As we head into a new year, a review of construction administration processes could uncover opportunities to reduce hidden project costs. Some of the most overlooked areas include team communication, training, and manual data entry processes.
The Cost of Over or Under Communicating
Many project teams outline communication procedures for meetings but fail to address communication requirements for notifications during the review process. There tends to be two schools of thought around email notifications: notify everyone for everything, or only send email notifications on a “need to know” basis. Over communication via email notification is very common. For example, does the structural engineer need to receive an email notification for all interior design submittals?
