Todd McCormick, President of McCormick Systems (center)
accepts the 2006 Industry Achievement Award from the Independent
Electrical Contractors at the IEC National Convention. Presenting
the award are Emerson Smoker, Chairman of the IEC National Awards
Committee (left) and, at right, Dennis Thomas, the 2006 IEC National
President.
The Independent Electrical
Contractors, Inc. (IEC) is pleased to announce that Todd McCormick,
President of McCormick Systems received the IEC National Industry
Achievement Award during the 49th Annual IEC National Convention and
IEC Electric Expo 2006.
“Todd McCormick has been
actively involved in the electrical industry all his life and we are
pleased to present him with the IEC National Industry Achievement
Award,” said Larry Mullins, IEC National Executive Vice President.
“He has helped electrical contractors and their employees become
more successful in their business and by doing so he has helped make
the industry more effective, stable and profitable.”
McCormick started stocking
trucks in his early teens for McCormick Electric. He then progressed
to delivering material to job sites, to electrician, to estimator
and project manager. As president, he has taken the company to
another level of professionalism and profitability by seeing what is
needed in the industry, addressing these issues and providing the
solutions.
In addition, McCormick has
attended every IEC Convention and Trade Show for the past twenty-six
years. He is a founding member of IEC’s Platinum Partner Council and
the IEC Foundation. McCormick has also been a proud sponsor of the
IEC Gold Card Lunch for a number of years and continues to provide
education seminars for IEC Members at both the National level as
well as the local level.
The IEC National Industry
Achievement Award is given each year to recognize significant and
outstanding contributions to IEC and the electrical industry.
About McCormick
Systems
Privately owned McCormick Systems, of Chandler, AZ, is the nation’s
leader in software used for electrical estimating and project
management. The company’s products enable contractors to produce
consistent, profitable estimates for Electrical and ABS
work.
More information: www.mccormicksys.com or
800-444-4890.
About IEC
Established in 1957, IEC is
a trade association made up of more than 3,500 members with 74
chapters nationwide. Headquartered in Alexandria, Va., IEC is the
nation’s premier trade association representing America’s
independent electrical and systems contractors. IEC National
aggressively works with the industry to establish a competitive
environment for the merit shop – a philosophy that promotes the
concept of free enterprise, open competition and economic
opportunity for all.
Using Our Software For Project Management
part three of three
Many McCormick Systems users -- electrical and
ABS contractors -- are using our estimating software as a project management
tool. This is an important potential extension of your return on the money and
time you've invested in our software.
How can you put this to work in your company? A three-part
"tutorial" on using our software for PM ends here, and began in the previous
two monthly newsletters. Click on any of the graphics to
enlarge them.
To begin at the beginning, click here to start with Part
One. Go
here for Part Two.
Change Orders: A Project Management Fact Of
Life
Managing
change orders can be a vital part of project management on any given project.
McCormick’s Change Order program does an excellent job of just that.
**Click images to enlarge**
The
total Job may be brought in including the Base Bid and the accepted Alternates.
Then the Change Order(s) may be estimated using McCormick’s estimating system
with your choice of material and labor pricing.
The top
eight boxes are user definable and show the figures that you select.
The Change Order status -- such as Submitted, Pending, Approved, etc, --
can be set with the figures showing the change.
An
Alert date may be set.
What if
the slab will be poured a week from Friday -- and the Change Order included some under slab work? You can set an alert that will remind everyone that
the Change Order needs to be approved in time to do the work.
What's more, you can use McCormick Systems software to customize change order reports in the way your company wants to see them (or present them) -- with an example shown below:
In
conclusion, Project Management is a snap using the McCormick Systems software.
Our Holiday Hours
Here's When We're Open & Closed
THANKSGIVING WEEK -- McCormick Systems is open regular hours on
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Nov. 20, 21, and 22. We're closed both Thursday
(Thanksgiving Day) the 23rd and Friday the 24th.
WEEK BEFORE
CHRISTMAS -- We're open every day of the week before Christmas,
including Friday the 22nd. However, on that Friday, we will be open from 6
a.m. to 12 noon.
CHRISTMAS WEEK -- We'll be closed Monday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day. We'll reopen on Tuesday, Dec.
26. We'll be open regular hours on Tuesday the 26th as well as Wednesday the 27th and
Thursday the 28th.
NEW YEAR'S OBSERVANCE -- We will be open only from 6 a.m. to 12 noon
on Friday, December 29. We'll be closed all day Monday, Jan. 1, New Year's Day.
We reopen for business, with regular hours,
on Tuesday, Jan. 2.
*NOTE THAT WE ARE ON ARIZONA TIME, CURRENTLY MST
What We're Telling The Media
Contractors Improve Project Management Using Electrical/ABS Estimating Software
Electrical and automated
building systems contractors need to manage their projects as well as
estimate them. Those using McCormick Systems’ software are finding it
useful for project management as well as estimating.
“While we don’t offer project management software, our products are very
useful in managing projects,” said Todd McCormick, President of the
27-year-old company. “This enables them to make another use of the data
they’ve entered, and get more out of their investment.”
Contractors are putting estimating software to work in at least three
ways:
1. By honing in on a portion of a project inside
the estimate – something easily done with McCormick’s systems –
contractors analyze how far along they are, relating actual job-site
progress to their plans.
2. Additionally, using that same capability,
project managers or purchasing agents working for the contractor produce
a discrete, “this-part-of-the-job-only” materials list. This speeds
ordering of materials for just the upcoming portion of a given job.
3. Contracting companies using CAD Estimating, an
interface between AutoCAD™ and McCormick’s estimating software, are able
to accomplish even more. They focus in on pieces of the project’s
drawings that correspond to current (or past) pieces of the project
which they wish to plan for or analyze.
“We could say we planned all of this, but we didn’t,” said McCormick.
“We don’t offer a ‘project management’ software package. This is
something our customers – electrical, datacom, and ABS contractors –
have taught us over the years.”
Where You Can See Us In 2007
Mark your calendar for the McCormick Systems User's
Conference -- April 18-21 in Phoenix, AZ.
Here are our scheduled appearances at industry events next
year:
Jan. 22-25, Orlando, FL -- BICSI Winter Conference.
Feb. 21-23, Long Beach, CA -- Electric West
May 2-4, Las Vegas, NV -- ABC Electrical & Mechanical
Education Conference
Sept. 10-13, Las Vegas, NV -- BICSI Fall Conference
Oct. 6-8, San Francisco, CA -- NECA Convention & Show
Oct. 24-27, Houston, TX -- IEC Convention & Expo.
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