Ed Castro Covid-19 has increased the desire and need to rely on lean construction concepts and digital tools to ease the reliance on manpower to solve everyday construction problems. A recent article by McKinsey & Company shows that digitization of some construction functions will improve the bottom line for those construction firms who take advantage of technology. Technology drives … Read more
Aside from the heavy load of responsibilities a typical construction site administrator may have on his or her plate, job site monitoring is among the most important tasks. As technology improves, the task is made easier, giving job site managers the ability to monitor safety, progress, inventory, and staff on a construction site. If you’re new … Read more
Technology has made several tedious or dangerous jobs easier, but job site security and job site monitoring are two areas that were slow to adopt technology. Traditional job site security and monitoring required more people, more time, and often bigger budgets to manage effectively. Let’s look at five problems with traditional job site security and … Read more
SiteKick is honored to share this important call for hope and action to help the Ukrainian people in this time of crisis. The Give Back Kids, in partnership with St. Katherine Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Arden Hills, Minnesota and SiteKick (especially the Shishkin and Wolfe Families), call upon our friends, family and concerned citizens to … Read more
There are many misconceptions and outright myths about the value of construction cameras and jobsite monitoring. Construction theft costs construction businesses $300 million – $1 billion annually. What is worse however is that fewer than 25% of items stolen from a construction site are ever recovered. The news, of course, gets worse: Construction theft increases … Read more
Among the many concerns construction project managers must consider when making decisions is how a particular issue may affect the bottom line. According to data from Risk Management Associates in Philadelphia, commercial construction is a high-risk industry with low-profit margins and claim that the average profit margin was between 4% and 6% before taxes. One … Read more
When you consider that nine out of ten projects experience cost overruns, every decision you make could blow your budget long before you complete your project. A recent McKinsey study found that construction productivity has declined in some markets since the 1990s and large projects take 20% longer to finish than expected and are up … Read more
Choosing the right construction site security monitoring solution is certainly more important now than it was before the pandemic changed everything. While a lack of viable workers is causing some industries severe issues, it is especially problematic when it comes to on-site security officers. It is a good time to look at construction site security … Read more
Construction is an industry that can feature razor-thin margins and return on investment (ROI) is often a topic of discussion among industry professionals. As projects become more complex and the skilled labor pool shrinking every year, finding ways to increase profits and minimize costs becomes increasingly important to survive as a business. Essentially, finding ways … Read more
No matter the industry, there are unscrupulous people who will take advantage of gaps in security for profit. According to data from the National Equipment Register, job site theft costs the construction industry as much as $1 billion per year. As a result, job site monitoring has grown as an industry to combat not only theft, … Read more
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