Industrialization of Construction®
Industrialization of Construction®
It is no longer just a theory. Construction is going through the industrialization phase of its life cycle. The competition in construction is no longer just between Union and Open-Shop contractors. It is coming from overseas as well. Like many industries, the construction industry is under constant pressure to … Read more
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Agile Construction® – Live Training Webinars Externalizing Work® using Prefabrication
Agile Construction allows the contractor to rapidly adapt to jobsite changes in order to complete each project profitably and efficiently. The agility of the contractor at the job site affects the profits. This course focuses on how to reduce your risk of labor cost on material movement through procurement management and prefabrication by Externalizing Work® using Prefabrication.
What will you gain?
This course is designed to give participants an overview of how to layout prefab opportunities as well as how to make prefab happen and therefore increase your profitability at the jobsite. Pre-fabrication is a key tool to optimize work. This course will focus on the steps to effectively implementing pre-fabrication as an integral part of the productivity management system.
Following this course, participants will be able to:
- Factors for optimizing labor productivity, Identify specific cost savings opportunities through material handling
- Prefabrication: what it is and what it is not
- Pre-planning and layout for large projects, including how to identify opportunities to externalize work®
- Project Management and Organizational Principles to support prefabrication
- Implementation planning, including setting up the prefab operation
How does the webinar work?:
- An Agile Construction® Expert will be teaching the class through live video streaming. You will be able to interact and see the instructor as well as the power point projection on your screen. In addition you will be able to share your camera so the interaction with the instructor is ‘live’ and in real time.
- You will need webinar equipment: Web-camera, speakerphone or audio connection to the PC, stable internet connection, large screen connected to the PC so participants can see presenter and presentation; As well as a room that fits all participants and the Webinar equipment
- You are encouraged to bring your project information (drawings, contract documents, project schedules, WBS, etc.) with you and you can work through the classes with an existing job to get the full value out of your attendance!
- Agile Construction® for the Electrical Contractor book…$55.95 + s/h click here.
Webinar facts:
- 4 hour intense session
- Up to 12 participants possible
- Cost: $350 per person
- If you want to schedule a webinar for a certain date, please contact us
To register or for any questions, please email Sonja Daneshgari at sdaneshgari@mca.net or
call (810) 232-9797

Workforce of the future: Using data to Advance industrialization of construction – Webinar
The construction industry relies on skilled trade craftsmen to transfer a concept from design to a physical built entity. In addition, construction jobsites are temporary workspaces. These two characteristics classify construction as complex production, where knowledge and experience are gained … Read More

Agile Construction® – Live Training Webinars Short Interval Scheduling – SIS®
Agile Construction allows the contractor to rapidly adapt to jobsite changes in order to complete each project profitably and efficiently. The agility of the contractor at the job site affects the profits. This course focuses on the daily work schedule as well as identifying the daily obstacles that impacts our labor productivity, job scheduling and planning. To document the daily schedule delays and obstacles on the jobs site is becoming more and more important to be able to predict and prevent the cost impacts to our jobsites. You will learn the ins and outs of the Short Interval Scheduling (SIS®)
Short Interval Scheduling (SIS®) is a ASTM Project Tracking Standard (E-2691).
What will you gain?
Labor management is the highest risk in contracting. However, most of the issues that labor faces in their daily work are hidden from management, but with three-day scheduling all these issues become visible. This program focuses on the impact of scheduling on job productivity, tracking forms, charting of data and the analysis and interpretation of these charts.
Following this course, participants will be able to:
- Discuss simple methods and tools that can be used to schedule jobs
- Identify the obstacles and reduce labor waste to improve job productivity
- Explain how to data analysis tools to examine and apply information to job scheduling
How does the webinar work?:
- An Agile Construction® Expert will be teaching the class through live video streaming. You will be able to interact and see the instructor as well as the power point projection on your screen. In addition you will be able to share your camera so the interaction with the instructor is ‘live’ and in real time.
- You will need webinar equipment: Web-camera, speakerphone or audio connection to the PC, stable internet connection, large screen connected to the PC so participants can see presenter and presentation; As well as a room that fits all participants (up to 10 people) and the Webinar equipment
- You are encouraged to bring your project information (drawings, contract documents, project schedules, WBS, etc.) with you and you can work through the classes with an existing job to get the full value out of your attendance!
Webinar facts:
- 4 hour intense session
- Up to 12 participants possible
- Cost: $350 per person
- If you want to schedule a webinar for a certain date, please contact us
To register or for any questions, please email Sonja Daneshgari at sdaneshgari@mca.net or
call (810) 232-9797

Track your Productivity Impacts Due to COVID – 1 Hour Webinar
How to visualize and track the job site productivity The Construction industry is hit hart with COVID impacts. But do you know how much productivity loses you really have on the job sites? This Webinar will show you methods on … Read More

Agile Construction® – Live Training Webinars Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Agile Construction allows the contractor to rapidly adapt to jobsite changes in order to complete each project profitably and efficiently. The agility of the contractor at the job site affects the profits. This course focuses on the base for good labor productivity and measurement, job scheduling and planning as well as the base for procurement management and prefabrication: The Work Breakdown Structure.
What will you gain?
The most profitable and productive projects are a result of effective project planning. A solid Work Breakdown Structure is imperative to lay the proper foundation. WBS is the Project Road Map and Build Process tailored exactly to the need of construction project. It is created by the foreman or supervisor, who will run the job and be reviewed by the project manager. An accurate WBS allows the project team to transparently track work, reduce waste, prevent errors and improve accuracy to promote safer and more cost effective projects. This program will explain how to break down the job using WBS and discuss decision making factors that define the project, as well as accurate work breakdown structure.
Following this course, participants will be able to:
- Define and do a Work Breakdown Structure for your own project
- Explain how to apply WBS to a project
- Discuss the benefits WBS brings to a project
How does the webinar work?:
- An Agile Construction® Expert will be teaching the class through live video streaming. You will be able to interact and see the instructor as well as the power point projection on your screen. In addition you will be able to share your camera so the interaction with the instructor is ‘live’ and in real time.
- You will need webinar equipment: Web-camera, speakerphone or audio connection to the PC, stable internet connection, large screen connected to the PC so participants can see presenter and presentation; As well as a room that fits all participants (up to 10 people) and the Webinar equipment
- You are encouraged to bring your project information (drawings, contract documents, project schedules, WBS, etc.) with you and you can work through the classes with an existing job to get the full value out of your attendance!
Webinar facts:
- 4 hour intense session
- Up to 12 participants possible
- Cost: $350 per person
- If you want to schedule a webinar for a certain date, please contact us
To register or for any questions, please email Sonja Daneshgari at sdaneshgari@mca.net or
call (810) 232-9797

Book 3 – Foundation and Future: Dealing with the Challenges of More Work
Details:
- Paperback: 30 pages
- Publisher: MCA Inc
- Language: English
- ISBN-10:
- ISBN-13:
- Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches

The Chase: Constant Pursuit For Improvement (pdf)
Details:
- Ebook (pdf): 270 pages
- Publisher: MCA Inc
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1515318931
- ISBN-13: 978-1515318934
- Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches

WEM® Package Onboarding
- WEM® Package Pricing Includes
Proven Productivity Software JPAC® and SIS®WEM®’s Proprietary Software Onboarding Solution allows customers to focus most of their efforts
on tracking productivity and recouping their initial investment rather than getting bogged down by administrative software, freeing up the customer to simply gather, input and analyze the field data on their construction projects. WEM® provides company-wide licensing and support to MCA’s first ever construction productivity measurement standard JPM (ASTM Standard E2691); SIS® (Short Interval Scheduling) and JPAC® (Job Productivity Assurance Control) Software. These two groundbreaking programs packaged together, with live online training courses are specifically designed and led by MCA’s Agile Construction® experts to get your team operating more productively and immediately improve your profitability.
Onboarding:
$3,500 per Company per each 20 users. Price includes first monthly subscription charge of $500.00- Subscription:
$500 per month per each 20 users
- Additional Reports Available (call for details/demo (810) 232-9797):
$100 per month, for each added report