“Efficiency” is a term you’ve probably heard often in a typical consulting engineering office. However, what does it mean? Is it efficiency in time management, project management, or design time? There are many ways to build efficiency into the daily routine of a structural engineer and it can be done in some simple ways. The challenge is dedicating the time necessary to execute and maintain these functions. Below are three ways structural consulting engineers can build efficiency into their projects to stay within budget, meet deadlines, and maintain quality.
Although these tasks require regular checks and balances, they are crucial to maintaining an efficient design flow in a consulting engineer’s office. Site reports and forensic investigations to multi-million-dollar projects with hundreds of thousands in fees can be run through this system.