like these are often drivers of stress, but that stress can be mitigated by using technology to document and ensure the proper steps are being taken and the project is progressing as planned.” As mentioned earlier, Admiral Development and Operations is also passionate about reducing waste on site. That’s another recent area of focus for the company, and Stanford hopes that other construction companies might follow their lead. “How we deal with garbage in this industry needs to be substantially improved,” Stanford says. “We implement recycling practices on our site. We minimize waste by being more accurate with our material ordering and by organizing our materials in the right places.” “We have a culture of being very wasteful in Canada,” he adds. In construction, he credits that culture to a combination of lack of experience from workers, lack of effort and accountability from managers, and simple ignorance. Because of that unfortunate combination, he explains, “there are an overwhelming amount of mistakes and unnecessary waste is generated.” “What’s the point of recycling a material that we didn’t need 15 of anyways? If the take-off was done in a more experienced manner, you may have realized you only needed 10. And yes, you may need one or two more just in case. But you do not need another five more. This is simply lazy.” Stanford explains that by implementing AI in the estimation and takeoff through to the procurement and contract administration from the “project management” perspective; and the logistics, staging, and reporting from the “construction management” perspectives assists in mitigating the many “human risks” inherent in a project. (Risks such as forgetting to coordinate, being sick and/or late, and making decisions without seeing the full picture; just to name a few). NOVEMBER 2024
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