As construction management teams work through coronavirus-related job site issues, supply chain disruptions, workforce quarantines, and social distancing requirements, small communication gaps can balloon into big problems. If the pandemic exposed weaknesses in your firm’s ability to distribute and exchange real-time job site communications with crews, suppliers, designers, and clients, now is the time to fix that communication chasm.
Are you at risk?
If your construction firm does not have a project management platform that facilitates immediate dissemination of critical job site communications customized precisely to each team, then you and your team are missing out. So, what should you expect from your project management platform?
Here’s what your job site communication solution should include
At a minimum, construction management software should allow you to:
- Immediately reach all affected members of specific project teams
- Communicate schedule changes to all impacted subcontractors and suppliers with just one email
- Provide remote access to a central document repository to all project team members (with the ability to limit access to sensitive or confidential documents)
- Compile daily sites logs in real-time with the documentation of every person on your job site, plus specific documentation of coronavirus-related work slowdown, accessibility issues, and supply shortages
Deploy new software remotely
If you need a better solution, the good news is that new project management software can be implemented remotely. There is no need for in-person visits or installation. Needs assessments, onboarding, data transfers, and training can all occur while your staff is working remotely. Use your coronavirus quarantine time to initiate the process.
Prepare now for “next normal“
Job site communication will be impacted by coronavirus for the foreseeable future. In fact, it is unlikely that job sites will ever return to pre-COVID routines. So, act now to remedy any communication gaps. Prepare for the era of hyper-communication. Mitigate unnecessary risks caused by outdated project management software that isn’t up to the task.