Gadzoom: What’s Trending in Construction This Month
Working in construction, you have to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry for new ways to improve site safety, streamline operations, and keep up with the most accurate news available.
Working in construction, you have to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry for new ways to improve site safety, streamline operations, and keep up with the most accurate news available.
When it comes to a construction project, effective communication is the key to keeping the job running smoothly. In fact, a recent report from Project Management Inc. found that poor communication puts “$135 million for every $1 billion spent on a project” at risk.
The contractor's quality management program is a written document defining the contractor's processes, practices, and procedures, which are to ensure the project's quality requirements are met or exceeded.
While many construction professionals look to the superintendent to make sure schedules are met, the Quality Control Manager actually plays an equally critical role in the process. A superintendent can lay out a great schedule but if the two aren’t working as a team to ensure a coordinated and timely submittal and procurement process, it will be all for nothing.
As construction professionals, we take pride in what we do as carpenters, laborers, operators, electricians, managers, and contractors; building projects both large and small. When people ask us what we do, the answer comes with a sense of accomplishment and generally a list of recognizable projects we have constructed.