Ladders: the access method nobody plans for on a residential site
Most ladder injuries happen in the first few minutes, before the work starts, when nobody has decided whether a ladder was the right tool at all. Treat access as a planned task rather than a reflex and most of the risk disappears.
11 min read
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Subcontractors
Articles and news about Subcontractors for Australian builders.
Ladders: the access method nobody plans for on a residential site
Most ladder injuries happen in the first few minutes, before the work starts, when nobody has decided whether a ladder was the right tool at all. Treat access as a planned task rather than a reflex and most of the risk disappears.
11 min read
How skills shortages affect subcontractor rates and availability
When trades are scarce, the price you are quoted and the date you are promised both move. Understanding why lets you price the risk instead of absorbing it.
10 min read
Site induction for subbies and visitors: what to record
An induction that is not recorded is an induction that did not happen. This covers what to put in front of subbies and visitors at a house site, and what to keep afterwards.
12 min read
Protecting your business when a subcontractor goes under
A subcontractor failure is rarely sudden, and the builder usually carries the cost. Here is how to structure contracts, records and site controls so a subbie’s collapse does not become yours.
10 min read
Building a realistic construction programme for home jobs
Most small residential programmes fail not because the sequence is wrong but because there is no float in it. This is a method for sequencing home jobs and holding buffer where it actually protects the completion date.
11 min read
Managing subcontractors on NSW residential sites: the day-to-day controls that keep a job moving
Contract terms set the frame, but a job is won or lost in how you run the trades each day. Sequencing, supervision, written direction and defect close-out are what stop a programme sliding.
11 min read
Labour shortages in residential construction: what builders can actually do
The labour market is not something you can wait out. Here is how to keep a residential job moving when the trades you need are booked elsewhere.
13 min read