Welcome to Construction Knowledge
Construction learning pays. Any decent tradesperson collects tools
over time, to get the job done better. Specific technical knowledge and
people skills are simply a different type of tool. Leaders on the job
site need tools to plan better, communicate well, solve technical
problems on their own, and see problems prior to the feces hitting the
fan.
Many of us in this business love to build things. We enjoy the
satisfaction that comes from building, from seeing our work become
schools, factories, cathedrals. We challenge the stereotype that
construction workers are big and stupid and construction foreman are
loud and uncouth. Of course, there’s some truth to that stereotype. But
mostly construction work consists of thousands of technical challenges
that must be creatively solved to successfully complete a building
project. We need both technical and management skills.
Construction knowledge, tricks of the trade, rules of thumb, code tips,
and Superintendent’s checklists can greatly aid the foreman and
superintendent to build more efficiently, economically, safely and
faster. There’s value for everyone when we learn more and perform
better.
Learning Leads to Advancement goes beyond promotions and pay raises and
includes gaining independence, competency, the ability to reach one’s
own potential and to help others reach theirs.
Remember the old story about the visitor to a construction site, asking
several bricklayers what they were doing. The first responded, “I’m
laying brick.” The second said, “I’m working on this wall.” While the
third stated, “I’m building a cathedral.”
I developed this website to help people learn and advance…to build their
cathedrals well. Please look around the site. Sign up for the weekly
Super Tips Newsletter. Use us as your online resource for construction
knowledge.