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Steel Estimator's Guide to Staying Competitive

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11 CHALLENGE: Identifying where issues arose and resolving them before the next job The final step of every project should be a post-mortem analysis of what went right and what went wrong. After all, merely solving the previously described challenges won't ensure an ongoing competitive advantage for future work. The construction industry is constantly evolving. Staying competitive requires a strategy centered on continuous improvement. SOLUTION: A fully integrated software platform to facilitate thorough analysis Analyzing the ins and outs of a completed project can be handled in many different ways, but it's going to be easier if you have records from all phases of the project organized and accessible in a central location. Again, choosing the right modeling and fabrication software solution comes to the rescue. With all phases of the project housed in a centralized solution, analyzing the timeline, quality and profit of the entire workflow should be a breeze.Being able to link back to what the estimator had for time and materials enables a real time review of a project through a post-mortem aspect. And, with the next project set up to be managed using the same solution, any insights you glean from this analysis should translate quickly and easily to the next project, leading to opportunities for continuous improvement.

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