Design & Communication for Construction

Clear, concise, and dependable communication is the most important element of a successful construction project. With subcontractors, owners, site managers, and trade workers all working together things can easily get delayed, missed, and contentious when communication fails. I work with construction managers and executives to develop documents, graphics, layouts, and presentations that provide elevated communication collateral that can help keep your whole project team on the same page, and resolve issues effectively.

Designers think about challenges holistically and are able to break down complex problems into simple, meaningful, and relate-able context. I have applied these skills in variety of industries for almost 20 years, and believe these skills and services can be utilized in the construction and engineering industry.

Site Visualization

Using tools like Sketch Up, Google Earth, drone imagery, etc a patch of bare land can be illustrated to visualize the future site plan and logistics. This allows all parties involved to consider logistics planning, identify risk areas, mockup multiple options, or see what the site will look like when construction is finished.

Project Logistics

Get your team on the same page with detailed plans and diagrams that outline project activities and execution timelines. Clean and clear plans eliminate confusion and miscommunication which is vital in any successful project.

Schedule Visualization

Multi-year projects come with multi-page schedules with thousands of activities. While a comprehensive schedule is vital to the success of any project, it can be cumbersome to sort through lines of information. By creating detailed graphics and layouts it becomes easy for team members to have focused discussions on critical events in the project timeline.

Project Calendars

Tracking hundreds of site activities can be chaotic, but necessary. White boards get erased and handwriting can be guesswork. Creating cohesive calendars that can be printed, emailed, and posted eliminates those challenges and provides quick and clear reference for team members.

Document Creation

Quick and dirty has it’s place, but it’s no replacement for clean, clear, and professionally looking documents that will clearly communicate goals, concerns, and expectations. I excel at taking field notes and sketches and transforming them into clean and concise documents for presentation.

Reporting

Multi-Million-dollar projects come with close monitoring and reporting. The data can often be complex and overwhelming. By creating a visual dashboard, data and key issues can be better understood by key stakeholders. This ensures confidence in your project reporting and documentation.

Executive Summaries

Carefully cultivated infographics and charts can be utilized to develop summary dashboards for executives and team members for quick visual understanding of for variety of project metrics.

OSHA Reporting

Tracking and reporting job site activity and incidents is not only necessary for compliance but also vital to maintain a professional and safe work culture. Customized and fillable forms make it easy to complete documentation quickly and clearly. This also ensures documents can be easily referenced in the future.

Site Signage

With hundreds of workers on site daily it is important that the critical information is noticed. Generic signs or laminated print outs get lost in the chaos. Professional graphics and signs provide clear communication to all workers as well as enforcing a professional work site appearance.

Site Photography

Great photos are a must for documenting and tracking the progress of a project. They make clients smile too.