As the population rapidly increases and rural and urban migration has continued at a faster rate, demands for residential and commercial property are growing. This continual growth in population and demand for workplaces and housing has pushed developers and builders to build vertically. On a rarely seen occurrence, reserved primarily for the urban areas, high-rise
Great project managers are often the unsung heroes of the construction industry. Thanks to their undoubtful skills and unwavering diligence, construction projects can be delivered on an established budget within the intended timeframe and cover all the scope’s works. People don’t know that it takes exceptional resource management skills to ensure that all the project
Waste continues to be one of the prevalent challenges facing the construction sector and one of the most polarizing. Everybody agrees that generating less waste, reutilizing materials, as well as using more recycled content is a vital strategy for long-term economic viability and a sustainable future. How we get there and achieve it continues to
Civil engineering is one of the oldest disciplines and industries in the world. Civil engineering deals with conceptualizing, designing, constructing, and maintaining a physical environment that includes various types of infrastructures. This includes structures such as airports, dams, sewerage, railways, roads, bridges, and many more. Evidently, a civil engineer has a significant impact on the
Growing your construction business is a tough job, particularly in terms of sales and marketing. The sales function is undoubtedly a very time-consuming process with a constant need to fill the sales funnel with new and qualified prospects. Getting the best-qualified leads for your business typically doesn’t come from easy contact with someone but from
Construction innovations worldwide are advancing more rapidly than ever before, with 29% of construction companies reporting to the Construction Association that they are now investing in technology to help manage construction operations. True enough, these technological investments pay off significantly, as the United States Chamber of Commerce shared that almost 70% of contractors firmly believe that advanced technologies improve
Ask your company employees, “What do you love most about your job?” Few—if any—will say it’s managing construction inventory. Even so, inventory management is essential to help any company, regardless of any industry, last and ultimately flourish. Not convinced enough that your company needs to track inventory? An article published by the U.S. Small Business Association
Arguably the most important area of your construction business is inventory. And not paying extra attention to your inventory management may result in major issues with your business. What you may not know is that inventory is a far more complicated area than it seems. If you’re the business owner or the project manager, you
With the tighter private financing guidelines and burst housing bubble, more and more contractors are considering public work projects as their new source of revenue. It seems like a great idea on the surface. A possible federal package aimed at public works as well as infrastructure development means there can be more government projects to
Construction inventory management is all about organizing, ordering, and using your company’s inventory. Whether you keep stock of raw building materials, lightweight tools, heavy equipment, work-in-process, or finished goods or output, an optimized construction management system is critical to ensuring that your company runs smoothly and profitably. Construction companies often rely on free, inexpensive, and
The increasing number of commercial buildings and urban population growth have a tremendous impact on human health and the environment. People across all industries have shown concern as they become aware of the tremendous impact these issues have on the environment. In fact, roofing experts started looking for solutions to become more eco-friendly in their
The construction industry manages some of the costliest projects in the world. There’s a tremendous amount of manual labor, resources and supplies used in a major construction job, resulting in tons of data. Hence, understanding how data is influencing and shaping your inventory will help you become more knowledgeable, experienced and efficient in this area
As of now, what type of construction project are you working on? This particular question is critical for an entire host of safety, legal and payment-related issues. As a matter of fact, identifying the project type is an integral part of starting a new project. However, this isn’t precisely an open question to answer. In
Most construction companies these days have built their warehouses using their supplies, tools and manpower. Having a warehouse has become necessary, and everybody agrees that a lot of work is needed to run and manage it successfully. Two critical factors come into play when you want to run your warehouse successfully, cost-effective and efficient –
An inventory cycle count is a tried and tested strategy in managing construction inventory that involves counting a specific subset of its entirety on a particular date, at a particular time, consistently, and repeating intervals. Also referred to as cycle count and cycle counting, the inventory cycle count, is a reliable way of tracking inventory
