Every business, even construction, is always evolving. New techniques come into play, new equipment is unveiled, or the market changes, and there’s an emphasis on a new trend in projects. Sometimes these changes, like price fluctuations due to trade wars, are things you have to adapt to and live with to survive. Other times, however,
Nothing ever goes 100% to plan all of the time, that’s just a fact of life. You may run into a traffic jam due to an accident that’s not your fault in any way, but it still makes you late. If there’s an emergency, such as a child in the family getting injured and needing
While it’s true that anything can go wrong in any business, construction is one of those industries where errors can sometimes cause a great amount of harm. The heavy equipment and tools used in the business mean that a slip up can result in significant property damage and, at the worst end of the spectrum,
No matter what line of work you do, there are going to be times when the unexpected happens, and you may have to put in more work than originally anticipated. Sometimes, this means that work is still unfinished at the end of the workday, and you can’t leave it like that. This means that you,
Keeping track of the time that employees have put in matters for everyone. Employees want to make sure their hours are clocked, so they get paid fair wages. Employers or HR departments need to know how much money is going out to workers, and who exactly is doing the work. In the past, this kind
When you run a business, especially one with as many moving parts as construction, you have to strike a balance between understanding what a job needs to be completed, having the administrative ability to stay organized, and make sure all those moving parts do their jobs smoothly. After all, the best welder in the world
A big construction project is a major undertaking, and doing the best job you can while ensuring a profit means that you’re running the right numbers, and coming up with something reasonable/accurate when calculating the costs. This isn’t something that you can do solely on a gut feeling. Accurate job cost assessment means you need
If you’ve been wondering whether it’s just you, or there’s something actually going on, rest assured, it’s not your imagination. When it comes to construction, good help really is hard to find. There is a shortage of capable construction workers in America today, and there are no indications that this problem is going to go
Anyone that grew up watching Star Trek remembers a lot of the amazing technology that science fiction television show imagined, such as the holodeck or the transporter. There was one in particular that, despite the fact that no one in the Star Trek universe treated it as especially important, had huge implications; the replicator. The
When it comes to construction, there is nothing easy about the work. Sometimes projects take place in remote locations, sometimes the hours are long and demanding, and sometimes there’s a risk of harm. But as long as everyone is doing their job the right way, looking out for each other, and sticking to the plan,