While construction firms focus on navigating their workforce shortages, results of a recently released study indicate that communication problems among existing employees also is proving a daunting and expensive challenge—costing as much as $30 billion annually
In a joint study of nearly 600 contractor executives on project communications and technology use, industry productivity software firm PlanGrid and management consulting firm FMI Corp. found that nearly half of respondents said that the need for rework on job sites is due to poor communication between project stakeholders, while 26% reported the catalyst to be lack of communication between team member.