Having access to accurate and reliable preconstruction data is the equivalent of having a detailed roadmap for a long journey. This data, encompassing a variety of elements from cost estimates and site conditions to workforce availability, lays the foundation for every successful construction project. It’s an invaluable tool that guides key decisions, shapes strategies, and helps anticipate challenges.
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Bridging the gap between precon ops and construction ops
Traditionally, the construction sector has favoured a siloed approach to its teams, with each one keeping its cards close to the chest. This defensiveness is worth questioning, especially as building methods evolve and the industry gets better acquainted with new technologies. Is operating in silos still an effective strategy, particularly when it comes to planning your most valuable resource – your people?
Spring ’23 releases in Bridgit Bench
Bridgit Bench adds a new Preconstruction Module for precon people planning and has made Project Broadcasts available from the Bench Mobile Application.
From chaos to control: how the right software can help you with preconstruction workforce planning
Preconstruction workforce planning presents a unique set of challenges for contractors. These challenges are specifically felt by preconstruction managers who have the critical task of coordinating people and tasks before the actual construction begins. A preconstruction manager’s primary goal is to sort and handle the number of opportunities and projects from your business development team.
Best practices for workforce planning your specialty trades team
Whether you’re a project manager seeking to fine-tune your staffing strategies, or a company executive looking for ways to improve overall efficiency and profitability, this article is for you.
Resource Planning for Preconstruction | Bridgit Bench
TL: DR – Bridgit Bench is the first and only workforce planning platform to offer tools built specifically for planning preconstruction teams and tasks. Get your precon team out of spreadsheets and give them flexible task tracking and better visibility into the projects their people are working on, how they’re progressing, and how well their
5 benefits of strategic workforce planning meetings in construction
Here is what you need to know about why workforce planning is important, why you should book meetings planned around it, its goals, and its benefits.
Bridgit Bench’s impact on HR and operations collaboration
Creating seamless collaboration between project operations and human resources is no small feat. Despite primarily being used by the Operations team, Bridgit Bench can be a tool that allows for collaboration across functions – specifically between Operations and HR. This blog delves into Bridgit Bench’s unique contribution to facilitating HR-Operations collaboration, as told by our
A pathway to collaboration: Operations and HR working together in construction
Finding ways to merge Operations and HR is a counterintuitive and powerful approach to not only becoming more efficient, but to understanding how your most important asset, your people, is used, and developed.
How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) can help combat the construction labor shortage
In this post we’ll explore the current state of the construction labor shortage and how improving diversity, equity and inclusion metrics might just be the answer the industry is looking for.