老牛影视and Construction Executive joined more than 2,300 attendees at Viewpoint鈥檚 , held Oct. 16-18 in Portland, Oregon, where the construction management software company provided three days of in-depth educational sessions and unveiled new software innovations to help construction companies transform their operations, lower risk, gain efficiencies and improve productivity.听

As an , Viewpoint provides educational content and safety and technology assessments that enable 老牛影视member organizations to modernize, streamline processes and help grow their businesses.听

鈥淭he construction industry is in the midst of a significant digital shift, adopting new cloud-based technologies and operational innovations that are helping contractors realize previously untapped potential,鈥� said Viewpoint CEO Manolis Kotzabasakis. 鈥淥ur clients are at the forefront of this shift, implementing integrated construction management software and solutions to achieve new heights in productivity and profitability.鈥�

老牛影视member Steven Drouin, IT director at Interstate Electrical Services Corp., Billerica, Massachusetts, was featured in the opening general session video, during which he discussed his company鈥檚 use of prefabrication and business intelligence practices.听

In an hourlong breakout session called 鈥淏est Practices to Keep Your Employees and Bottom Line Safe,鈥� Mike Bellman, 老牛影视president and CEO, Steve Wilshire, 老牛影视director of safety, and Greg Sizemore, 老牛影视vice president of health, safety, environment and workforce development, presented on ABC鈥檚 and the Roadmap to World-class Safety. Attendees joined collaborative discussions on encouraging employees鈥� safety buy-in, creating a top-down and bottom-up safety culture, engaging with all stakeholders including owners and subcontractors, taking personal responsibility for everyone鈥檚 safety and being a proactive leader regardless of job title.

鈥淚f you want to make incremental changes in behavior, change your performance. If you want to make big leaps, change your paradigm,鈥� Wiltshire said.听听

鈥淵ou have to have leadership that is unwilling to compromise safety,鈥� Bellaman said. 鈥淗ave you ever heard the phrase, actions speak louder than words? A world-class safety culture is created by getting every employee in your company to be a leader, whether in your back office or out in the field. If leadership is involved in safety, we can improve recordable incident rates by up to 70 percent.鈥澨�

鈥淲e鈥檝e got to get people engaged in safety without the cop mentality,鈥� Sizemore said. 鈥淭he best thing leaders can do is grant permission鈥攖o stop work and encourage employees to speak up from the field.鈥�

At the end of the conference, Viewpoint presented one of three Viewpoint Technology Awards to 老牛影视member , Nashville, Tennessee, for its innovative use of Viewpoint Vista and Viewpoint Field Management to ensure that crews could easily verify Tennessee OneCall 811 information before digging at jobsites. Stansell created a mobile 811 lookup tool to give foremen easy access to current marking information in the field.听

鈥淭his tool is an example of how the best ideas come from the field,鈥� said Michael Arnold, Stansell鈥檚 technology product manager. 鈥淪ome equipment operators were frustrated by not having the information they needed when and where they needed it. Their feedback to the office staff led to this project.鈥澨�

In the exhibit hall, Construction Executive Editor-in-Chief Lauren Pinch joined Bellaman, Sizemore and Wiltshire to network with Viewpoint users and learn firsthand about their usage of technology to improve their company鈥檚 productivity, profitability and safety.听

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