You Worked HOW Long?
(Timecard Review)
(Timecard Review)
The best time to fill out your time card is at the end of this.
What is each workday?
This process reviews all work under contract and organizes it chronologically.
What is a spreading the backlog?
A form that should be reviewed daily to gauge whether production is being met?
What is a timecard?
This form is to be completed when moving inventory material to or from a job site.
What is an inventory control form (ICF)?
What animal is legally classified as a fish in California for conservation purposes
The bumblebee.
Accurate timecards help management understand labor costs, and this important project metric
What is production?
Before work begins, every subcontractor should typically submit this outlining employee hazards and controls.
What is a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)?
The "magic" number of installers on a multi-family project.
What is three?
This process confirms that what is supposed to be in the warehouse is actually there.
What is a physical inventory count?
Spanish for "pelican," this former island fortress in the bay once housed inmates like Al Capone.
What is Alcatraz?
In California, working through lunch without taking a break can cause these requirements.
Lunch Penalty.
In addition to straight time worked, the employee would also be owed additional hours.
A subcontractor who shows up before required materials arrive will likely experience this.
What is downtime?
This practice keeps materials organized and work areas efficient.
What is housekeeping?
This report should be checked before you order out-of-stock material through a distributor.
What is a slow-moving inventory report?
This ubiquitous Northern California slang word meaning "very" or "a lot"
What is "hella"?
During a regular workday, how many hours does an installer have to work before double time kicks in?
What is 12 hours?
This meeting is where trades coordinate work to avoid stepping on each other's toes.
What is a coordination meeting?
Good General Contractors remove these before crews arrive to work.
What are obstacles or constraints?
The number of days before "slow-moving" inventory starts to "depreciate" in value via financial reserve.
What is 180 days?
It's the iconic, sugar-coated ice cream sandwich that got its start at Ocean Beach's historic Playland-at-the-Beach.
What is an It's-It?
Public works or government-funded construction projects with a standard hourly pay rate and fringe benefits required to be paid to workers.
What is the prevailing wage?
When an insulator arrives before framing and electrical has passed inspection, project planning has likely failed at this.
What is sequencing?
A project requiring a one-to-one count of fully trained workers to trainees operates on this.
What is a 1:1 supervision ratio?
This inventory valuation method recalculates the average unit cost of goods by dividing total cost by total units on hand every time a new purchase is made.
What is moving average cost?
Originating in Oakland, this dangerous stunt involves putting your car in neutral and jumping out to dance alongside it while it rolls.
What is ghostriding (or ghostriding the whip)?