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.
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Upskilling and reskilling your workforce during a recession
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.
Effective workforce strategies and building a strong backlog
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.
Building a best-in-class tech stack for 2023
This article is going to list some of the best-in-class software used by our customers and the construction industry as a whole to help you improve your processes around project management, estimating, HR, workforce planning, as well as sales and marketing.
Building a data-driven culture in construction
As the construction industry continues to move forward and embrace the digital transformation of their core processes, putting a focus on data analysis as a skill set will continue to become more important for all leadership and construction management positions. Construction is making the effort to shift from manual processes to cloud-based, automated software and technology. That shift will inevitably result in a wealth of project and workforce data being captured from every phase a project goes through.
How to manage construction stress as a project manager
Construction project managers encounter many hurdles during the course of their work. Learn how to manage stress in construction in this article.
What is capacity planning?
Capacity planning is the process of predicting future needs. Here are the key steps of capacity planning to help you manage your workforce.
How to improve short and long-term planning in construction
One of the hardest problems in construction is finding the balance between short and long-term workforce planning. This article deals with how you can make agile changes to your workforce while maintaining sound business decisions long-term.
4 Benefits of tracking salaried and hourly workers in the same tool
Self-performing general contractors often manage their project and self-perform teams using separate tools. In this article, we’ll uncover the benefits consolidating that process using a resource management solution.
Prioritizing mental health in the construction industry
Mental illness has been a silent killer in construction for over a decade. The statistics are staggering. In a year, more construction workers die from suicide than every other workplace-related casualty combined.