Digital Threats in HVAC, HVACR Leaders magazine, Nov2019

cal areas. Today, the sheer growth
in construction activity has also
generated a parallel growth in
the number of contractors,
except now those that are
digitally inclined bring more
business due to the cost and time
saved in managing bids vis-à-vis
manual processes.
The reality can be improved by
turning a fresh leaf in the way
project engineers approach
contracts. For aspiring engineers
looking to join large construction
firms as project engineers,
mapping out your career doesn’t
have to be daunting. Procore
informs of the many aspects of
project engineering to help you
make a well-informed decision.
In its essence, good project
engineering draws from a good
education as an essential first
step. If you’re at the crossroads of
choosing to study further,
reading this might ease your
decision-making process.
Alternatively, those at the
crossroads of applying for project
engineer jobs often get stumped
creating resumes; this post could
inspire you to build a compelling
application.
Still hanging on to discover tricks
to win more construction contracts?
We might be onto something.
Project Management
for Engineers
How Construction Project
Engineers Communicate
PEs work with multiple teams for
months until the end of a
project. Communication about
daily project events helps them
collaborate even under
pressure—something that young
PEs easily give in to before
weighing their options to get to
an agreeable solution.
Construction projects are volatile
and that brings ambiguity even
to the most thoroughly-planned
project items. The
superintendent and PE are in
close quarters which can lead to
as much efficiency as anxiety for
PEs to prove themselves on the
job. When things don’t go
according to plan, PEs can take
on more than is reasonably
manageable without raising
queries, since they may view
themselves as seeming
incompetent if they raised
difficult questions.
This can deter effective teamwork
as the focus drifts away from the
task on hand to pandering to the
perceived interests of the project
stakeholders. Hence, it’s always
advisable to raise issues when
they arise to ensure that everyone
involved has enough bandwidth
to arrive at a fair solution.
Stabilized communication
increases your chance to convey
what’s deliverable to a client,
resulting in greater accuracy in
bid proposals which in turn is
likely to improve your winning
odds.
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