For
#ConstructionSafetyWeek
, Project Safety Supervisor Steve Loder shared thoughts with
@TouchplanApp
on how planning technology keeps job sites safe: "With it, we better protect each other by avoiding last-minute ‘seat of the pants’ reactions, and instead working proactively.”
Construction is a $10 trillion industry globally, but growth has stagnated at 1% for decades. Waste is one of the biggest reasons. The solution? Collaboration software like
@TouchplanApp
, which creates better communication and flow of information.
Lean
#construction
first began roughly 20 years ago; and it developed out of the need for principles and practices for design and management.
Listen to
@TouchplanApp
president Michael Carr explain more on the
@conexpoconagg
#podcast
:
As
#WomensHistoryMonth
ends, we celebrate the women at Shawmut. We wouldn’t be the company we are without their leadership and perspective, and it’s thanks to every one that we’ve been named a Best Workplace for Women by
@FortuneMagazine
.
#ShawmutProud
The annual ENR rankings are a leading indicator of a company’s standing in the construction industry and the health of the top 400 general contractors.
MOCA Systems Economist Tom Sanders see general contractors confident in a recovery despite the events of the last year and on-going challenges of material costs & labor shortages. Read more in his Q2 Construction Industry Economy report
Check out the first installment of Touchplan's ConTech series! Explore how technology is changing the construction industry, the trends driving its increase in development and funding, and what barriers to adoption remain.
#Leanconstruction
#buildsmart
"What I love about project planning tools is that it provides the ability to see where the variation via PPC and that allows you to find the root causes on the job site" - Patricia Tillman on our
#webinar
How Operationalizing Your Schedule Can Radically Improve Margins
LAST CHANCE! Whether or not you're headed to
@LeanConstruct
#LCICongress18
, register for THE ONLY WAY to learn how you can affect and manage your
#construction
industry reputation to reach your goals. REGISTER FOR FREE NOW:
#Boston
’s new $300 mil
#infrastructure
plan is opening new opportunities for workers and citizens alike to travel more efficiently via new bridges and safer roads, among other things. Read here about Boston’s new project:
“Using Touchplan doesn't make you Lean.” Kevin Gausch, Director of Lean Construction at
@Henkels_McCoy
discusses how using Touchplan doesn't mean you are using Last Planner, but it makes it easier to implement and facilitate the process.
#leanconstruction
#lastplanner
Hey
#Boston
! Did you know that
@LeanConstruct
is having a Community of Practice event next Thursday at
@wentworthinst
? Now you do and you should join us there to learn all there is to know about pull planning. Get the details here:
Cheers to a great day at the
@LCICanada
Conference! We were so glad to talk to many of you about how Touchplan can help you. Don’t worry if you missed us today, we’ll be back tomorrow so be sure to stop by our booth!
#TeamTouchplan
#Lean
Touchplan was thrilled to be utilized by our friends at XL Construction on this important project. Congrats to
@LifeMovesOrg
on the opening of Mountain View!
#ConstructionTech
"These hundred units represent a hundred of over 6,000 similar units that were brought on line in less than six months in the state of California over the last year." -
@GavinNewsom
. The newly-opened
@LifeMovesOrg
Mountain View will make a big impact in our community!
In Touchplan’s
#ROI
survey, 95% of respondents report that
#construction
planning
#software
easily pays for itself and has a positive return on investment.
Read the ROI survey below to get more of the details:
We’re hosting an after-hours get together at
@FrancisBogside
tonight. Stop by for an awesome opportunity to connect with
#TeamTouchplan
and fellow users!
It's inevitable that your schedule on any project will change, but is everyone getting the same information? Often, teams aren't notified in a consistent manner when there's been an update to the project, resulting in confusion, delays and even disputes.
Did you catch President & CEO Lee Michael Kennedy and Steve Samuels of Samuels & Associates on This Week in Business on
#NECN
? They discuss the Fenway neighborhood developments and the new Boston Arts Academy
#LKCO
#BAApride
#BAAHonors
#fenway
#realestate
Of the over 500,000 active construction projects happening at any given moment in the United States and Canada, 11,198 of them involve data centers. Learn more what’s driving the demand in
@constructdive
#DataCenters
#IOT
#ConstructionTechnology
New on our blog, check out the latest guest post from our friends at
@gobridgit
as they discuss the impact of diversity and inclusion, and the understanding that everyone's daily experiences on the jobsite are not the same.
#Health
#Safety
Reach out to us to become a
#techpartner
with Touchplan and help us streamline the
#constructionplanning
process.
Click the link below to read about each of our current tech partners and what they do:
"Women need to be champions for change on construction projects. We can improve the way we look at the future and mitigate risks before they happen." - Thoughts from
@MOCAINC
CEO Sandy Hamby on our
#webinar
.
@nawicnational
“The Last Planner System helps our trade partners become better planners. They usually meet or beat their anticipated production rates on the projects”
“At the end of the day, they are grateful for an organized, safe project”- Evan Frank on our
#webinar
#LPS
#ConstructionTech
For specialty contractors, a construction planning software like Touchplan comes in handy so that you can standardize a process for project information.
Read about how Touchplan can directly address all the pain points of being a specialty contractor:
82% of owners cite the need for better collaboration with their contractors. The
#construction
industry has found a solution in
#digitalplanning
#software
such as Touchplan’s.
Click below to register for our webinar on May 11 to learn more: