6 Ways To Improve Productivity In Construction Using Technology
- Improving Productivity, TECHNOLOGY
- November 28, 2023
By Robert Tuman, CCR Safety Consulting In my almost 40 years as a risk manager and safety consultant, I was privileged to work with contractors who over time succeeded in lowering their experience modification rates, resulting in lower workers’ compensation premiums and more favorable treatment when bidding work. Whether it is right or wrong, owners
READ MOREBy Dan Broderick, BlackBoiler Apocryphally, the phrase “may you live in interesting times” comes from an ancient Chinese curse. In the words of Sir Austen Chamberlain, politician, and brother of the British Prime Minister, Neville, “The curse has fallen on us…we move from one crisis to another. We suffer one disturbance and shock after another.”
READ MOREBy Dale Carnegie Staff Key Insights When psychological safety exists, team members are more collaborative and more comfortable taking the interpersonal risks necessary to be innovative and to successfully implement change. Teams that lack trust and psychological safety will struggle to be agile. Creating an environment of psychological safety relies heavily on the soft skills
READ MOREBy Patrick Hogan, handle.com In construction, time is money. Be it on the job site or in the back offices, and whenever there’s a delay, it can affect entire project timelines and create conflicts that cost the company money. This is why software providers catering to the construction industry primarily emphasize the time-saving benefits of
READ MOREBy Wesley J. Palmisano, Impetus As construction businesses face an intensifying war for talent, they’re challenged to expand their approach to recruiting and developing team members. Despite ongoing whispers of a U.S. recession, an economic slowdown isn’t likely to alleviate the ongoing shortage of skilled, available construction workers. Reactive, passive hiring and talent-development strategies are
READ MOREBy Caroline Preston, Hechinger Report Apprenticeships are spreading as a debt-free path to the middle class. But in these training programs, sexual harassment and discrimination are endemic. Now women are pushing for change Vanessa Carman is one of a small number
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