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.
