New research by Construction Manager and software company PlanGrid highlights the need for technology to solve the productivity and labour crisis within construction. The productivity crisis in the construction sector...
Category - Construction Productivity
Amanda Fennell
How Plumbing Subcontractors Can Manage the Labor Shortage [ebook]
How Construction Productivity Software Can Help Plumbing Subcontractors Alleviate the Labor Crisis It’s not news to anyone in the plumbing trade (or across the construction industry) that there’s a significant labor...
Eric Thomas
How Subcontractors Can Get the Most Out of Construction Software [Webinar]
On average, subcontractors perform around 80% of work on a project. However, despite being the boots on the ground executing, subs don’t usually get paid until their prime contractor does. As a result, many specialty...
PlanGrid
Unlocking the Full Potential of BIM in the Field
Pop quiz: How did the Rebel Alliance manage to bring down Darth Vader’s Death Star? By utilizing building information modeling (BIM), of course. They had access to the digital blueprints and 3D Models designed by the...
Ross Wagner
Unleashing Productivity for Drywall Subcontractors with Technology [Ebook]
Don’t Arrive Late to the Party–Leverage the Right Technology Today Drywall subcontractors face a multitude of challenges on today’s project sites. The largest challenge arises when drywall teams can only complete large...
One Year Later: Is Construction Any Closer to Fixing the Productivity Crisis?
In every generation, life, company and industry, there comes that moment called a “turning point.” It’s the instance in time that’s been building up. That final hour where change is inevitable. For construction, the...
David Cain
100 Construction Industry Statistics To Improve Productivity
Equip Your Project With the Right Stats for Success Construction industry statistics and data are playing an increasingly important role in the building sector. From measuring bid-to-win ratio, to how much a project is...
Grace Ellis
Sensing the Future of Building: The Role of Sensors in Construction Â
4 Ways Sensors in Construction Improve Jobsites Collectively, people have long thought about the possibilities of machines making their own decisions. The verge of that is here, with the Internet of Things (IoT). It’s...
Construction Disconnected: The High Cost of Poor Data and Miscommunication [Report]
New Construction Survey Reveals a $177 Billion Industry Problem For decades the construction industry has been watched as one of the last frontiers for a technological revolution—an industry ripe for digitization that...
Pete Schott
When “Good Enough” Isn’t Enough: How to Take Your Construction Operations to Excellence
5 Ways to Move Your Construction Operations Into a Class of Their Own “Good enough” is when you’re making a box of macaroni and can’t get the weird cheese dust to mix in right. “Good enough” is when you’re on the...