Presented toPresented toThe Laborers Employers Cooperation & Education Trust The Laborers Employers Cooperation & Education Trust

May 9, 2006 ~ Cincinnati, OHMay 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 Rolein 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• 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

• 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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 n= Median Salary Median SalaryExchange Rate PPP

Australia 128 $68,751 $74,214Belgium 49 $73,899 $65,000Brazil 89 $30,948 $102,007Canada 167 $57,176 $61,538China 56 $1,500 $65,789Colombia 15 $27,000 $143,816England 106 $76,794 $67,857France 64 $56,845 $50,000Germany 94 $79,928 $70,120India 120 $19,440 $115,385Japan 51 $66,400 $50,761

Taken from the PMI Project Management Salary SurveyTaken from the PMI Project Management Salary SurveyThird EditionThird Edition

Global Salary Information For Engineers

Taken from the PMI Project Management Salary SurveyTaken from the PMI Project Management Salary SurveyThird EditionThird Edition

Country n= Median Salary Median SalaryExchange Rate PPP

Mexico 66 $44,454 $67,391Netherlands 80 $68,214 $60,000New Zealand 86 $50,799 $54,375Poland 28 $42,322 $81,450Saudi Arabia 48 $57,366 $85,000Singapore 80 $53,771 $59,063South Africa 19 $57,120 $210,000Sweden 87 $59,472 $47,525United Arab Emirates 25 $49,032 $62,069United States 1,099 $83,500 $83,500

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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 . . .• 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

• 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 organizationsThat attract, train and retain construction industry workers

• Recognize outstanding effortsThat alleviate skilled craftshortages 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

gsizemore@curt.org

www.CURT.org