Construction Dive: Collaborative, powerful and intuitive, app-enabled smartphones and tablets have quickly become essential job site tools across the construction industry. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of construction pros who said mobile technology wasn’t mission critical to business plummeted from 40.1% to 20.7%, according to the annual Construction Technology Report conducted by JBKnowledge.
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There is no doubt that mobile apps can help on a job site. With all of the projects that are going on and all the different people involved, there is definitely something to be said for a “right-hand man” of sorts. Another interesting aspect that I have never really thought about is equipment management. So often does equipment just walk from the job site, and having a way to track down the various components that get the job done is always a great way to limit frustration and save time. As always, although these apps are not directly made for the theater industry there are definitely parallels between what can be used on a day to day. For example, tool management is always something that is a struggle for our shop because of the amount of foot traffic that it sees. As for the drone, I don’t see as many possible applications as of yet, but with continued development of this technology, there are definite possible applications down the road.
I found this article really interesting as someone who is constantly looking for apps to economize or streamline my day to day tasks. with construction being such a large undertaking requiring many different people, resources, and a large job site, management of equipment, people, and resources is a major task to take on. i can definitely see connections between a construction job, and a build for a show, like Chris said tool management is a large struggle for any shop, but imagine how much more difficult it becomes when your job site becomes a multi-story building like the new Tepper building. I don't know how i feel about the virtual card-punching because while it may save money for the company, what if you don't have your phone, or if it is out of battery, you may have just lost an opportunity to get paid because of something that isn't even part of your job. otherwise i think a few of these apps could be helpful in the production process, but i think others may need some more work.
So while many of the apps in this article I would find hard to see working in the theatrical frabrication world there were few that kinda caught my eye and I think could be fairly useful in certain aspects. The first of these are that of the group of apps that include Bluebeam, FieldWire, Procore, and PlanGrid which allow you to electronically set up access to your plans and scheduling. I really like the idea of being able to have a fluid task list program that you can send directly to you employees so that you can better manage work flow. But for me the app that takes the cake is the Neat App that allows you to mobility have mean to manage expense receipts and costs reporting. Which I feel would make doing recipes for a production so much easier and more efficient. In all pretty damn cool apps for maximizing efficiency.
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