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Living in a Materials World

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Effectively managing the materials on jobsites with modern software can have a significant impact on contractors bottom lines. Every built environment turns raw materials into polished projects. But along the way, those material costs can start to add up, especially if the materials aren’t procured and managed properly.

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5 questions all Project Managers should ask themselves before they start a project

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Many project managers who work on projects with a lot of repetition tell us that they have to spend up to 50% of their time each week on admin-heavy tasks related to planning. Their programme is stuck on MS Project and to update it they have to go through countless WhatsApp notifications, emails, or phone calls.

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How to simplify your daily construction reports

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What’s your biggest fear as a construction project manager? Disputes, delays, cost or schedule overruns ? Keeping a detailed daily construction report is useful for more than tracking project progress and productivity; it decreases your risks of experiencing those fears that keep you up at night. All of the above?

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How to bring your construction schedule straight to the site

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How can you seamlessly connect your project schedule to the site? Many project managers rely on WhatsApp and Excel for their communication with the field. They are both tools that can bring value to your projects and allow you to share information with other stakeholders. They lack a real-time link to the schedule.

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How a large residential contractor reduced building time 5x by moving their schedule to the cloud

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Provivienda used to rely on MS Project for planning but updates from site were infrequent and problems could not be escalated quickly. Furthermore, having subcontractors arrive at the right time was very important as Provivienda develops multiple projects at a time. Materials inventory reduced from $2 mil to $100,000.

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Implementing lean construction for infrastructure projects

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There are four lean principles that construction professionals can apply to their infrastructure projects: 1. Contractors need to focus on value creation—that means ensuring that all of the project’s resources, materials, and information are linked together, creating a single workflow. Synchronize your scheduling.

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7 Ways Contractors Can Save Money

Viewpoint Construction Technology

When you’re dealing with jobs that are in the six, seven, and even eight figure budgets, project management can become very complex with many variables to account for. Using integrated construction software can make it easy to stay above the green line throughout the project lifecycle. Inventory your assets.

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