Elevating Construction Superintendents: A Principle Based Leadership Guide for Assistant Supers and Superintendents in Construction

by Jason Schroeder, Joan Willden (Editor), Katie Schroeder (Narrator)

Are you ready to take your next step? To be a great superintendent, you need training. Without this, you may become defensive, learn to accept waste and low standards, or even espouse false concepts that will lead to certain failure. However, with proper fundamental training, learning from the best builders throughout history, and effectively using the modern concepts of lean, we can guide superintendents to have the best trained role in construction. Right now in our industry, project managers and project engineers are better trained, better paid, and are becoming leaders of the entire team. The positions of superintendents and project managers should be equal, but to be equal, we need to step up and take our place as the driving force of the project. This book will help you to do that and bring respect back to field positions everywhere. Before writing Elevating Construction Superintendents - The Art of the Builder, I had never found a book available for the art and form of being a superintendent. Yes, there are books about lean; yes, there are books about construction management; and yes, there are books about the skills of a superintendent, but there are none that cover the art of the builder in construction and the back-to-basics fundamental attributes of a true leader in the field. This is the first revision of the book we need and want for our wonderful builders in the field of construction. This book is filled with principles and actionable steps for assistant superintendents. I invite you to learn these, take massive action, and implement each step one-by-one. Please keep driving until everything on your project brings you joy. That is the measure of success. Expect more | Step up | Let's go

Genres: Construction

260 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 28, 2020

Reviews

[Sam Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is nothing jaw dropping in this book, no major game changers, or grand ideas that need months of implementation. It is very basic and everything in it is true and accurate to superintendents on all types of construction projects, and that is the beauty of it. It is a whole book of reminders of exactly how projects should be run, and we need these reminders.

I loved this book and will be recommending it to many of my colleagues. This should almost be a mandatory read for any new superintendents stepping into the role. I expect this will live on my shelf for a long time.

[Bryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading Jason Schroeder’s book Elevating Construction Superintendents: A Principle Based Leadership Guide for Assistant Supers and Superintendents in Construction. Being in the industry myself, I found the book’s content to be relatable and accessible to tradespeople. Whether you are a new or senior leader in the construction industry, you will find this book valuable.

[Hunter Radecki · Rating 5 out of 5]

[Audiobook]
Simple rules and guidelines to abide by on a job site.

Much of this book’s contents mirror that of your popular twenty first century self help book. Be a good leader. Plain and simple. Figure that out, and you won’t really have to worry about the whole construction part.

[Abraham Camacho · Rating 2 out of 5]

Leí la versión en español, la traducción es regular, igual la edición.

Se valoran los consejos y las anecdotas de un superintendente de obra.

[Phil Booth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative and instructional. There are a lot of good ideas in here that can be used on the jobsite.