Business View Magazine - Dec 2023

of what we’ve done in that regard is launching the SteelTech Academy. We have comprehensive programs with certification that we take our team members through. We also think a lot about ergonomics. If there’s a repeatable path in our work process, we look at how we can build a tool, or a process, or something that changes that. It reduces the fatigue of our team members in those environments. Those are high points of focus for us.” The other box, according to Barlow, is constantly determining how the company can make its building processes more efficient in order to speed up the production calendar. The success of those innovations over the years can be measured by how BZI has considerably diminished the time it has taken to erect a particular type of large project. “The secret to these reduced schedules is getting in early and supporting the preconstruction process,” he explains. “There’s a lot of energy that goes into sequencing and staging with other sub-trades so that we can work really efficiently. To get this kind of deliverable, we’re working closely with the engineers and fabricators to make sure all the steel is there, and then using our proprietary methods of panelization to accelerate the finished product. The first prototype project that we did, the client planned for 32 weeks for the steel erection portion; we did it in 24 weeks. Then we went from 24 to 22, to 20, to 18. The last of that series of prototypes Innovatech develops next-generation steel fabrication and erection equipment designed to improve efficiency, ergonomics, and safety. Beam Champ TM , SkyBrace TM , and WeldAir TM are available to dramatically improve your job site. CONSTRUCTION. TECHNOLOGY. SOLUTIONS. I NNOVA . T E CH 85 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 12 BUI LDING ZONE INDUSTRI ES