1.0constructconnect.comDaily Commercial News/%site_branch%/author/edwardbayleyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pRHM1WbZUx"><a href="/dcn/news/associations/2018/02/benchmarking-crucial-competitiveness-canadian-construction-companies">Industry Perspectives: Why benchmarking is crucial to the competitiveness of Canadian construction companies</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/dcn/news/associations/2018/02/benchmarking-crucial-competitiveness-canadian-construction-companies/embed#?secret=pRHM1WbZUx" width="600" height="338" title="“Industry Perspectives: Why benchmarking is crucial to the competitiveness of Canadian construction companies” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="pRHM1WbZUx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Economic_05.jpg1024576For a long time, we’ve associated performance benchmarking with multinational companies like Toyota and Xerox. We’ve since watched performance benchmarking enter the construction industry. Larger Canadian contractors with sophisticated operations and specialized sectors such as the Alberta oil and gas industry were the earliest adopters. But small-and mid-sized construction companies now have opportunities to measure […]