DECEMBER 2023CONSTRUCTIONBUSINESSREVIEW.COM 19Pietro Da Sacco, Engineering Manager, Doka USATRENDS IMPACTING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRYPietro Da Sacco is the Engineering Manager for Doka USA (Far West Branch), overseeing a team of Project Engineers and Field Service teams in the Western Region, including engineering and sales support on local and major projects. He also develops strategies, manages budgets, and ensures successful project execution by working closely with local and national teams, as well as collaborating with senior management personnel. Developing, leading, and training local Engineering and Field Service teams is his focus, ensuring the design, supply, and delivery of safe/economical formwork and shoring solutions are achieved to meet customers' needs. He is also responsible for building loyal relationships with customers and ensuring the smooth flow of construction management practices and good communication across all departments.In an interview, Pietro Da Sacco, engineering manager at Doka, USA, discusses the challenges faced by the construction industry.What are some of the major challenges and trends that have been impacting the construction/formwork industry lately?The need for continuous safety practices (both during the design stage and construction) in formwork and shoring projects creates an opportunity for us at Doka USA to fine-tune our solutions and efficiencies for safety. For example, we provide protection screens (aka `cocoon system') that wrap around the exterior of high-rise projects for full perimeter protection. This is only one of many formwork and shoring solutions, and it is in the early stages of project design (Engineering) that we can provide not only what our customers expect in the field but an additional level of safety for vertical formwork or horizontal (shoring) systems with safety (and safety factors) considered on all our CXOINSIGHTS
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