b'PRODUCTIVITYIn recent years, one had to rely on a large variety of papers and studies,Productivity: Quantifying the Impact. It was produced by ELECTRI each having different formulae in calculating your loss of productivity.International, which was established in 1989 by NECA with the goal Timing being everything, there are three new studies or standards thatof focusing on research and converting that research into educational will assist you or your claims consultant in calculating your loss ofconsulting programs for the electrical contracting industry.productivity claim depending specifically on your trade. Pandemics and Construction Productivity: Quantifying the Impact is The first that will assist you or your claims is the American Society ofobviously focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Civil Engineers (ASCE) Standard titled Identifying, Quantifying, andelectricalconstructionandemployees.Theanalysisisthreefold Proving Loss of Productivity, which is due to be released shortly in itsfocus on jobsite impacts, project management impacts and business final form. ASCE is a professional body which undertakes studies andimpacts. The jobsite impact analysis is broken down by segment analysis in a wide range of engineering and construction domains.including underground, in-slab, overhead roughen, in-wall roughing, Many claims consultants or members of the ASCE employ many ofwire pulling, etc. as the document notes. Based on a random sampling the standards published by it. ASCEs current draft appears to be aofover75,000labourhoursanddatacollected,theimpactof consolidation of a series of studies and papers undertaken over theCOVID-19 on labour hours resulted in a 7 per cent loss of available years. The draft is divided into five chapters: (1) Introduction, (2)productive time which was spent on pandemic mitigation, and a 12.4 Productivity Basics, (3) Identifying Productivity Loss, (4) Establishingper cent overall average impact on vertical construction productivity, Recoverable Loss of Productivity and (5) Quantifying Productivitywhich is an additive to the 7 per cent loss experience as a result of Loss. Of note, the last chapter dealing with quantification outlines amitigation tracking.preferred order of methods for quantifying productivity laws: Electrical contractors finding themselves either in a claim position or trying to manage lost productivity internally can look to the three above Tier 1: Actual Direct Coststhis would require your internal project cost controls to be vigourous and well-maintained; documents to assist them in the calculation of that particular loss.Tier 2: Measured Milewhich is essentially comparing one area or timeframe of impacted lost productivity against another that is notDan Leduc is a law partner at the law from Norton Rose Fulbright impacted; for example: roughing in productivity for the months ofLLP and may be reached at dan.leduc@nortonrosefulbright.com or January and February 2020 on typical floors against roughing in613-867-7171.productivity for the months of March and April 2020; Tier 3: Academic and Industry Productivity Factors Studies and Modified Total Costwhich would have you using studies undertaking by such noted professionals as Dr. Awad Hanna; andTier 4: Total Cost Methodthis method is a last resort whenother methods of collecting lost productivity are not available.Although not specific to a pandemic impact claim, it will certainly give you the framework and guide for how such damages can be calculated. Moreover, this document is of assistance for any particular trade or contractor as it is not trade specific.Theseconddocumentisthe2020versionoftheMechanical ContractorsAssociationofAmerica(MCAA)ChangeOrdersRS Breakers & Controls is an Original Equipment Productivity Overtime: A Primer for the Construction Industry. As theSupplier and we are dedicated to providing excellent MCAAitselfnotes,this248pageguideshouldhelpmechanicalcustomer service by providing customized solutions for your contractors determine the costs associated with unplanned events,needs and budget.circumstances and factors that may impact the outcome, productivityOur 35,000 square foot warehouse stocks over 100,000 and schedule of construction projects. New for 2020, a chapter wasproducts including MCC Wrapper/Buckets, Panel Switches, added highlighting the benefits of sharing native critical path methodCircuit Breakers, Bus Plugs, Distribution Panel Boards and (CPM)schedulefiles.Althoughitisgearedtowardsmechanicalso much more. contractors, many of its basic tenets have been endorsed and usedNo project is too big or too smallwe stock products of all by the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and theamperages and voltages to serve residential, commercial factors would apply equally to electrical contractors. and industrial needs. Although the words pandemic and COVID-19 do not appearWe are your source in the MCAA document, there is extensive analysis relating to, sincefor new, Like for Like 1971, which have become known as the MCAA Factors for Impactswaps, vintage electrical (p. 144 - the key ones being: reassignment of manpower, concurrentapparatus and even operation, dilution of supervision and site access), and measured milecustomized builds.productivity analysis (p. 163-180), which will clearly assist in how you calculate your productivity loss damages. 905-501-1510 5895 Whittle Road, Mississauga, ON | L4Z 2H4The last publication, and the one most likely tied to your specificCheck out our website www.rsbreakers.comoperations, is a May 2020 document titled Pandemics and Construction Ontario Electrical Contractor17'