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...
Women in Construction: How to Thrive by Showing Up and Standing Out
According to CNBC, women make up a mere 9.1% of the construction community. Few men know what it is like to walk into a room full of women and have all their attention turn to you. For women in construction, it’s a common occurrence to be the only female in a panel...
4 ways estimating with spreadsheets is costing you
It is quite common for contractors to rely on spreadsheets in order to create their cost estimates. Spreadsheets like Excel’s are a familiar tool that contractors already have available and they can be adapted to a broad range of tasks. While this makes spreadsheets...
3 Best Practices for Contractors to Get the Most Out of the Slow Season
April through October is the busy season for those in construction. What does that entail? It means working our crews 70-80 hours a week to get projects completed, project managers running from job to job to tie up loose ends, and hot plants pumping out hundreds (if...
4 Tips to Survive an Uncertain Market
Uncertainty is the only thing that is for certain right now in construction. 2020 has taken us all for a ride; pulling us back and forth between calm and hysteria, with our only reprieve being time spent in the unsettled feeling of uncertainty. The emotional,...
Cloud-based apps – Tools Streamlining Construction Operations
The Uncomfortable Success of Cloud-Based Apps in Modern Construction Operations Notorious for adopting new technology by the tail rather than the lead, modern construction operations are now set to engage in the uncomfortable success of cloud-based apps. Part of the...
Real-Time Data Exchange Transforms Construction Industry
Implementing Real-Time Field-to-Office Data Exchange Critical For Construction Industry Growth Cycle After years of resistance to technology, the construction industry is finally beginning to reap the benefits of real-time integrated field-to-office data exchange....
5 tips for successful contractor management
Communication is central to effective contractor management Okay -- we’ve got 5 tips that promote successful contractor management, but first, a few words concerning the importance of operative communication. Whether you are the contractor or the project manager,...
Decreased construction costs for the first time in a decade
Despite projections of increased staffing levels and construction sales over the next 6 months, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) forecast that profit margins will decline. This is due to a variety of forces from a worldwide pandemic, project backlogs to...