KWEST Group is a national heavy civil contractor with a workforce of over 400 people working across America. While their willingness to travel has led to more effective projects and massive growth, it's posed a key challenge—unpredictable work hours due to weather and site conditions, threatening their ability to hire and retain great people.

During rain and other weather events, their people still receive a per diem check but miss out on the day's wages while waiting for sunnier days in their hotel rooms.

"That was our number one reason for attrition… they just couldn't get a paycheck their families could reliably count on." — Daniel Tack, KWEST Group

The solution? Leveraging BuildWitt Improve to not only even out their incomes but also transform their downtime into an opportunity to train, learn, and grow at any time, anywhere. If rained out, their team members receive credit and wages for the video courses they complete.

"Let's give them training that's going to make them better on the job sites… and let them earn a paycheck doing it."

Why BuildWitt Improve? The mobile platform serves KWEST Group employees wherever they are, facilitates their required compliance training, and offers hundreds of industry-specific videos on not only job-site skills but also health, communication, and finances.

"Our crews don't read emails. BuildWitt has become the TikTok for construction — short clips, visual, engaging."

Although the program is only six months old, Kwest is seeing big wins, including a downward trend in turnover, consistent internal education and communication, and more productive crews. And now that they've mastered the basics, they're expanding their BuildWitt Improve program to include quick safety messaging videos to their entire workforce 270 days/year.

"We don't want a hangnail on our job site. We want zero harm, and BuildWitt can get us there."

By implementing BuildWitt Improve, Kwest not only solved their biggest workforce challenge, but now has a workforce that's becoming more productive, safer, and all-around better for their families and the community. How's that for neat?