Construction's Culture is Conservative & Risk Averse Construction is an industry constituting a bit more than 6.5% of USA GNP – over $1 trillion dollars. Yet it has at best modest profit margins in comparison to other industries. Its management culture is known...
Digital Innovation Is Difficult for Field Operations We believe the biggest obstacle to digital innovation and adoption in Construction and other hard-hat / safety conscious industries is field operations. Headquarters, more likely than not, is already largely...
Digital Jobsite Management is Coming Digital means using data and software to make better decisions faster, more efficiently, for greater profit. Other industries have shown the way, but it’s happening in construction slowly for many reasons, mostly cultural, in our...
Daily Log Data for Owners, Project, Safety & Compliance Managers Dailies (aka daily log, daily diary and daily report) are fundamental for many reasons, all of which have one thing in common: If something goes wrong on a jobsite, then attendance data will be...
Daily Logs: Who, When, What, Why, How Long The most basic requirement of any jobsite workflow control process (such as safety, risk, project management, HR, visitors, etc.) is knowing who is or was onsite, and when, why, and for how long they were onsite. And that...
Construction Management Software Jobsites are where a construction business owner makes, or loses, money. Construction project managers need to control the physical site and monitor the jobsite work performed vs plan. Otherwise, they risk falling behind schedule and...
Investors Fund New Construction Technology Investments in construction technology continue to get headlines. In fact, funding of U.S. based construction tech startups is over $3.1 billion, according to data from CrunchBase. There’s no question that a slew of cool, new...
Construction Digital Innovation is Essential for Productivity Gains In August of 2021, when construction tech startup Agora announced a $33M round of funding and triple digit growth, all investor eyes were once again on the construction technology. A $10 trillion...
The Daily Log Provides Jobsite Management Data The daily log (also knows as the daily report, daily diary and daily book) tells you a lot about project profitability. But you need know what to look for in that data. The daily log, or as some have affectionately...
Check In Data for Project Cost Management Without fail, every week, someone in the accounting department needs clarification about a worker or subcontractor’s timecard. Maybe their question is focused on actual hours worked. Or if the proper Construction...
