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Felipe Arancibia

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Chilean, designing for Latin America. Field research surfaces what actually matters to clients, and that becomes products non-technical people adopt on their own — legal, education, accounting — and that show up in productivity from week one.

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20 articles Writes about Productivity · Costs · Site logbook · Guides · Construction tech
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Productivity

Construction scheduling: how to build a programme that is actually worth something

Critical path, float and baseline without the jargon. How a construction programme is built, why most are useless and what to do when reality drifts.

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Productivity

Supply on site: why the material does not arrive and how to stop losing days

Missing material is the number one cause of days lost on site. Where the chain really breaks, when to order, and what to record so you do not pay for the delay.

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Costs

The site store and waste: where the material you actually bought goes

Material that is bought and never becomes finished work is a silent loss. The five causes of overconsumption and how to tell them apart in time.

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Site logbook

The site logbook and service orders in Argentina: the record that decides arguments

In Argentina the site record is built from the inspection's service orders and the contractor's request notes. How the circuit works and why it decides disputes.

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Costs

Works certification in Argentina: how the certificado is built and why it gets flagged

The certificado de obra is the instrument used to bill progress on a works contract in Argentina. What it contains, what backing the inspection demands and why it bounces.

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Productivity

Changing site engineer mid-project: how not to lose the information

When the site engineer changes, the project loses months of context that lived in their head. What is lost, what survives and how to run a handover that works.

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Productivity

The seven signs a project is going to lose money, months before anyone notices

A project rarely goes under all at once. The seven early signs that show up weeks before the numbers confirm it, and what to look at in each one.

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Productivity

How to run five sites at once without living in the pickup

Running several sites at once fails by design, not for lack of effort. What information a construction director needs, how often, and what can be delegated.

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Site logbook

The site logbook in Chile: what the OGUC requires and who signs each entry

In Chile the libro de obras is compulsory and forms part of the official project file. What the OGUC requires, what the cover page must carry and who may write in it.

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Costs

Payment applications in Chile: how they are put together and why they get rejected

In Chile the estado de pago is the periodic claim for progress under a construction contract. What it must contain, how it is calculated and the concrete reasons the ITO raises observations.

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Costs

Quantity measurement on site: method, criteria and the errors that cost most

Cubicar means measuring and quantifying the items of a job. The method, the measurement criteria to settle before you start and the errors you pay for when you claim.

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Guides

The ITO on site in Chile: what powers it really has and how to work with inspection

In Chile the inspector técnico de obra checks the work against the permit and the codes, and is subsidiarily liable alongside the builder. What it can and cannot do.

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Costs

Price adjustment in Chilean construction contracts: how it works and what to check before signing

In Chile price adjustment shields the contractor from price movement during execution. The usual mechanisms, what to check in the clause and the common calculation errors.

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Construction tech

Why construction software fails in the field, and what actually works

Most construction software rollouts fail for the same reason, and it is not missing features. What actually breaks, and what field crews really adopt.

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Construction tech

AI in construction: what works on site today, and what is still smoke

An honest assessment of artificial intelligence applied to construction: what is mature, what is halfway there, and what gets sold but does not work.

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Site logbook

The site logbook in Peru: what changed with Law 32069 and the cuaderno de incidencias

In Peru the cuaderno de obra became the cuaderno de incidencias under Law 32069. What changed, who records entries and what each entry must contain.

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Construction tech

Digitising a site with no connectivity: what works offline and what does not

Poor signal is the first objection on any site. Which architectures hold up without connectivity, which do not, and how to test that before you buy.

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Productivity

How to document a site event that may end up as a claim

What to record the moment something goes wrong, so it still works months later. The events you must document and what the record has to contain.

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Productivity

How to keep track of subcontractors without chasing them on WhatsApp

Subcontractor follow-up fails by design, not for lack of nagging. What to require, how often, and how to build it into the contract from day one.

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Productivity

A site engineer's real day: where the time actually goes

Hour by hour, where a site engineer's day goes. How much is technical supervision, how much is admin, and which part of it can be won back.
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