The Construction Engineering Show
Bob Hildebranski, PE
Bob Hildebranski is a licensed professional civil engineer with over 30 years of "in the dirt" construction and civil engineering experience. The show discusses tools, strategies and tactics that civil and construction engineers, technicians and project managers who work in the heavy civil and site development industry can use in their everyday work.
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Hello Team! It's great to be back with you after a bit of a hiatus.
For the past several months, I've been working on a municipal improvement project. The project is located in a residential subdivision in a southwestern Chicago suburb and has required me to keep dozens of plates spinning simultaneously: On-site troubleshooting, design changes, coordination with the municipalities, residents, local police/fire/schools and of course, working hour-by-hour with the contractor and his activities. It has been one of the most difficult management projects I've been involved with, simply from the standpoint of the seemingly dozens of inputs & outputs that require me to have my finger on the pulse of all of them.
I've been managing projects for decades and have developed, over the years, numerous different ways and system for tracking open issues. I've used Expedition. I've used task apps. I've used Excel, in spreadsheet & pivot table form. I've tried Outlook task flags & To-Do's, and I've tried to incorporate Trello with it. And I know there are dozens of software & applications that are similarly built for managing issues and streamlining processes. But for me, through all the trial & error, the one fail-safe that never lets me down is the simple use of pencil & paper.
For this project, I've built a one-page, hand-written, 4-category tracking sheet that has been perfect for me. It's allowed me to review it when I start my day, refer periodically throughout the shift, and update it quickly when issues are added, updated or closed. I'm going to stick with this system as it is simple, easy & maintainable.
The 4 categories of issues I'm tracking are:
1. General List of Open Issues
2. Notifications
3. Tracking Today
4. Inspections
I've uploaded a sample here and have posted a similar link to the template at Hildebranski.com. Feel free to check it out. Use it. Change it. Let me know what of it works for you, and/or what you've tweaked to customize it for yourself.
Connect with me anytime!!
LinkedIn: Bob Hildebranski, PE
Website: Hildebranski.com
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32 - Tracking Open Job Issues (Version 2.0) Tue, 05 Mar 2024
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31 - Weekly Debrief - November 11, 2023 Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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30 - Who Is Going To Take My Place? Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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29 - What's On Your Mind? How Can I Help? Sat, 08 Jul 2023
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28 - The Learning Environment Sat, 27 May 2023
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27 - Time Management vs. Task Management Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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26 - What is Your Percentage of Impact? Mon, 10 Oct 2022
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25 - Goals Redefined Wed, 27 Jul 2022
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24 - What Makes a Good Construction Inspector? Sat, 11 Jun 2022
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23 - Your Career Arc Sun, 06 Mar 2022
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22 - Taking Initiative Wed, 22 Dec 2021
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21 - Preparing for the Operation Tue, 09 Nov 2021
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20 - Episode 19 - Making Adjustments Mon, 27 Sep 2021
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19 - Episode 18 - Taking Responsibility Sat, 24 Jul 2021
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18 - Episode 17 - Career Advancement in Construction (in My Humble Opinion….) Mon, 14 Jun 2021
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17 - Episode 16 - Critical Thinking Mon, 26 Apr 2021
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16 - Episode 15 - Basics for the Win Fri, 26 Feb 2021
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15 - Episode 14 - Constructability Review Basics Mon, 25 Jan 2021
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14 - Episode 13 - Develop Your Engineering Training Plan Fri, 08 Jan 2021
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13 - Episode 12 - Looking for Problems Mon, 28 Dec 2020
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12 - Tailgate Talk 01 - Check Your Tools Mon, 09 Nov 2020
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11 - Episode 11 - Tailgate Talks Sun, 01 Nov 2020
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10 - Episode 10 - Project Close-Out Mon, 26 Oct 2020
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9 - Episode 9 - Embankment Construction Principles Sun, 11 Oct 2020
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8 - Episode 8 - "Need to Knows" for Young Construction Engineers Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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7 - Episode 7 - Design Review Basics Mon, 07 Sep 2020
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6 - Episode 6 - Developing a Safety Mindset Sun, 14 Jun 2020
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5 - Episode 5 - Tracking Job Progress Sat, 07 Mar 2020
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4 - Episode 4 - Traffic Incident Management Sat, 29 Feb 2020
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3 - Episode 3 - Are You Training Enough? Sun, 16 Feb 2020
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2 - Episode 2 - My Elevator Speech Sat, 08 Feb 2020
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1 - Episode 1 - Welcome Sat, 01 Feb 2020