In today’s evolving world, even experienced project managers are always looking for new ways to innovate and improve how they manage construction projects. An efficient, streamlined, and optimized construction management process can improve how long it takes to finish a project, how it progresses, and even how activities and tasks are done in the future.
As the business landscape races toward modernization and digitization, is your construction company still utilizing spreadsheets to manage and track equipment and tools? An outdated, lousy inventory management approach will consume a ton of your resources and manpower. Such a painstaking and time-consuming approach to your inventory management will never give you the standard of
Both WhatsApp and Excel are popular in the construction industry. But while powerful and useful, both applications are so full of limitations. And if you are relying on them to manage all your complex construction projects, you are putting your construction business and your team at pointless risk. Transitioning to a new and better system
In managing construction, it’s not only the project owner and the general contractor who are heavily involved. Between these two key people, a certain individual mediates both parties- the Project Developer. A Project Developer (aka the PDs) has many responsibilities and roles and works with the whole construction team to bring the idea from planning
Project monitoring in construction involves ensuring that the delivered project matches the time and budget constraints that the client and the contractor agreed upon. Monitoring construction progress also ensures that the work and output match the plans and specifications. The site must be monitored often to confirm the line item percentage of construction work done
Each construction project should come to an end. So, what happens next? You have to take the last final steps to ensure everything is already complete and that you can safely hand it over to the project owner. This is precisely where project closeout comes in. If you know much about handling project closeout, you
With the great demand for construction services worldwide, the industry is a booming business that does not seem likely to slow down soon. However, as the number of construction projects increases, the amount of waste, trash, and debris must be cleaned up. Managing waste has become an essential part of any successful building project. Most
Accurate and efficient accounting is essential to success in construction, like any other industry. However, despite being founded on average accounting principles, accounting for construction is a specialized discipline due to the unique way construction firms operate and how complex the projects are. Construction accountants manage the profitability and expenses of large, individual construction projects
Most construction firms believe that their success comes from prioritizing solid safety cultures. The construction industry is one of the riskiest jobs there is – and as a result, safety methods and attitudes are critical to ensure that workers are protected against site dangers. Project managers and construction professionals should understand that they must make
As a project manager or a general contractor, any company’s end goal is to turn the client the keys to a construction project, whether a new building or a renovation. But your work is not done until it is not yet accepted. When a building project is done, the last step is to check the
As a contractor, you and your clients should use several measures to ensure accurate and safe completion of the project. Specifications are often used to outline detailed aspects of your project and align your objectives and specifications with your clients. A better understanding of the important components of your construction specifications may help you correctly
If you struggle to hire skilled, qualified workers to fill open job positions in your construction company, do not worry because you are not alone. The construction labor shortage has been a recurring problem for over a decade. And the many things that have happened recently place more pressure on an already short-staffed workforce. The
As a project manager, creating daily construction reports is one of your essential tasks for managing construction. These reports may seem tedious at first – imagine, whipping up a report can take hours out of your schedule. However, these reports are critical since they keep you informed about project progress and delays and safeguard you
When you belong in construction, you are most likely familiar with the terms construction takeoff, the material takes off, or simply takeoff. Whether you are a contractor, subcontractor, or estimator, it is crucial for you to understand what material takeoff is and how to perform it. This ensures you a proper estimation of the requirements
As a contractor, you will use numerous construction documents within the life of a project. As big and complex your projects are, documents tend to increase, and disorder will happen. In construction, chaos in every aspect of the business seems to be a norm, particularly in documents. With many records split between digital and paper,
