Funded Research Topics

ELECTRI International has funded the following topics through its Early Career Award and Full Research Grant programs:

• A 21st  Century Action Plan for Electrical Contractors and Their Workforce
• A Comparison of Operational Cost of Union vs. Non-Union EC
• A Guide for Entering the IBS Market
• A Lean Production Strategy for Electrical  Construction
• A New Look at Single vs. Separate Prime Contracting

• A Strategic Initiative for NECA and the IBEW in Energy Efficiency and Green Building System

• A Strategy for Improving the Electrical Contracting Industry
• A Systematic Approach for the Assessment of Green Opportunities for Electrical Contractors
• A Visioning Process for the Electrical Contracting Foundation
• Achieving Greater Customer Satisfaction Through Labor Management Partnership
• Achieving Greater Project Success and Profitability through Pre-Construction Planning
• Achieving Performance Improvement through an Effective Project Management Strategy
• An Economic Analysis of Portability
• Benefits of Native File Sharing
• Best Practices for Evaluating Pre-Assembly Options
• BIM Training & Implementation Course
• Broadening the EC Portfolio Pilot Studies into Service as a Core of Business Excellence
• Building Information Modeling (BIM): Benefits, Opportunities and Challenges for Electrical Contractors
• Building Information Modeling for Electrical Contractors
• Change Order Impacts on Labor Productivity for Electrical/Mechanical Contractors
• Change Order Overhead % Guidelines for Electrical and Low Voltage Subcontractors
• Collectively Bargained Workers Compensation
• College Intern/Graduate Placement with Electrical Contractors
• Combining Charging Station Installation w/ Energy Efficiency Upgrades
• Cooperatively Negotiated Workers Comp: A Case Study
• Cost-Effective Health Care Funding by Electrical Contractors
• Creating Value as a CEO
• Customer Satisfaction Models for the Electrical Construction Industry
• Defining Benefit Pension Plan Transition Program
• Design-Build Methods for the Electrical Contracting Industry
• Developing a Curriculum for Electrical Building Construction and Contracting
• Developing a Standard Formula to Calculate Market Share
• Developing Innovative Service Contracting Strategies
• Developing Strategies for Successfully Entering the Emerging Information Technology Market
• Development & Implementation of an Electrical Construction Management Scholarship, Internship, & Cooperative Program
• Development of  a Craftsman Quality Training Program
• Early Warning Signs of Project Distress
• EC 2020: Strategies for Electrical Contracting Business Development
• Effective Look-ahead Scheduling for Electrical Construction
• Effectively Recruiting and Retaining Supervisory Workforce
• Effects of Absenteeism & Turnover on Labor Productivity
• ELECTRI International - Preparing for the Next 20 Years
• Electrical Contracting Best Safety Practices
• Electrical Contractor's Guide to Partnering
• Emergence of the IBS Contractor
• Emerging Green Markets
• Emerging Photovoltaic Market
• Encouraging the Millennium Generation to Join the Electrical Industry
• Energy Security and the Electrical Contractor
• Energy Security and the Electrical Contractor
• Enhancing Profitability Among Electrical Contractors
• Establishing the Electrical Technology Institute
• Executive Management Education Program
• Facilities Energy Audit Education Program
• Financial Risk Management of NECA Contractors Through Copper Price Hedging
• Flat Rate Service Pricing
• Generating Success: An Exploration of the Issues Facing the Electrical Construction Industry through the Lens of Family Business
• Grounding Mobile Construction Equipment for Safety
• Human Resource Primer for Supervisors
• Human Resources Management for Electrical Contractors
• Ideal Jobsite Inventory Levels to Improve Profitability
• Impact of Fuel Cells on Electrical Contractors
• Impact of Overtime Using the Measured Mile Approach
• Impact of Seismic Requirements on Electrical Installations
• Impact of U.S. Nuclear Plant Construction on Electrical Labor Productivity
• Impact of Variation on EC Profitability
• Impacts of CAD for Electrical Contractors
• Implementation of the ECF's Associate Degree
• Implementing ECF Research Results
• Implementing Florida Initiative
• Improving Apprentice Training with Personality Assessment
• Improving Combined Time Cost Forecasting Capabilities for Contractors
• Incentive Systems for Electrical Contractors
• Integrating Electrical Contracting into a Construction Management Program
• Integrating Industry into the Educational Setting to Promote Learning
• Intermediate and Advanced Electrical Project Supervision - Level 2 &  3
• Investigative Opportunities and Barriers of the Lean Project Delivery System (LPDS) to Electrical Contractors–A Pilot Study in a Healthcare Project, CA
• Involvement of Electrical Contractors in Integrated Project Delivery
• Local Apprenticeship Program Best Practices
• Measuring Labor Productivity of Electrical Contractors
• National Energy leadership Corps. (N.E.L.C.)
• NECA Energy Roadmap
• Needs Assessment & Conceptual Design for Electrical Construction Supervisory Training
• Negotiating Loss of Efficiency Claims for Electrical Contractors
• Technology Transfer for Mexican Electrical Contractor Firms
• Occupational Stress
• Opportunities for Electrical Contractors in the Competitive Electric Utility Industry
• Optimal Operational Model for Electrical Contractors
• Performance Evaluation System Development for Superintendents and Journeymen
• Planning for the Future Voice/Data/Video Market
• Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Training for Electrical Workers
• Power Quality Reference Guide
• Procurement Chain Management in the Construction Industry
• Procurement Strategies for Increased Profitability
• Productivity Enhancement Focusing on Labor Efficiency
• Project Labor Agreements
• Promoting Careers in EC through Student Chapters & Energy Efficiency Research
• Quality Assurance Guide for Inside and Outside Electrical Contractors
• Quantifying Productivity Losses for Electrical Contractors
• Quantifying the Cumulative Impacts of Change Orders for Electrical Contractors
• Recruitment Strategies for NECA Contractors
• Repositioning Careers in the Electrical Contractor Industry
• Role of Electrical Contractors on LEED
• Role of Electrical Contractors on LEED-NC Projects: Business Proposal/Capability Statement
• Cost-Benefit of DeEnergizing Line Work
• Sequencing Guidelines for Electrical Contractors
• Single versus Separate Prime Contract: Bidding
• Single versus Separate Prime Contract
• Small Contractor Foreman Training
• Smart Grid: Installation and Construction Management Aspects for Electrical Contractors
• Strategic Guide for Renewable Energy and  Distributed Generation
• Strategies for Expanding the Electrical Contractor Market in Pre-Construction Services
• Strategies for Minimizing the Economic Impact of Schedule Acceleration & Compression
• Streamlining Home Office Operations to Improve Profitability
• Success Factors for Electrical Subcontractors on Design-Build Projects
• Successfully Managing Limited Energy System Projects
• Succession Planning & Mentoring Programs For Electrical Contractors
• Surviving Utility Deregulation
• Team Communication & Leadership Training
• The Fundamentals of Contract Risk Management
• The Future of the Electrical Contracting Industry
• The Future of Unions for Electrical Constructions
• The Impact of Stacking of Trades on Labor Efficiency for Electrical Contractors
• The NEIS -Survey of Current Adoption of Standards and Development of Strategic Market Planning
• The Progress of Wind Generation Systems in the USA
• The Use of Smart Chip Technology in the Electrical Contracting Industry
• Tool and Material Control Systems
• Total Quality Management (TQM) Implementation for Electrical Contractor
• Using Benchmarking to Achieve Excellence in Electrical Contracting
• Using Information Technology to Improve Organizational Productivity and Effectiveness
• We Built this City
• What-To-Do-Guide for Schedule Acceleration & Compression
• Wireless Technology & the Electrical Contractor