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SPQRC Communication
Board
Hy-Grade Precast Concrete
WHAT IS SPQRC
-  SPQRC is a daily, monthly, yearly data
tracking tool that takes a snap shot of a
company’s performance with regards to
-  SAFETY
-  PEOPLE
-  QUALITY
-  REACTION TO SCHEDULES
-  COST’s
Board Layout
SPQRC BOARD LAYOUT
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QQQ
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DAY TO DAY
AVG/TOTAL
SHOWING GOALS
DAY TO DAY
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DAY TO DAY
AVG/TOTAL
SHOWING GOALS
DAY TO DAY
AVG/TOTAL
SHOWING GOALS
MONTHLY AVG/
TOTAL SHOWING
GOALS
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TOTAL SHOWING
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MONTHLY AVG/
TOTAL SHOWING
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TOTAL SHOWING
GOALS
MONTHLY AVG/
TOTAL SHOWING
GOALS
CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS
CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS
CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS
CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS
CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS
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DAILY TRACKING
Monthly Tracking
Annual Tracking
Corrective Actions
Example of Hy-Grades Board
Rebar Cage Jig
Modern Precast Concrete
Q.C. Tablet
Panhandle Concrete Products
What is the QC Tablet?
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Handheld Tablet Computer
Utilized by Quality Control Technician
HP Slate running on Windows 7
Digital Pen and Capacitive (touchscreen)
inputs
•  Front and rear cameras
•  Wi-Fi connectivity
Functionality
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Record daily inspections
Access specifications
Access drawings
Email / Communicate
Functionality
Benefits
•  Efficiency
•  Economy
•  Quality
Benefits
•  Efficiency
*Replaces clip board and paper
*Reports are immediately accessible to management
*Everything is available at the Technicians fingertips
Benefits
•  Economy
* Cuts back on paper and printing costs
* Efficiency = Economy
* Storage/Filing costs are reduced
•  Store QC reports indefinitely (not
just 3 years)
•  Eliminate filing cabinets
•  No copying from hard to digital
Benefits
•  Quality
* Customers & inspectors will have better access to QC files
* Allows QC Tech. to focus more on products
Conclusion
•  QC Tablet streamlines quality control
reporting
•  Offers up to the minute information on
quality control operations
•  Helps to ensure a quality precast product
CRM – Total Integration
StructureCast
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Ever forget a name?
Are your records a mess?
Ever forget an appointment or meeting?
Ever miss a critical production date or a
bid deadline?
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Redundant data entry
Inaccurate or out-of-date information
Individual systems
Lack of effective communication
  Between internal teams
  With customers
  With vendors
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New Opportunities
Proposals
Estimates Approved
Submittals
Drawings
Production
Deliver / Install
Follow-up
Sales Pipeline
Stage
Information
Gathering
Line Job #
Project
AR 1107375 Tsai-Chen House
WROAD Architects
10' x 2'-5" Ductal panels
01.20.2012 0%
Mary Smith
ES
1111605 Hallsted Campground Reconstruction
1201022 Ft. Irwin Water Treatment Facility
US Forest Service
USACE
(3) EasiSet Restrooms
Control, chemical & pump station buildings
01.31.2012 0%
01.31.2012 0%
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
PR
1104179 Sugar Pine Trail Tunnel
City of Fresno
Precast Arch Culvert
(10) bridge beams, (5) wash rack slabs & (1)
pit
01.31.2012 0%
Mary Smith
02.15.2012 0%
Mary Smith
Pump station, vaults & MH
03.01.2012 0%
Mary Smith
01.20.2012
01.31.2012
01.31.2012
01.31.2012
02.15.2012
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Action
Cert Bid Amount
%
($)
Assigned To
County of Kern
Southwest Naval Facilities & Engineering
1201028 P-1046 N. Area Waste Water Conveyence Command
ST
Stage
Estimate
Preparation
Stage
Estimate
Acknowledge
1111564
1106301
1109462
1011773
1111575
Action
Assigned To
Description
1108412 Pine Mountain Club Fire Station No 58
Bid Date
Cert Bid Amount
%
($)
Company Name
Alberhill Substation
Sierra Proto Express WWTP
Ivanpah Solar Power Complex
Marsh Landing Generating Station
ECO Substation
Southern California Edison
Vani Bahl's Architectural Studio
Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation
Kiewit Power Constructors
San Diego Gas & Electric
8' Stonetree perimeter fencing
665 lf - 8' StoneTree
D/B precast
StoneTree fencing
Stonetree perimeter fence
Project
Company Name
Description
Bid Date
AR 1201030 D/B: Replacement Traffoc Control Tower
San Francisco International Airport
Wall panels
02.13.2012 01.16.2012 20%
Mary Smith
PR
San Marcos Inteceptor Replacement
NRG Recycled Water Conveyance
Agua Fria Creek Line D Restoration
Mission Blvd/Warren Ave UPRR
Vallecitos Water District
West Basin Municipal Water District
County of Alameda
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
8', 7' & 6' Manholes
(2) meter & valve vaults
Concrete crib wall and grade beams
Railroad underpass fascia beams
02.08.2012
02.17.2012
01.31.2012
04.27.2012
01.31.2012
02.10.2012
01.20.2012
04.10.2012
20%
20%
20%
20%
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Project
Company Name
Description
Bid Date
Action
Cert Bid Amount
%
($)
Line Job #
1201054
1201057
1201050
1201059
Line Job #
Assigned To
ES
1109475 Auburn Park Restroom
1109484 Malmstrom AFB, MT
1107366 Truckee - Soda Springs Restroom
Auburn Parks & Recreation District
B&H International
Soda Springs
Double EasiSet Restroom
10.20.2011 30%
(3) EasiSet 6'x8' Ballistic Rated Guard Shacks 09.21.2011 10.20.2011 80%
Easi-Set Restroom - Double Dry
10.20.2011 10%
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
Mary Smith
ST
1004293 Loyalton Wall
KB Foster Engineering
Soundwall
Mary Smith
04.01.2012 03.15.2012 20%
Production Backlog
Stage
Estimate Approved
Drawings and
Submittals
Stage
Production
Description
Column caps
Precast stair treads
Bid Amount
Bid Date Action
Cert% ($)
07.19.2010 11.30.2011 100%
12.16.2011 12.20.2011 100%
1103126 City Yard Expansion Project
Sills and lintels
04.26.2011 11.07.2011 70%
- Bill Jones
03.14.2011 11.07.2011 100%
07.13.2010 11.07.2011 100%
10.11.2011 11.07.2011 20%
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
1008632 7060 River Supply Conduit - Unit 1B
Spiniello Companies
135,000 Gal Sewage Storage Tank
Catch Basins
(3) Valve vaults
(1) large vault, (1) top slab & (3) Blowoff
Holes
11.07.2011 100%
- Bill Jones
Company Name
Mackone Development
J. Paul Getty Museum
Madina Center - North Stockton
Description
33 precast wall panels
Ductile sculpture
Wall Panels/fencing
Bid Date Action
01.01.2010
11.15.2011
03.21.2011 11.30.2011
Line Job #
Project
AR 1007493 Fullerton Transportation Ctr Parking
1111607 Health Sciences Research Facility
PR
Company Name
BOMEL CONSTRUCTION
University of California, San Diego
Oakview Constructors, Inc.
W.A. Rasic Construction Company,
Inc.
1103092 Camp Pendleton Hospital
1006376 Westlake Farms
SSC Construction
1110527 Contra Costa Water Canterbury Tanks RSH Construction
Line Job #
AR 0912742
1109499
1101046
Project
LA Animal Shelter
Getty Museum
Madina Center of North Stockton
Bid Amount
Cert% ($)
1%
100%
1%
Weighted ($) Assigned To
Bill Jones
Bill Jones
Weighted ($) Assigned To
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
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ES
1105272 New Hunter Check Station
1102053 Ft Hunter Liggett Light Demo Range
BMY Construction
Cooper Chase Construction
Double Vault Restroom
(3) easi-Set buildings
06.07.2011 11.08.2011 20%
02.14.2011 12.15.2011 1%
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
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PR
1201006
1005346
0910648
1107392
Containment Solutions, Inc.
Pacific Hydrotech Corporation
McCarthy - Oxnard AWP
Reyes Construction, Inc.
16' Deadman OS
vaults
vaults, wet wells, CB & posts
(116) Infantry target emplacements
01.05.2012
06.02.2010 11.15.2011
11.30.2011
11.30.2011
100%
5%
1%
30%
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
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CITY OF HEALDSBURG
PAR Electric
1,000 lf 8' Stonetree Fencing
7,500 lf 8' Stonetree
05.19.2011 11.30.2011 5%
11.15.2011 01.16.2012 100%
- Bill Jones
- Bill Jones
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ST
PO 71801 (4) 16' Deadman OS
Penmar Water Quality Improvement
Oxnard WPF
Camp Pendleton
Badger Substation Fence
1105226 Replacement
1110516 Red Bluff Substation
Description
Company Name
Airport rated vaults
Granite Construction
(2) MH, (1) CB & headwall
Pacific Hydrotech Corporation
MH & CB
Pacific Hydrotech Corporation
Vaults
(1) 60" MH
Person
Stage
Opened
Forecast ($)
Close By
Estimate Acknowledged 06.23.2011
174,582.00
Jimmy Garibaldo
Estimate Acknowledged 09.21.2011
24,104.00
Jimmy Garibaldo
Estimate Acknowledged 11.14.2011
29,095.00
Pacific Hydrotech Corporation
Jimmy Garibaldo
Estimate Acknowledged
6,692.00
Pacific Hydrotech Corporation
Daniel Terrones
Estimate Acknowledged 02.12.2012
5,025.00
1250 LF - 2x3 Box Culvert
PCL Bakersfield
Mike Miller
Estimate Acknowledged 01.03.2012
360,000.00
Wall panels
Rotondo Weirich
Chris Heverly
Estimate Acknowledged 01.18.2012
4,100,000.00
Meter access & butterfly valve vaults
W M LYLES CO
Joe Skirbo
Estimate Acknowledged 07.23.2011
61,925.00
(5) 5'x7'x10" Replacement Lids
W M LYLES CO
Estimate Acknowledged 12.12.2011
9,500.00
(1) 12.5x4.5x4.5 Vault
TIC
John Becker
Estimate Acknowledged 10.17.2011
(4) 15x6x8 Vaults
TIC
John Becker
Estimate Acknowledged
Wall panels
BOMEL CONSTRUCTION
(110) Drainage Inlets
Caltrans
CA DOT DOT
9,500.00
26,700.00
Estimate Acknowledged 11.28.2011
219,500.00
Estimate Acknowledged 08.20.2011
687,470.00
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
PRODUCTION
PURCHASING
QUALITY
CONTROL
ESTIMATING
SALES
ACCOUNTING
•  Powerful Management Reporting:
 
 
 
 
Cash Flow
Project Budgets
Sales Opportunities
Production Scheduling
•  Daily Performance Monitoring and
Measurement Tools:
  Production Huddle
  Sales Huddle
  Management Team Huddle
•  Reliable Historical Production Cost Data:
 
 
 
 
Where are we making money?
Product / Location Mix
Pricing Database
How much more aggressively can we bid?
•  Sales and Estimating:
  25% increase in
bid to success rate
•  Production and Project Management
  Increase
in sales per man
hour of 15%
  Improvement
in on time
delivery from 80% to 90%
•  Accounting
 
Budget to actual
performance improved 20%
Up-to-date, accurate information +
Daily communication & measurement
=
•  Improved Operating Efficiency
•  Improved Response and Service to our
Customers
Which have led to the ULTIMATE result
Increased profitability!
A boost to the bottom line
and a competitive edge!
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