Challenge and Selection:

Visual Thinking is the Great tool which I use for most of my projects. I am civil engineer. In my daily  work life, I had to work with wide variety of people profile ranging from high profile managers to  construction labors. For any successful completion of civil engineering projects, coordination is  required among all profile groups. Generally, our construction firm deals with the construction of  medium to long span highways bridges. Due to which we often need to set our offices in the very  remote area where even proper housing facility can’t be provided.

Now for the construction process huge number of labors are required which will be working in  extreme condition for several months or even for years far away from their home. Also, for the  smooth operation of construction phase, these workers need to be focused, disciplined and healthy.  Now problem arises what category of workers shall we select for our project so that organizational  goal will be fulfilled. To solve this problem, I have been using visual thinking tool because I will be  able to see through various construction phases by assign several category groups.

Application:

Different process where there is active involvement for labors are river diverting, excavation,  precasting pier, general masonry work, transporting components, superstructure construction and  finally finishing works like painting etc. Here different category of labors with different wage group  are there. Generally experienced, young and skilled labors (let’s say class 1) demands higher wage  value and living conditions whereas freshers, old age and unskilled labors (let’s say class 2) demands  less wage value.

What if we take all class 1 labors? does it work. Yes, definitely it will work. But the cost will be much  higher. What if we take all class 2 labors, does it work? No but our cost will be minimum for labors.  So perfect combination of both the workers should be selected so that throughout the construction  process they should be motivated and efficient.

Insights and Approach:

We simply cannot compromise on living condition and food for labors because if we do so they will  be demoralized and cannot perform efficiently. Since initially process of project like river diverting  and excavation require hard working men. So  intitila investment should be made on class 1 labors.  As we proceed with our construction, detailing work for reinforcement which is done outside the  site area can be done with combination of class 1 and class 2 labors. And finally for finishing works  like painting etc.  old age skilled labors can be chosen.


Challenge and Selection : Visual Thinking is the Great tool which I use for most of my projects . I am civil engineer . In my daily work life , I had to work with wide variety of people profile ranging from high profile managers to construction labors . For any successful completion of civil engineering projects , coordination is required among all profile groups . Generally , our construction firm deals with the construction of medium to long span highways bridges . Due to which we often need to set our offices in the very remote area where even proper housing facility ca n’t be provided . Now for the construction process huge number of labors are required which will be working in extreme condition for several months or even for years far away from their home . Also , for the smooth operation of construction phase , these workers need to be focused , disciplined and healthy . Now problem arises what category of workers shall we select for our project so that organizational goal will be fulfilled . To solve this problem , I have been using visual thinking tool because I will be able to see through various construction phases by assign several category groups . Application : Different process where there is active involvement for labors are river diverting , excavation , precasting pier , general masonry work , transporting components , superstructure construction and finally finishing works like painting etc . Here different category of labors with different wage group are there . Generally experienced , young and skilled labors ( let ’s say class 1 ) demands higher wage value and living conditions whereas freshers , old age and unskilled labors ( let ’s say class 2 ) demands less wage value . What if we take all class 1 labors ? does it work . Yes , definitely it will work . But the cost will be much higher . What if we take all class 2 labors , does it work ? No but our cost will be minimum for labors . So perfect combination of both the workers should be selected so that throughout the construction process they should be motivated and efficient . Insights and Approach : We simply can not compromise on living condition and food for labors because if we do so they will be demoralized and can not perform efficiently . Since initially process of project like river diverting and excavation require hard working men . So intitila investment should be made on class 1 labors . As we proceed with our construction , detailing work for reinforcement which is done outside the site area can be done with combination of class 1 and class 2 labors . And finally for finishing works like painting etc . old age skilled labors can be chosen .