Written by LetsBuild
Last updated October 18, 2023
A Changing Game
America is changing, and fast. Between the new political administration, and foreign changes overseas (like Brexit), there is a booming construction market that is on the horizon for the US. This is likely to result in exceptional increases in construction projects, contracting work, and various related employment opportunities.
This comes in addition to surprising technological advantages which derive from burgeoning breakthroughs, like guided boring machines. Even in abstract realms, technology is changing construction. Cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), make employee management as well as project management more tenable.
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A manager on-site can see the progress of certain operational aspects in real time. He or she can then send professionals where they are needed, pull people away from certain aspects of a job where they aren’t necessary, and generally more efficiently facilitate a given task.
Safe Operations
All this leads to construction jobs that are accomplished more cost-effectively, more efficiently, more quickly, and more safely. Safety is key, here. Certain packages may be obtained for a reduction of cost if it can be demonstrated that your operation has a track history of safe operations. Certainly, your particular situation may or may not have such latitude.
The point is, if you’ve got more safety and efficiency silhouetting your operations, you’re more likely to see the kind of advantages you’re seeking in business. You’ll have greater client visibility, greater employee retention, and more successful job completion over time. Additionally, you’re likely to have more satisfied customers.
There’s an old saying that is as true today as whenever it was coined: you get what you pay for. If you buy a used car for $1,000, don’t be surprised if that car doesn’t even last a year. If you buy a car for $5k, you may see it last you four or five years. If you get a car for around $10k, you may even have some warranty remaining on it. A new vehicle will have the latest safety features and warranty solutions.
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Well, with construction, you’re going to have some similar situations. Cheap solutions are more dangerous than established and burgeoning ones. By keeping yourself abreast of changes in the market, you can employ more cost-effective means of job completion that simultaneously increase quotients of safety across the jobsite. So in this sense, one of the keys to safety is a proactive, well-informed approach. You need to follow industry news.
Industry News And Professional Employees
One place you may check out industry news, and even find sales on the kind of equipment your operation needs the most, is My Little Salesman—according to their website, you can: “Get the latest industry news, equipment news, auctions, and information delivered straight to your door or inbox.”
Another great tip to increase the safety of your construction site, beyond technology and remaining cognizant of developing trends, is to source the most professional employees you can. It may make more sense to directly monitor employees than to hire contractors. If you’re working with exterior agencies, you can’t guarantee safety.
You may want to keep things internal. This will allow you to ensure you’ve got a closer eye on what’s going on. You can see when things may be going in an unsafe direction, or help managers and their staff expedite as well as safeguard operations.
Learn From Others
Another tip for safe construction procedures involves not reinventing the wheel. If you’re not familiar with this turn of phrase, it is somewhat self-explanatory: when you’re going about building something, you can bang your head against a wall redesigning operations from the ground up, or “stand on the shoulders of giants”; you can proceed from the discoveries of those who’ve gone before you.
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Look into construction firms that have stood the test of time and become well-known agencies of creation and change. Such agencies are going to know things that you don’t. They’re going to have access to techniques that you may never have thought of, and they may approach jobs in a way that you didn’t see which could save you thousands.
Of course, every situation will have its own idiosyncratic limitations and advantages; so there won’t often be 1-to-1 comparisons you can draw from. But there will be things that are usable, and if you’re diligent in your research, you can increase not just site-safety, but the efficiency and reputation of your construction firm as well.
