Time Management: Construction project management

One way to save time is to start with good, clean construction drawings before groundbreaking.

Think about it- how much time do you spend submitting RFI's? How long does it take to deal with one change order? Or ten? Or 100? Do your jobs often involve lots of rework? Is your crew sitting around too much? You get the picture, document errors can be costly and they use up a lot of valuable time.

One of the projects we reviewed recently was to be built in a rather prestigious community and there were severe limits as to when actual construction could be occurring… and there was a strict deadline by which the project had to be complete (or there’d be kids sitting out on the street instead of in school!).

So not only did the project have to be completed on time, but strict noise ordinances limited the available construction hours.

This is a perfect scenario to benefit from a coordination review. Things can’t be fixed just by pushing more work hours in each day… it’s not an option. In this case, the project has to run smoothly according to its schedule. So every little bit helps and if we can can help you limit your RFI's and change orders, it may make the difference between you meeting or not meeting your completion date.

Author: Natalie Nigro