After 500 conversations with GCs, I’ve noticed some common threads when it comes to technology adoption, planning process, and putting your people first. In this article, I want to dive deeper into three trends I’ve seen.
One key area it’s possible to find opportunities in is through more effective management of your workforce. It’s imperative that you hold onto the workforce you have tightly, and this article is going to outline 5 ways you can improve your workforce strategies.
With an aging pool of skilled workers and a huge demand for labor, the shortage has reached a new level with roughly 25 per cent more unfilled construction positions than hires.
Preconstruction is arguably the most important phase of the construction process, determining a project’s timeline and resulting profit margins. With so much weight placed on the proper execution of this phase and how much it can contribute to a project’s success (or failure), it’s crucial to get a handle on what it encompasses. So, what
Construction workforce management tools help GCs collect more data in regards to their workforce than ever before. Knowing how to use that data to optimize your most important resource can help create a massive competitive advantage in 2023.
There’s been an increase in self-performing contractors due to the disruption brought on by COVID-19. In this article we’ll explore some of the pros and cons of being a self-performing contractor.
Construction projects can be complex and involve many moving parts, requiring the expertise of project managers, contractors, laborers, and other stakeholders, which unfortunately puts them at high risk for failure. You may be wondering: what is the most common cause for the failure of development projects?
Resource planning involves identifying and organizing the capital required for a project’s successful completion. It includes properly allocating the correct amount of time, equipment, and materials needed for a job, as well as assigning the right tasks to team members based on their skillset.
Check out what we have outlined as the 5 stages of a construction project in a construction project life cycle.
Construction is a long game. Mid-size projects can take anywhere from 6-9 months to complete and larger projects can easily take over a year. Given how far into the future a project can stretch, we’re often surprised to learn that long-term people planning is a common challenge since most of the workforce planning that’s being
