{"id":82855,"date":"2020-03-30T13:53:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/production.defectradar.com\/remote-work-construction-management\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T11:54:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:54:03","slug":"remote-work-construction-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planradar.com\/us\/remote-work-construction-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote work in construction \u2013 Working from home done right!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remote working in the construction industry has been a long time coming, but with the increasing digitalization of the construction sector<\/strong>, working from home is becoming more and more common.<\/p>\n

While the daily management of tasks on a construction project primarily takes place on the construction site, many companies are not yet aware that a large part of their operations, especially administrative and repetitive tasks, can already be done remotely in an automated and real-time manner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Remote work in the construction industry \u2013 All requirements in place<\/h2>\n

A few years ago, it was difficult to imagine a foreman working without a physical set of construction plans or construction workers walking around the jobsite with tablets, but today we’re seeing this more and more. The digital way of operating building sites<\/strong> has slowly but surely caught on<\/strong>. In turn, it has helped the rise of remote work within the building sector. Being able to work remotely or from home has helped people in managerial roles to better adapt to contemporary demands for a healthier work-life balance.<\/p>\n

A brief digression: IBM made the headlines in 1997 as one of the first Fortune 500 companies to enable its employees to work from home. Not only did IBM adopt this modern attitude to work almost 30 years ago, but the policy was so successful that by 2009 the company had 40% of its 386,000 employees working remotely.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cRemote work\u201d or \u201ctelecommuting<\/a>\u201d may not be a new thing in other industries, but the construction sector is starting to catch up. Nowadays, many tasks relating to building documentation and defect management can be done remotely<\/strong><\/a>. Remote work can help construction managers, project managers, client representatives and other managing positions to offload administrative tasks, save time and money and improve their professional relationships with colleagues, clients and contractors.<\/p>\n

Home office & construction site – Reduce on-site visits and increase productivity<\/p>\n

We don’t think there’ll ever be a day when a jobsite can be manned by one builder working alone. Although the number of necessary workers has decreased with the rise of new technologies, better equipment and improved construction methods, construction workers will always be essential. As a result, site visits will still be necessary for senior personnel and construction site managers.<\/strong> However, those with managerial roles such as site managers, general planners or client representatives still have other tasks to perform, which are sometimes more important than a site tour or participation in a site container meeting. They are also responsible for checking contracts, interpreting key figures, resolving disputes, and developing strategies and optimization processes. To have time for your other responsibilities while not being overwhelmed with day-to-day operations, you can use a construction project management software<\/a> to take care of key tasks for you.<\/p>\n

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Remote working in construction: Digital project infrastructure is the key<\/h2>\n

For remote work to be efficient you need to have the right working environment and your project members need to be equipped with the right tools. The ideal project infrastructure for location-independent work has to ensure the following:<\/p>\n