J&J Electrical Contractors, Inc.: Retaining Viability in a Highly Competitive Industry

The electrical contracting is a highly competitive industry that is also experiencing consistent growth in demand. This is evident in the state of California which has seen a rapid increase in commercial and residential buildings in the last decade. Southern California was one of the fastest growing areas in the entire nation in the late 1990s and early 2000s and it led to most upstart electrical companies basing their operations in that region. While there had always been some huge national companies there since the mid-twentieth century such as Bergelectric and Helix, there was still an opportunity to be filled by smaller enterprises. Companies such as J&J and Buck were founded to take advantage of the emerging market which seemed to

PURPOSE. This document provides historical information regarding the Davis-Bacon Act and present day implications of the Act. Davis-Bacon, established in 1931, sets a wage requirement for all construction contracts over $2,000 that are either partially or fully supported with government funds. While the Act has been controversial for many years, efforts to repeal the Act completely or to increase the dollar-value threshold have failed. Some argue that the Act increases cost to Government construction contracts and may reduce competition or eliminate it completely for small businesses (CBO, 1983). Regardless, under FAR 22.404, we are responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act are enforced and incorporated into our solicitations and contracts.

Working as an electrician you encounter many dangers some that can cause injure or kill you and or others such as a electrical fire after wiring a building, that is why working in the field of electricians requires a lot of skill and attention to detail. When first starting you have little pay on difficult jobs, however after you become skillful enough to earn the rank of master you are presented with multiple fields such as the two I covered in this paper that will present you with your kind of work environment and pay that will be more than enough to make you

Contractors bid on U. S. Federal Construction projects and most contracts for federally assisted constructions exceeding $2,000 required to pay their employees the standard wage and benefit package that workers in the area performing similar work are earning the

Please read Case Study: The Jack Welch Era at General Electric in Chapter 5 and answer questions 1 & 3. Please submit the answers by the end of week #3. At least one page is required.

Construction wages in the United States are increasing. with wWages are expected to rise 2.4% in 2015. Skilled-trade workers’ wages are rising even more rapidly at 4.6% this year. Unemployment rates in construction are decreasing and the pool of available workers is shrinking., which has resulted in a higher demand for skilled workers from a smaller construction labor force . This has caused is causing a shortage of skilled workers and an upward pressure on wages to increaseincreasing upward pressure on wages. One potential area of relief is the growing movement by state governments to repeal prevailing wage laws. Prevailing wage laws ensure that government contractors pay workers at a pre-determined level based on location and trade. These wages tend to be higher than the market wage and increase labor costs for government contractors. The one relief that many contractors have is the increasing number of states beginning to repeal the prevailing wage laws, which will help stop the increase in construction wages and may even cause a downside wage correction. With construction wages on the rise, state governments repealing prevailing wage laws may take some upward pressure off of construction wages and lower labor costs.

There are various provisions and conditions that contractors willing to work in the USA must comply with. Some of those requirements are covered in the "Buy American" requirements that each contractor has to comply with in order to continue getting jobs that are sponsored by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The contracts that involve construction, alteration, maintenance or even repair of the public buildings must source the materials like steel, iron and any other manufactured goods from the American manufacturers.

This paper is about a career of being an electrical lineman. It will talk about how to become one, the work environment, what they do, how much it pays, and other information.

Duffy Electrical Contractors, Inc. is an electrical contracting company that is located in Tucson, Arizona. The service areas they cover include Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana, Vail, Green Valley, Sahuarita, SaddleBrooke, and Southern Arizona. Duffy Electrical Contractors, Inc. was founded dating back to the year 1969. Their management staff holds more than 200 years of cumulative experience in the electrical trade. Duffy Electrical Contractors, Inc. is serving the residential, commercial, and industrial clientele. Duffy Electrical Contractors, Inc. conducts repairs of existing residential wiring and modernization of the wiring system such as the adding outlets, lighting fixtures, switches, fans, dimmers, and new circuits. Their residential service

In construction projects, mostly the firms (in this case the firms become client) do not have the skills or develop skills inside the firms to undertake the projects due to amount of the projects should be conducted or the complexity of the projects (Reve and Levitt, 1984). Therefore, the economic decision to conduct the projects is to procure them to third parties. However, more commonly the client agonize the final quality of the projects will meet standard requirements. Thus, impacts to involvement of complex contracts of construction procurement.

One of the most important things any contractor can do is to protect the person they are working for. In many instances, this means obtaining the proper license before they begin working in a particular industry. A license is an important part of being a contractor, so working towards getting yours is a great idea.

The business quickly found a “niche” in working on residential, or competitive advantage amongst its competitors. Benjamin was also very active in the community, which added value to his organization. He constructed great relationships that allowed his business to prosper. It was through these efforts Benjamin was able to expand his company to several geographic locations of California and as of the turn of the century was able to expand to other states such as Nevada, where they have gained a foothold of the industry in that area. Today Rex Moore Electrical Contractors and Engineers operates in several electrical and low voltage markets. Now as a national electric company, they are still able to remain competitive in even small residential projects due to the company’s unique structure in the electrical contracting industry. Rex Moore remains a strong competitor and is consistently ranked as one of the Top 50 largest Electrical Contractors of the United States. (EC&M Magazine, 2015)

First, the ethical dilemma itself will be outlined. In the construction industry, it is often necessary for an owner or a construction company to enlist the help of other smaller or more specialized companies in the completion of a project. This practice is known as contracting. When an owner or company, referred to as the contractor, wants to contract out for a job, they will list the job and interested companies will bid for the contract. When arriving at a bid amount, interested companies will estimate

All the founders of the company had a great deal of continues influence on the positioning of the company today, form John C. Lincoln to James F. Lincoln. John C. Lincoln started it all and James F. Lincoln, who is the younger brother of John, took over the company to another level. One of James Lincoln 's early actions as head of the firm was to ask the employees to elect representatives to a committee that would advise him on company operations. The Advisory Board has met with the chief executive officer twice monthly since that time. This was only the first of a series of innovative personnel policies that have, over the years, distinguished Lincoln Electric from its contemporaries.

There however are challenges in the industry occasioned by uncertainty on future spending on construction projects by the government. Moreover, the cost of doing business and the ability to increasingly make revenue have created a challenging environment for the construction firms. Therefore stakeholders in the construction industry are concerned with whether the government would increase its spending and whether the public construction projects will be available in the future since less than 10 percent are currently financing their clients.