You've probably heard some variant of the saying "what gets measured, get's managed" I don't think that's completely right. It should be, "what get's measured and communicated, get's managed" A construction dashboard should help someone make a decision. My recommendation is to start with who will use it and what they need to know. A project team needs upcoming milestones, cost overruns and risks requiring action. A client overseeing several projects may also need a simple scope summary. I would build it around three areas: Cost: Are we forecast to finish within budget? Where are variations accumulating, and when are payments due? Risk: Which risks need attention? How much will our planned treatments reduce their likelihood or impact? Programme: Which milestones are approaching, and where have dates slipped against the original plan? The information behind it needs to be structured and maintained. Build updates into your existing forecasting, payment and reporting processes so the dashboard stays current without duplicating administration. Then use it in your project reviews. If the same question keeps sending you back into a spreadsheet, that information probably belongs on the dashboard.

This has been a big month for me. Last week I became a Dad (super excited but sleep deprived), also feels very wierd calling myself a Dad. So this month I'm in a tiny bit of a holding pattern but I've got two main focuses this month. 1. I want to engage way more on here and restructure the classroom. We've got sample projects, tons and tons of templates and more. I really want to try and get people to use them 2. Rebuild my email newsletter so its genuinely useful for people. I'm planning on breaking each week down into three parts: news updates - what's happened in the last week of construction/AI, inform - some interesting insight or perspective change and work - a new approach or solution to a task. What are your goals for October? Comment them down below!

Quality management is how we prove a construction project meets its requirements. Those requirements cover what we build and the processes we follow, including inspections, approvals and handover. That connection runs through the whole project: - Design: check that drawings and specifications satisfy the original project requirements. - Construction: inspect and test the work against the approved design. Inspection and test plans (ITPs) define the checks, acceptance criteria and records. - Commissioning: demonstrate that the systems function and achieve the required performance. - Completions: close out defects and deliver the required records, manuals, training and spare parts. Quality assurance establishes the system. Quality control is the inspection and testing. Audits check whether we are following the system. My strongest recommendation is to keep quality moving with construction. Do the checks when they are due, collect the records and fix defects as you go. That helps avoid rework and delays. It also gives the client evidence to accept the work and supports payment and handover. Full walkthrough: Construction quality management

Construction accounting and finance is pretty simple, right? You just bill a client more than it costs you to do the work. Track the invoices and expenses. Simple. Wrong. Construction accounting and finance is one of the most confusing topics I’ve dealt with. Retention. Progress claims. Secured and unsecured variations. Cost tracking. Estimating. Corporate overheads. There are so many elements to this topic. So I’ve been trying to research and lay out the entire topic in a simple, step-by-step framework. This week, I’m going through how those pieces fit together, from pricing a job to deciding whether the business can afford another one. As always, it’s structured around News, Inform and Work. Just quickly, I’m looking for some customer feedback on a new product I’m launching. Would love if anybody has the time to fill this out: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdILOUFSeoYJRJOfY5g5BHnI8ZLPHcfZhiL78nOE0AFOpRdTQ/viewform?usp=header News Claude Duet: an assistant that keeps working in the background. Anthropic’s new agent runs on its own computer in the cloud. It can prepare email replies, meeting briefs and financial models using your connected apps. I can see this helping contractors keep up with admin while they’re on site. It is currently a US-only research preview for Pro and Max users, through a waitlist, and is designed to ask before sending messages. See how Claude Duet works. Anthropic has filed for an IPO. The company behind Claude filed its public IPO paperwork on 26 October and intends to list on Nasdaq under the ticker ANT. The share price and number of shares are still to be determined. For businesses building workflows around Claude, this makes the company behind the tool worth following too. Read Anthropic’s announcement

Hey Everybody! Welcome to Construction Contractors Hub. The best place to learn construction management for free. First thing! Introduce yourself and your goals by commenting below. Next, watch this video: https://www.loom.com/share/9bc96fac3d9b48c89c43eb57d5fd43d1 How Contractors Hub works 1. The classroom has a bunch of free courses templates and resources. Here are the most popular ones: Construction Project Management - Our foundational 8 hour course on the absolute basics of project management. Quantity take-offs - Tutorials and practice projects to master take-offs Templates - Over 50 excel and other templatse I use on my projects. AI in Construction - A full series of tutorials and resources to help you get started 2. Win by contributing Each month, the top contributor gets free access to Contractors Hub Premium and ContractorOS (our AI in construction roadmap). All you need to do is contribute and support others 3. Anything you need - let me know If you are looking for templates or other resources, just comment below, and I'll help you find them.