Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS

The success of any business lies on how collectively different departments of the company are able to work. To work as a team is quite a crucial component for the success of any business and when it is about the construction industry, team work becomes all the more important. A big construction industry has a lot of things to take care of and all needs to be in sync with each other for smooth functioning of the business. If any of the department lags then it will have a hard impact on all the other departments and they will face a tough time to deal with the shortcomings of that one department. This is the reason why if at all a department lags behind or is not able to cope up due to some issues that needs to be addressed then and there so that it does not lead to any further complication.

Collective effort from Admin and payroll team is needed:-

The Admin and Payroll team of a construction company plays a big role in managing the office expenses as well as ensuring that all the employees are paid fairly and correctly at the end of every week or bi-weekly as they receive the amount. The payroll team has to be very stringent with records keeping and stuff so that they do not overpay or underpay anybody. Problems and confusions do happen in a big company and if any employee experiences such an issue then that should be cleared at the earliest. Also steps should be taken to ensure that such mistakes do not happen again. To avoid mistakes or confusions, these 2 departments have to work very closely with each other. It becomes the responsibility of the head of the departments to check that things are moving smoothly and if there has been problems check the steps taken by the team to resolve it.

Growth of construction business:-

Growth of construction business largely depends on effective communication between several departments and effective communication is possible when people from different departments know each other. For instance, the operators who are in-charge of heavy equipment should know people from the support team (heavy equipment mechanics) as they are dependent on a large scale on the support team. Simultaneously, the support team should also provide quick response to any issue that has come up in the site. Heavy equipment are bound to fall sick. The mechanics should provide their help by getting things right on the machine.

Loopholes if any should be weed out:-

Any type of loophole that a department experiences should be taken care of in the first level itself. It should not be allowed to creep any further. If there is a situation that can’t be controlled in the first level and needs involvement of guys from another level then that should be informed to them in advance. They should be aware of the situation so that they can take necessary steps and be prepared to deal with it. This kind of collaboration is required the most in a construction segment.