r/ConstructionMNGT

Hey everyone,

I’m a Civil Engineering graduate with over 3 years of experience and I’ve been job hunting in California for over a year now with no luck. I am an asylum seeker with a valid Work Permit (EAD), so I have the full legal right to work and I don’t need any company sponsorship. To prove my knowledge of U.S. codes and standards, I’ve already passed the EIT and earned my ICC Residential Building Inspector certification, and I’m currently working on the Commercial building cert.

The issue is that I’ve had several interviews where they told me they couldn’t hire me simply because I don't have a Green Card. I’m having a hard time understanding why this is a dealbreaker when I already have legal work authorization and don't require sponsorship. I’m willing to relocate anywhere in the country for the right role, but I just can’t seem to get past this wall. Has anyone else faced this or have any advice on what I can do to overcome this situation?

Hey everyone,

I’ve recently started as a Contract Administrator in a company that hasn’t really had structured systems in place for a while. They do use Procore, but I’ve never used it before, so right now I’m just working through the tutorials and trying to get up to speed.

In the meantime, I want to build a solid way to track projects—especially in Excel—so I don’t miss anything.

I was thinking of setting it up as a recurring checklist. Something along these lines:

1. Daily check list

2. File & Organise Drawings (Architectural, Structural, MEP, etc.)

3. Send Out RFQs / Get Quotations

4. Track Quotes (received, pending, follow-ups)

5. Submit for Final Approval

6. Construction Stage Tracking (key milestones)

7. Variations / Changes Management

8. Project Close-Out

What I’m looking for:

A good Excel template for tracking all this

Any YouTube videos that show how you guys structure this

Even a screenshot/image of how you manage your workflow

Tips on how you’d integrate this with Procore once I get comfortable

I’m trying to build something practical I can actually use daily—not overly complex, just reliable.

Any help would be really appreciated 🙏

I am a Field Engineer making 70,000 a year working for a $900M+ a year, 6 branch GC in a mid size city.

I am anticipating a promotion to Assistant Superintendent however I do not have a realistic reference point as to what I should expect for a salary increase.

Anyone know what type of increase I should look for? What is considered “too low” and should warrant my 2 weeks?🤣

Hello all, I am currently enrolled in a construction management program at my local community college, I am just finishing my second semester in the program, I currently work full-time as an estimator for a supplier, I have 5 years of commercial sheetmetal experience in the union through an apprenticeship, I have been an estimator for 15 months.

I am running into an issue in school, I didn’t have the foresight to see that there would be in person classes during the day. I work full-time and I don’t think I would be able to take classes in person during the day, if they were night classes it would be no problem. Does anyone know of any programs that have fully online classes or night classes in the state of Wisconsin? In order to keep my job I might have to transfer out of this program or quit either my job or my program, and I don’t want to do either of those things.

I am the first year IBEW electrical apprentice prior to getting in this I worked for an electrical company that was heavily involved in construction leaving there after three years. I thought I wanted to Be an electrician after working for the IBEW. I quickly realized that is not what I wanted and . I began to realize it was building that I loved and have a passion for,so finally my question,I plan on going to my community college for an AS degree in building construction management and I’m wondering if the combination of experience will be enough to get me in the door as a APM,assistant super or FE ,Thanks guys ! Sorry if the punctuation is off, I did this driving on the way to work at 6 AM

Has anyone tried this application? Saw an ad and it seems interesting

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