What tools and equipment do I use on the daily to make sure a building is square and plumb? I use a total station and builders level to locate the structural elements. As for layout of said structural elements, I use a variety of smaller hand tools to make sure each element in the building is square and plumb. I…
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Is Going Into Construction Worth It? A Look At Job Growth, Pay, And Culture
Is going into construction worth it? It depends on what you value. If you value good pay with decent job prospects, and a rewarding experience then construction is for you. However, you will be working long hours working in a high-stress environment rife with deadlines, cut-throat competition, and tight budgets. I highly recommend doing extensive research before jumping into construction.…
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Project Engineer To Field Engineer: What Is The Difference?
In the past year I have had to quit as a Project Engineer from my previous employer due to policy and management changes resulting from the effects of COVID-19 on the company profit margins. I have since left to a better paying role as a Field Engineer. Reasons for leaving my old company… Although different from company to company, the…
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Construction Project Team: What Is My Role And What Do I Do?
I’m back! I have returned from my month long hiatus and will upload more consistently. Thank you for tuning in and I hope you enjoy this post about what role each person plays on a construction project team. Project Engineer (entry level role to senior level) What this role entails is doing the majority of the paperwork for a project. This…
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Who Is Involved In A Construction Project and What Do They Do?
It takes a lot of effort, human-hours, planning, and caffeine to bring a construction project to successful completion. But who is really involved in all of this? Well the “hierarchy” looks like this: The below list is a top down view in terms of who reports to who. Direct line of reporting starts with the Owner, at the end of…
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Construction Terminology: Jargon You Got To Know (Part II)
In this post we’re going to continue our Construction Terminology lesson with the rest of the alphabet. In the previous post we did letters A-M, so in this post I’ll keep going with N-Z. I previously mentioned I have never studied construction academically, so learning a new set of industry specific jargon was challenging. With that in mind, I wanted…
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Construction Terminology: Jargon You Got To Know (Part I)
As someone who never studied construction academically, learning a new whole set of industry specific jargon was challenging. So I wanted to put together a simple post of construction terms and their uses to help out my readers. Now this list is nowhere near being comprehensive, but it’s a simple A-Z with the most common words I have come across…
