Blog 17: Answer 3

1. What is the most important factor in ensuring a profit in a grading operation?

2. Proper Management  on all levels improves efficiency and protects profit.

3.

• Improper management results in higher incident rates. Incidents can put construction projects behind schedule immensely.  
• Improper management slows down productivity in the office which results in less bids.
• Leadership is necessary to prevent time consuming quarrels.

Deshpande, Pushkar V. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT: Preliminary Cost Estimate and Scheduling of MIT's Civil and Environmental Engineering Building. Diss. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 1999.

In construction time is money. Proper management keeps things running smoothly preventing expensive hold ups.