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.
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.
Capacity planning is the process of predicting future needs. Here are the key steps of capacity planning to help you manage your workforce.
With an aging pool of skilled workers and a huge demand for labor, it’s important that contractors create a strategy to foster and develop their people using actionable data so they can close skills gaps.
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.
With a reduced workforce, the construction industry is constantly faced with the challenge of doing more with less. Being able to recognize when it’s time to take on new projects (or when it’s time to expand your team) is paramount for thriving in an increasingly competitive industry.
Even though the economic outlook is looking a little better, contractors and business owners are still encouraged to plan ahead and strategize. Having a robust strategy in the wake of a crisis will go a long way when protecting your construction revenue, and here are six key steps that you need to keep in mind through these critical times.
Capacity planning in the construction industry can be extremely time consuming and tedious. In this article we’ll explore a few of the challenges that general contractors face when capacity planning and how Bridgit Bench helps clients with out easy-to-use Forecasting Dashboard.
It’s very important to keep tabs on your construction labor costs. Here are some pointers.
With so many construction project management tools to choose from, identifying the essentials can be tricky. Here’s a helpful list.
