium
49
$73,899
$65,000
Brazil
89
$30,948
$102,007
Canada
167
$57,176
$61,538
China
56
$1,500
$65,789
Colombia
15
$27,000
$143,816
England
106
$76,794
$67,857
France
64
$56,845
$50,000
Germany
94
$79,928
$70,120
India
120
$19,440
$115,385
Japan
51
$66,400
$50,761
Taken from the PMI Project Management Salary Survey
Third Edition
Global Salary Information For
Engineers
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Mexico
66
Netherlands
80
New Zealand
86
Poland
28
Saudi Arabia
48
Singapore
80
South Africa
19
Sweden
87
United Arab Emirates 25
United States
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Median Salary
Exchange Rate
Median Salary
PPP
$44,454
$68,214
$50,799
$42,322
$57,366
$53,771
$57,120
$59,472
$49,032
$83,500
$67,391
$60,000
$54,375
$81,450
$85,000
$59,063
$210,000
$47,525
$62,069
$83,500
Taken from the PMI Project Management Salary Survey
Third Edition
Construction Industry Challenge
Productivity Index (1964-1998)
(Constant $ of contracts / workhours of hourly workers)
sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Dept. of Commerce
200.00%
180.00%
All Non-Farm Industries
(includes construction)
160.00%
120.00%
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80.00%
Construction Industry
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20.00%
Year
Construction Industry
All Non-Farm Industries
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Productivity Index
140.00%
What Owners Need From
Contractors and Labor
• Better, faster, cheaper without adversely affecting
wages and benefits
• Better use of existing and emerging technologies
• E-literate contractors and workers
• Skilled trades available when and where needed
• Elimination of unnecessary overtime
• Worker involvement in the development of cost effective
work processes
• Tripartite cooperation that achieves real and lasting
change and measurable return on investment for
Owners
Contractors and Labor Must
Focus On . . .
Improving Productivity!
That means improving . . .
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Attitude
Absenteeism
Work ethic
Cooperation
Technology
Awareness and focus on Owner needs
CURT Tripartite Initiative
Mission
To improve the construction industry through
meaningful dialogue, collaboration and mutual
commitment to positive change with owners,
contractors and building and construction trades
unions.
CURT Tripartite Guiding
Principles
Whatever we do must be . . .
“Mutual, Measurable, Meaningful and Do-able”
Leading to results that . . .
• Put money on the table for Owners
• Create more and better jobs for trades
• Enhance contractor profitability
Topics and Work Teams
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Productivity Demonstration Pilot Project
Overtime Usage
Absenteeism and Work Ethics
Elimination of Jurisdictional Disputes
Standardized Drug Testing Policy
CURT Code of Conduct
Workforce Development
& Industrial Relations
• Partner with existing organizations
That attract, train and retain
construction industry workers
• Recognize outstanding efforts
That alleviate skilled craft
shortages and promote skilled trades training
and journeyman upgrading
• Promote sound management practices and policies
that affect workforce procurement
• Establish progressive alliances with labor
both union and merit shop
Where To From Here?
• Aggressively pursue task force initiatives
Deliver results that move the industry!
• Deliver the Owners’ point of view to:
Industry Associations, Labor and Local User
Councils
For More Information Contact:
Gregory L. Sizemore, Esq.
Executive Vice President
The Construction Users Roundtable
4100 Executive Park Drive, Suite 210
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241-4023
513-563-4131 513-733-9551 FAX
[email protected]
www.CURT.org