Construction Supervisor's Role in Ensuring Progress

Perhaps no other matter is as important or of concern to the construction supervisor as that of ensuring progress on the work he is supervising. Maintaining the progress as scheduled means completing the work in the stipulated time. This further means that the cost over run due to time overrun is avoided. What have you to do, as a supervisor, to ensure progress on the construction project ? 

1. Study the construction programme prepared by the project manager/site Engineer. 
2. Prepare detailed programmes to elaborate this schedules and also prepare schedules for organising the resources required for your work. 
3. Make a careful study of the system of compiling and reporting the progress on the work periodically. 
4. Implement the programme of construction closely. 
5. Check the progress achieved and compare it with planned targets. In case of deviations, report the matter to the supervisors and ask for corrective measures. Introduce the corrective measures promptly.