Be Careful Not to Commoditize Your Construction IT Tech Stack

by Will Rose | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized

Business technology often goes through a familiar cycle: first, there is a breakthrough in innovation with a few players leveraging it to gain a competitive edge. Then a proliferation occurs, where an entire market emerges around similar, “off the shelf”-type...

Error Rates for Manual Data Capture is Shockingly High and Increasingly Costly

by Will Rose | Jul 7, 2021 | Industry Trends

Chances are, your inspections, reports, and checklists are littered with errors. Are you okay with this? Humans are prone to error. There’s no secret there. Yet too many of us, especially in the built world, still depend on pen and paper, or basic data capture...

As Construction Labor Demands Grow, So Will Safety Challenges

by Will Rose | Jun 25, 2021 | Site Safety

Last week, we wrote about labor challenges ahead for the construction industry, with a potential demand of up to a million more hires over the next year. With job sites potentially filled with under-experienced workers for the foreseeable future, this could put many...

Construction Safety Is Under Renewed Scrutiny

by Will Rose | Jun 18, 2021 | Site Safety

After a spate of worksite deaths, the New York Department of Buildings (DOB) recently announced a safety blitz across the city’s construction sites. DOB inspectors will be issuing steep fines of up to $25,000 per safety infraction. The announcement also states that...

Tackling Post-Pandemic Labor Challenges

by Will Rose | Jun 17, 2021 | Site Safety

As labor shortages put a strain on the post-pandemic recovery, it may be the construction industry that feels the pain more than many others. It’s estimated that construction companies will need to hire 430,000 workers this year, with a potential growth scenario that...