468: Processes To Increase Production And Reduce Injuries At The Job Site

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style= "color: #0000ff;"><strong>This Podcast Is Episode Number 468, And It's About Processes To Increase Production And Reduce Injuries At The Job Site</strong></span></h1> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Some construction business owners believe in maximizing production by driving everyone from the laborers to the project managers to work harder, longer, faster, hustle, and run. And if they are giving less than 110% to the company, they are not doing enough.</span></p> <p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">One thing to consider:</span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces= "true"> Don't let construction workers think too much; they may injure themselves.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Apprentices and most Journeymen working on a construction job site are better off not thinking but simply following routines and patterns established by management based upon best practices. At first read, this sounds harsh, and yet it comes from our own experiences as a contractor operating multiple job sites with small crews on each from two to ten people; this one concept generated a lot of bottom-line profits and kept injuries very low.</span></p> <p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The system is the solution. </span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces= "true">Being process dependent, not people dependent, means investing the time and energy to plan your construction projects so that everybody understands what is expected of them. </span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Microsoft Project is a wonderful tool, and if all you use is 10% of it, just the Gantt chart for scheduling and resource allocation, it cannot help but make you money and save time.</span></p> <p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Real-life example: </span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces= "true">Our main office is a two-story building we purchased at auction for the right price. It was in terrible shape, having been foreclosed on, and appeared to have several