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Prepare yourself well before every meeting

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Most of the business decisions are taken at the end of a meeting. However, it largely depends upon how prepared the person is who is seeking for work or is selling his product. You got to make an impact in the minds of the listener with your presentations and ensure that they find it to be impressive. Anything short of impressive can turn out to be a disappointment for you. Therefore, leave no stone unturned when you are preparing yourself for a meeting and make sure that you have all the content with you that you will share with others to get business. At times you have to go through a series of meeting before hearing a final yes and that could be quite agonizing as well as annoying but you have to give your best at each shot that you take. Remember that there are too much of competitors around and they are also vying to sell their product or get the business. You have to prove that you are the best and can offer what others can’t in terms of services.

In order to get a construction project one needs to be very sharp with his presentation skills. He needs to mention all his achievements and parallel projects that are being managed by him to the people in the meeting. Your website would contain this information but during the meeting no one would want to visit your website to validate the facts and therefore you should take this opportunity to pose the facts in your way. Try not to state something that is not relevant or does not exist. The guys in the meeting will definitely verify the information given by you before they decide to give you the work. Hence, do not speak out a word that is not true. You can play around with things that your company has been involved in or engaged with but in no way overstate your role or else you may get caught.

Carry a formal approach:-

Your approach will be the first thing that will be witnessed by the project givers. Presentation comes later, what comes first is the way you are looking at that point in time and how you carry yourself throughout. Wear something formal which looks decent and professional. For men, try not keep a beard but if you have to sport one, trim it so that it looks good. For ladies, they just need to ensure that they do not overdo their make-up. Do not apply a lot of cosmetic on your face. That may ruin the way you look. Try to keep it normal all throughout the meeting.

What you speak matters:-

You may have a splendid power-point presentation but that will not help if you just read from the slides. You should rather remember which slide contains what information and should talk your mind. This will show how confident you are and how much you know about your own company. People will definitely go through the slides but they will be more interested in listening to you. This is where you should prepare yourself the most.

Construction business is all about meeting deadlines

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Construction involves constructing of a building or an infrastructure. It requires collaboration across various multiple disciplines. It comprises different types of professionals such as an architect, construction manager, design manager and a project manager and each of them with their team members. It involves huge financial investment. It is risky but lucrative business. Effective planning allows successful execution of a project. However the projects need to meet the deadlines to stay forefront in this business.

 

Any profession comes with a deadline, which is an external pressure to complete the task of making quality product within a given time period. The reason being the finance invested has to be ultimately regained in terms of profit. In case of the construction business, it is the completion of an infrastructure within a promised time. As ‘Time is Money’, sticking to the timeline of completing the project is the main responsibility of a construction company.

 

Some of the ways to meet deadlines

  1. Being realistic:

Being aware about magnitude of the construction project will give a true estimate of how much time and finance is required for its completion.

2.  Use of Technology:

Many construction companies use different construction management software programs that help keep projects on time and within budget. These programs allow companies in preconstruction planning, to organize a schedule, project budget, manage customer list and so forth. They are easily available in software form or are present in form of apps and can be easily downloaded. Thus, latest technology helps to manage the schedule of projects and complete them on time.

3.  Being foresighted:

Always scheduling the project on time is not easy. There can be many unforeseen developments that can delay the entire construction project such as the adverse weather conditions, delay in shipments, no labour force, contractor overshooting the schedule and more. Thus, project scheduling should be flexible so that construction owners do not lose clients.

4.  Selection of a right manufacturer/distributor for the product:

Developing a relationship with distributors who offer quality products (whether its heavy machinery, heavy equipment, construction material, electrical devices) with fast product distribution channels and easy installation can speed up the project. In addition choosing good quality and economical product is important. This will ensure to meet the deadlines of a project.

5.  Maintaining a Log of the work:

A log or keeping record of the problems faced on the construction site, when they were encountered and how they were resolved. This will be helpful to use these as reference to solve if similar problems arises in future on the same and other projects. This will save time and allow project completion on time.

6.  Selecting professionals and skilled labours and retaining them:

Having right type of skilled workforce will allow superior productivity. Sufficient training should be imparted to the newcomers so that become adept at the work. Having professional and serious workforce ensures completion of projects on time.

7.  Ensuring safety at workplace:

The owners should ensure safety at the site for the workers as well to the customers. This will minimize the accidents from taking place at the workplace and not waste time of the unit in attending to them.

 

The new and experienced entrepreneur’s should be aware of the business and strategies required to complete the projects on time which will make their customer base strong.

 

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