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Operational Excellence

Investing in operational excellence creates sustainable competitive advantages. Our consulting teams help contractors stay on the frontier of operational greatness in an ever-changing industry.

Whether you are a specialty trade, heavy civil, industrial or general contractor, we can help you achieve transformative results through optimized operational performance.

Our operations consulting teams help our clients:

Improve Profit Margins

  • Increase your net profit margins by 50% to 100% by improving labor productivity 5% to 10%.
  • Improve your gross margins by implementing world-class project management practices and project controls.
  • Implement proven methods for project selection, preconstruction services, cost estimating, overhead recovery and pricing that ensure opportunities for profitable execution and enterprise profitability.
  • Create a strategic approach to equipment fleet management that adds at least 2% to net profits and reduces capital needs by a minimum of 3%.

Build a Foundation for Responsible Growth

  • Develop customized operational infrastructure (processes, tools, performance metrics) that is scalable and supportive of your long-term strategy.
  • Optimize accuracy and integrity of project controls to increase reporting transparency and drive better decision making from field staff to the C-suite.
  • Clarify your organizational structure, roles and responsibilities as well as decision making authorities.

Attract and Retain World-Class Talent

  • Implement a standardized operational playbook that makes it easier for new hires and all associates to learn, grow and succeed.
  • Embrace a culture of continuous operational improvement that prioritizes execution in the field and challenges the industry status quo relative to performance.
  • Train your operational team members in best-in-class practices to ensure you have the skilled workforce you need for future growth.

 

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