MANAGING CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES EFFECTIVELY
A construction schedule has so many moving parts it’s a wonder anything ever gets built. You need subcontractors, workers, vehicles, and materials arriving at different times that must never-the-less coordinate with the current needs of the construction site. Delays are costly so the better you can manage your construction schedule, the more money you can save and the better your customer will like it. PLANNING AND FINDING THE CRITICAL PATH The term construction schedule implies there is a strategy to getting this project completed by making sure the needed components are available at the right time. In order for this to happen you must budget up front time for planning the entire project, beginning to end. As an experienced contractor you have the best idea of the time needed for permitting, site excavation, foundation development and building construction activities. Lay out everything that must be accomplished at every phase of the project and the logistics of material de