Improving your jobsite efficiency is all about long-term planning. Right now, during a time of uncertainty, the last thing you want to think about are the long-term plans. Yet, emerging from a global recession requires some long-term planning on cash flow and optimizing your space for the new world. This article dives into the specifics of a simple, yet easy way you can improve your jobsite efficiency while making money.
Looking at the small, overseen tasks is the best way to improve your jobsite efficiency. The most overlooked and mundane task of the jobsite is getting your OSHA approved lighting. With a top of the line LED Jobsite lighting system, you can improve your efficiency by over 80% on the jobsite. That significant change will show visible results in a short period of time.
The first step to improve your jobsite efficiency is to start with the basics. Take an in-depth look into what your current practices are and how you can improve them. For example, is your jobsite still using incandescent bulbs? Incandescent bulbs are a very ineffective piece of technology. Their general light output is not very strong, they produce a lot of heat and the glass bulbs are extremely fragile; once they are dropped or even slightly abused, they will break. But, the biggest downfall for the incandescent bulbs is their wattage. Incandescent bulbs pull a significant amount of power to operate the light. LEDs on the other hand use less wattage yet they produce more light because of their superior technology. By using a product with lower wattage, you can add more lights to a single circuit. This will significantly cut down your hired electricians time on creating circuits and installation points on your jobsite.
Simply switching your incandescent bulbs to LED bulbs is not the solution. While it does help your costs, the real way to make money and increase your jobsite efficiency requires taking it up a notch.
Purpose-built temporary LED lights is the way to make money on the jobsite. The system is sophisticated and adaptable to your jobsites requirements – this is where the money aspect comes into play. LED jobsite lights now replace all traditional means of jobsite lights. There are floodlights that can replace traditional 500W quartz-halogen lights, highbays that replace 400W metal halides and 360 degree LED lights that replace floodlights, wobble-type lights and string lights.
All these traditional lighting methods emit light in all directions which is a wasteful practice. In no other circumstance would anyone be okay with the idea that they were wasting their money. You would not leave a window open if the AC was on because that lets the AC escape – that would be wasteful. So why would we want to waste light we are paying for? The world of temporary lighting is changing to better your pockets.
These purpose-built LED lights can replace each and every one of your current jobsite practices with much lower wattage and in a much more durable package. Yet, there are important factors to remember when it comes to choosing those new purpose-built temporary LED lights. While LEDs are durable, that does not mean their housing is. There are plenty of cheaply made LED lights on the market where a single drop from 2’ can cause the entire unit to break apart. Be sure to look for military grade drop testing requirements to secure a durable light, and check if they are weather proof. There are a lot of products that will not survive a rainy day out on a construction site. Be sure your LED jobsite lights do.
Lastly, the best way to improve your efficiency and make money on the jobsite, is by ensuring you are placing each lighting unit where you need light. You can ensure this will happen by getting LED Jobsite experts to create a jobsite lighting layout, free of charge. They will assess your jobsite plans, where you get ambient lighting and choose the best quality lighting available to fit your space in each phase of your jobsite.
The way to make money here is by getting the high-quality temporary LED lights to reuse again and again. You can win your next jobsite by coming into the project bid with a lower upfront cost and a lower electricity bill at the end.
Improving your jobsite efficiency is really that simple. Look into the small details and how you can maximize on the savings to make you money.