5 ways to increase your productivity on-site

5 FREE WAYS TO INCREASE

YOUR PRODUCTIVITY ON-SITEUsing the Technology you Already Have

1. KEEP THE SOFTWARE

UPDATED

Updates on your mobile

device are important to

ensure the app is running as

smoothly and efficiently as

possible

How-to Guides for Updating your

Apps

• Updating apps on iOS

• Updating apps on Android

If your web browser is out of

date you may experience display

issues, stretched images, and

various other errors

How-to Guides for Updating your

Web Browser

• Updating Internet Explorer

• Updating Google Chrome

2. SAVE YOUR PHONE’S

PRECIOUS BATTERY

It’s hard to find a time to plug

your phone in when you’re

running around site all day

Save your precious

battery power on iOS

• Disable as many notifications as possible

• Turn off ‘background app refresh’ for apps you don’t

care about

• Check for software updates

• Lower the brightness on your phone

• Stop motion and animations

Save your precious

battery power on Android

• Monitor and manage what is using the most battery life

• Reduce your screen brightness

• Choose a black or dark coloured background for your phone

wallpaper

• Turn off bluetooth and mobile data whenever you don’t need them

• Turn off location services whenever you don’t need them

• Keep your apps updated

• Delete apps you don’t use

• Switch off vibrate

• Give in and purchase a rechargeable battery pack

How-to Guides for Saving Battery

Power

• Saving Battery Power on iOS

• Saving Battery Power on Android

3. ORGANIZE YOUR

EMAIL INBOX

An organized inbox will let you

follow up with trades faster

An organized inbox will let you

retrieve important project

information quickly

An organized inbox will let you

manage your emails in terms of

follow-up priority

How-to Guides for Organizing

your Inbox

• Organizing your Outlook inbox

• Organizing your Gmail inbox

4. USE CLOUD-BASED

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

TOOLS

Common cloud-based

document management tools

include:

• Google Drive

• Dropbox

• Box

These tools allow you to access

documents from any device at

any time

These document tools allow you

to free up space on your

computer or mobile device

These document tools allow

collaboration between team

members on the same

document

How-to Guides for Google Cloud-

Based Collaboration

• Setting up Google Drive

• Using Google Drive on your

Android Device

5. TRACK EMAIL OPENS

Free email plugins allow you to

know when someone has

opened your email, or clicked on

a link that you included in the

email

Free versions of email plugins

are available such as Sidekick

by Hubspot or Yesware

Useful in construction for

scheduling follow-ups with

material suppliers,

subcontractors, etc.

Finally, some punch list therapy.

Use Closeout to easily manage your

punch lists in real-time from your mobile

phone or computer.

Watch the overview video or request a 1:1

demo to see how Closeout can give your

team some much deserved punch list

therapy.

Thank you.

Lauren Hasegawa

Co-Founder, Bridgit

lauren@gobridgit.com

www.gobridgit.com