You can’t adequately measure productivity without first considering specific conditions encountered on each jobsite.

About this time last year I recommended using a Safe Plan of Action (SPA) meeting with each foreman and his crew. This was being used on a large project in Florida, and I could see the SPA meeting’s tremendous potential for preventing jobsite accidents.

One of my clients in Ohio read the article and immediately replaced an old idea of mine with the SPA meeting. About 15 years ago, when I first came to their company, I recommended conducting a safety “toolbox talk” for much the same purpose. It was a great idea at the time.