The Silent Profit Killer: Why Company Culture Trumps Construction Buzzwords

Annoyed by the buzzing? Construction is filled with buzz words like: Quality - Safety - Integrity - Efficiency - Workflow - Service.  These are no more valuable than the ink on the paper if your company culture does not reflect the foundational elements of those concepts.  Unhappy or uncommitted workers will sacrifice quality or safety quickly if not properly engaged.  Warranty work is the silent killer in many construction companies and it’s often not recognized for months or years after the job is done and the taxes are paid on profits that weren’t real.

Tango in Dust, Ballet in Mud, Disco in Concrete!

Although most heavy construction workers are not great dancers, many are good at choreography when it comes to a jobsite.  Have you ever watched a large earthmoving fleet in action and thought about how those huge machines keep in time and away from each other.  Heavy Construction is Art and Science working in harmony and those moves are usually written in the bid room by the estimators before the cast in the field even gets invited to the ballroom.  Collaborative, multi-modal communication is critical to a flawless performance and construction systems need to be designed with that core principle in mind.