The construction industry is fairly time sensitive. The coordination of teams and schedules depends on many external factors. Project managers cannot undermine the time pressure for sensitive jobs like laying of concrete or weather conditions like rain/sleet. Even with a tight hold on project sheets the primary resource to manage is your team!
Tools like data surveying can be integrated directly into building information modeling programs and even drive construction machinery on site. Mobile construction applications make it easier for employees to stay in touch, connected and productive wherever they are. Self-driving drones are now helping site worked reach high-risk areas for assessments. But the primary resource for any construction team are the people!
Companies must ensure that staff is provided with suitable work environments that encourage productivity and build a good work culture in the team.
Values Convert to Culture
Clarify the work culture by defining the core values of the company. Clarity on your organization's values means you are openly expressing things that are important to you about how you conduct business and interact with each other – and then figuring out how to live those values. It is important to balance aspiration with feasibility – this means that you can pick values that are not yet fully embodied in your organisation but you are working on including them in the near future. If your values are not practically defined, they will not build a good cultural foundation.Writer Erika Anderson in her article for the Forbes gives a simple exercise for this "…complete the following sentence as a way to start talking about [their] values: We care deeply about________; it's how we want to do business." This will help you understand and define your values clearly. Anderson says "In one company, our clients realized that some of the elements they had defined as values were really rules of conduct – one was "Be punctual," another was "Don't blame others"; they ended up deciding that the value underlying both was Accountability – and that became one of their four values." Be prudent about your selection, stick to four or five core values for your business. These will the guiding lights for the work culture you want create.
Construction businesses are often known to have a very traditional work setup. Rigid hierarchies and traditional systems are extremely unattractive to dynamic young employees. Many construction companies are now applying varied techniques and tactics to encourage productivity and build a good work culture in the team.
If you are also looking beyond traditional boundaries for your construction team, then these ideas and methodologies are worth considering!
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