Our team has kicked off 2023 with one of the most action-packed winters in Bridgit history. With over 25 updates and upgrades to Bench in just under 3 months, we wanted to give you a quick rundown of all the changes you may have missed since ringing in the new year.
Keep your team up to date with enhanced communications directly from Bridgit Bench.
With the ability to add, edit, and remove project allocations directly from team member profiles, Bridgit Bench has become the most flexible workforce planning platform available to contractors today. However you choose to plan your people, Bench will meet you there with all the insight you need to plan confidently and effectively.
We’ll take a look at some of the benefits of automating your resource planning including worker safety, forecasting, and better understanding your workforce utilization to stay productive and profitable.
Bridgit Bench is the only workforce planning platform built to actually manage, track, and forecast your entire team. From salaried project admins to craft and hourly workers, Bench is your all-in-one platform for workforce planning that’s easy for everyone on your team, and flexible enough to work for your business.
In an effort to stall inflation, the Federal Reserve has been lifting interest rates this year, which has had a ripple effect on all industries. Here are some construction industry challenges that have been caused by higher interest rates.
One of the challenges in construction has nothing to do with building, at least not directly; it’s with appealing to the next generation of construction workers, mainly Millennials and Gen Z. At this point, everyone in the industry is aware of the persistent labor shortages and cloudy economic outlook, but the aging workforce is a
Migrating to a new construction workforce planning tool may seem daunting, but with modern technology, implementation can be straight forward. Optimizing your workforce planning processes and gaining an operational edge compared to your competitors will set you up for long-term success.
Just like being data-driven as a company has to come from the top down in order to become a part of your firm’s culture, so does the focus on expanding your people’s skill sets. When you hire new employees it should be understood quickly that they have avenues for growth, and they can seek out new project experience and general job training.
When the construction backlog drops, efficient and productive resource management can make the difference between keeping a project profitable and putting your projects at risk. This article explores some of the ways construction resource planning can help as project bidding becomes more competitive.
