Economic Construction by Controlled Labor Practices

 

The construction industry has become very expansive because of the high prices of Labor and Materials. Civil Engineers use different design codes to produce economical projects in the construction industry but having a low focus on the utilization of manpower.

It has become very important to control labor and time cost by effective employment of construction manpower.

Construction of Buildings and other civil engineering, structures contain many activities to construct parts of structures so Manpower should be given an economical bench marks to complete the works in  given timelines within the estimated costs.

I will mention civil work quantities required to be completed by manpower in 8 hours daily.

The Workers should be selected by proper testing system so that Good class of people may be hired on projects.

Classification of Workers is a necessity to maintain reward system for Good class and high performance of workers.

Rewarding Rules should be imposed at projects like if a worker is doing 150 SFT of plaster and getting his daily wages and if the same worker is doing 200 SFT  of plaster then this worker should be entertained with extra wage.

The Reward system should be based on Quality and economics so that profitability can be maintained within the budget limits.

This data is experimentally based on different projects and can be used to control labor management and progress at construction sites. Supervisory staff should take part to ensure in-time availabilities of materials at the site so that manpower can work according to given parameters.

Workers may be motivated to do more and to gain earn more offering economical rates for extra works. Supervisors should be entertained with bonuses for extra works ensuring the quality of works.

Time has a value that can be cashed only in given times frames and getting late in works only results in losses.

Time lines of projects are the completion bench marks in any industry so keep watching and comparing the all mile stones for in-time completion of projects.

Cost control is the only key to work for profitability and advancement in this global world.