Using Predictive Analytics to Anticipate Construction Risk
Predictive analytics uses: Data mining Predictive modeling Machine learning This helps analyze current and historical information to predict future events. It provides potential outcomes based on the probability of those outcomes happening in reality. Construction...
Why you should integrate your construction software data
Construction project managers and company executives need data from multiple sources to see the big picture and assess the health of their projects and their company. Searching multiple software programs and platforms for the construction data they need takes time,...
The Importance of a Business Dashboard to Company Growth
Construction companies rely on data to inform decisions that lead to business growth and expansion. Having data available at a moment’s notice and in an easily readable format is key to making better business decisions and keeping projects on time and on budget....
How to Develop a Data Strategy for Your Construction Business
Every construction project yields data that can be used to improve a company’s performance. The key is knowing what data to gather and how to analyze it. Construction companies should have an overall data strategy that provides guidance for how to gather construction...
Assignar announces robust integration with Acumatica ERP: contractors are on their way to more productivity and profitability with a seamless tie between budgets and schedules
Denver, July 15, 2021 - Assignar, a cloud-based construction operations platform for heavy civil & infrastructure self-perform general and subcontractors, today announced a new integration with partner Acumatica Construction Edition, an Enterprise Resource...
Top 6 Tips to Increase Your Profit Margins
Successful construction contractors constantly find ways to improve their work, this leads to lower costs, which translates into higher profits and more cash flow. How do you improve efficiency and production? There are many hidden costs and timewasters that reduce...
Why are Infrastructure Contractors Deep in Productivity Crisis?
The construction industry is one of the largest in the world and yet, despite the year-on-year, multi-billion dollar investments from governments and the private sector, the industry finds itself in strife over productivity. A report by KPMG, Climbing the Curve, found...
Behind Our Series B: how we’re enabling contractors to build more through a connected operations platform
Today we’re announcing our $20M Series B round led by Fifth Wall. You’re welcome to read the press release -- for now, we wanted to share why this is an important milestone in the world of construction field productivity and business management through technology....
3 Ways to Make Data-Driven Decisions for Construction Projects
Challenges in the construction industry like shrinking margins and the gap in skilled workers is making collecting and accessing data needed to make key construction project decisions even more critical for project teams. Teams often don’t have crucial information at...
Women, Diversity, and Datathons: how Assignar helps expand horizons and mindsets around data in the workplace and beyond
Women in Data Science (WiDS) recently ran its 4th Annual Datathon, a three-week event that ended on the 1st of March. The WiDS Datathon aims to inspire women across the globe to learn more about data science, and to create a supportive environment for women to connect...
5 Reasons You Can’t Afford to Keep Using Paper
We don’t have to tell you that paper is still king in the construction industry. It’s understandable to some extent, as many of the documents we use daily can be difficult to view electronically. Drawings and other large-format documents can be tough to digest on a...
Tools to Help Streamline Your Back-Office Operations in 2021
The best contractors and field crews cannot operate without having a strong back-office set-up. Amidst a major recession and with the threat of lockdowns, having the best tools available for all the back-office departments (sales, marketing, operations, logistics,...
3 Ways to Promote a Culture of Safety
The construction industry offers extraordinary employment opportunities for a global workforce. As a significant contributor to our nation's economy, the main concern for those in the construction sector, unfortunately, includes high rates of injuries and fatalities. ...
3 Proven Ways to Get Employees On Board with Technology
COVID-19 disrupted the business sector on a massive scale, forcing owners and managers to cut costs and operate lean. Working efficiently while optimizing employee performance has become the new competitive edge, so many have turned to innovation, automation, and...
3 Unique Trends in Construction Workforce Development
The construction industry has dealt with labor shortage issues for years. With a lack of interest amongst high school and college graduates wanting to join the skilled-labor force, the industry has turned to unique methods to try to create enthusiasm towards working...