Why my background in rugby can help us to tackle construction site inefficiency

By Stuart Ware 2024-10-22T06:00:00

The industry has the opportunity to benefit from marginal gains if it begins to empower every individual to achieve their potential. Stuart Ware, senior customer success manager at MSite and a former Premiership rugby performance analyst, explains why the similarities between a professional sports team and a site team can ...

Although there will always be a necessary chain of command within a construction project – starting with the client and finishing with the specialist workers on site – it takes a team effort to get the job done. However, simply getting the job done won’t cut it at a time when clients are considering every penny spent and contractor margins are being ever more tightly squeezed.

There are lots of things that can go wrong on site, and responsibility is always a sensitive subject. But, without focusing on the legalities, responsibility should not be sensitive.

There are countless examples of environments in which everyone takes individual responsibility and the results speak for themselves – construction does not have to be any different.

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