7 tools to keep your construction business running while working remotely
Construction businesses that are most vulnerable during times of economic uncertainty are those that are slow to react. Often paper-based processes for communicating crucial information between the office and the field necessitates face to face interactions. This...
Operational excellence to business development success
Many sub and self-perform businesses are still bogged down in administrative activities. Despite hiring more admin staff, the workload remains largely manual and data is siloed across paper, excel sheets and phone calls. Implementing a digital system to connect their...
Take control of your business with connected datasets
Sub and self-perform contractors are turning towards digital solutions to collect and process their operations data. Growing and cross-functional teams need data-driven decisions for their time-critical activities. The challenge is how to create meaningful insights...
Daily data decisions
We use data to make better decisions every day. Let’s look at the daily commute. We know the direct path to get from point A to point B. We hop in our cars and drive the same route almost every day. In the past, we’d use the radio to get traffic reports (data) so we...
Are you ready for the infrastructure boom in 2020?
The systemised guide to optimising your teams during the skilled labour shortage and the impending infrastructure boom. The end of 2019, has seen the momentum of the infrastructure boom during the beginning of the year slow down and subcontractors have been scaling...
Construction Hackathon
Australia’s first-ever construction hackathon - Constructathon 2019 was held in Sydney across two days on the 23rd and 24th of August. Constructathon was created to cultivate innovative solutions for the construction industry using technology. Industry leaders, tech...
Harnessing social media to win more work
The Smooth Operator initiative showcases leaders in the construction industry who are changing the way they operate in innovative ways with people, processes and technology. This week’s Smooth Operator is Arron Dendle, Director of CJ’s Demolition. Arron has over 14...
2019 CICA Regional Meeting
On Friday the 5th of July 2019 the Crane Industry Council of Australia New South Wales branch (CICA NSW) hosted their annual regional meeting. This year it was hosted in Newcastle with over 70 crane business owners and management during the day. The full-day event had...
Top 3 challenges facing rail subcontractors
Over the next 10 years, the Australian Government is dedicating $100 billion dollars in infrastructure works across Australia. Notable rail projects include: Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest transport project with a project value of $12.5 billion with $8.5 billion...
Empowering women in civil construction
Smooth Operator The Smooth Operator initiative showcases leaders in the construction industry who are changing the way they operate in innovative ways with people, processes and technology. This week’s Smooth Operator is Kim Liddell, Managing Director Non-Destructive...
Bridging the gap between training and experience in traffic management
Smooth Operator The Smooth Operator initiative showcases leaders in the construction industry who are changing the way they operate in innovative ways with people, processes and technology. This week’s Smooth Operator is Nicole Farren, Director of Swilly Traffic....
2019 CCF NSW Earth Awards – Celebrating the civil construction industry
Last Friday, the Civil Contractors Federation of New South Wales (CCF NSW) hosted their annual Earth Awards. With over 500 civil contractors celebrating the amazing work the industry is doing, it really was the night for the civil industry! The Earth Awards recognises...
Surpassing stereotypes in the rail industry
The Smooth Operator Initiative This initiative showcases leaders in the construction industry who are changing the way they operate in innovative ways with people, processes and technology. This week’s Smooth Operator is Scott Elliott, Director of Affective Rail....
It’s 2019 – Australian crane businesses are winning with worksite digitisation
The Crane industry in Australia is facing increasing demand for work and although residential work has slowed, infrastructure projects nationally have been fueling the boom. Cranes in our Australian skylines have reached an all-time high of 735. The RLB Crane Index Q1...
25+ Aussie traffic management contractors can’t be wrong about worksite digitisation
With Australia's infrastructure projects set to grow rapidly over the next 5 years, the need for quality traffic management is following. Hiring, training and allocating compliant traffic controllers will be the key to success for traffic management businesses. But...