{"id":20753,"date":"2021-01-21T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compassdatacenters.local\/?p=20753"},"modified":"2024-05-08T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:29:15","slug":"supporting-diversity-in-data-center-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compassdatacenters.com\/es\/supporting-diversity-in-data-center-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Diversity in Data Center Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t
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Data center construction<\/a> is booming. Facilities are going up quickly throughout the globe. Demand was high before COVID-19 spurred more working, learning and streaming entertainment from home. Now it\u2019s through the roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, data center developers are all too often in an over-promised and under-delivered situation. A full 98% of data center mega projects are reported to exceed budget and schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? At the risk of stating the obvious, there are a lot of pieces moving at a breakneck pace to meet the needs of customers like Amazon, Google and Microsoft, who live and die by speed to market. But the crux of the issue thwarting more on-schedule development is labor availability. The lack of adequate staffing in construction circumvents our ability to capitalize on demand for additional data center capacity. Compass Datacenters<\/a> is trying a few things to support a work environment that makes diversity possible and more likely. Females represent roughly 50% of the population but hold fewer than 10% of construction industry jobs[1]. And only 3% of the skilled trades. That\u2019s a huge, untapped talent pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opportunity through offsite manufacturing<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Known in the industry for modular data center<\/a> designs and speed to market, Compass is pushing that modularity further toward an increasingly industrialized approach to construction by streamlining the submittal process<\/a>, tightening production schedules<\/a>, and leveraging technology<\/a> to expedite project delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This \u201cindustrial evolution\u201d in construction hinges on offsite manufacturing. Modular pieces make on-site assembly quicker. Fewer moving parts creates a more controlled and safer environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to enhanced safety at the job site, in the controlled, offsite manufacturing environment — where component parts are built — employees enjoy regular hours, predictable commutes, better training, and consistent supervision. There are many variables compared to a construction site. Predictability and consistency form the foundation of a healthy work environment. Already, growing reliance on offsite manufacturing in data center construction is increasing diversity in the construction workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promoting Safety in Data Center Construction<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Safety is paramount to making work sites attractive to diverse groups. When we talk about safety nowadays, we\u2019re talking about more than physical safety. A safe job site itself must be hospitable, rather than hostile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start, good planning, integrated, and empowered teams are a must to make projects efficient and mitigate risks.  Empowerment and engagement of team leads (foremen, superintendents), to collaborate and callout opportunities for improvement and maintain a productive, protected, and healthy work environment is also key.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond eliminating bad behavior, invest in a shift toward good behaviors. To make a jobsite more amenable to more people:<\/p>\n\n\n\n