5 best practises for managing a construction timeline

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5 Best Practices for Managing A Construction Timeline

Construction is a vast process. One look at the various stages of construction, and you’ll know just how much goes into its operations. Precisely what it requires is a wellestablished construction timeline to manage the tasks seamlessly. But it is unfortunate that we hardly give it the thought it needs. Naturally, Gantt charts and resource management tools are helpful, but they merely facilitate the process. As such, it is you who needs to give the timeline a fair thought. Always remember- the more time you invest in the construction timeline, the more minor issues you are likely to experience when you implement the plan.

Today, we will help you take a peek into the best practices for managing a construction timeline. But don’t forget to take a look at this link before you scroll through for some useful information on making a construction schedule.

What Is A Construction Timeline?

A construction timeline is a schedule created to manage each task and event seamlessly in the construction project. This is a significant aspect of the construction process as it helps prevent hindrances on the way. It also lets you take a peek into the various resources you require and the teams responsible for each of the jobs involved in the construction process. As such, one needs to invest enough time and brainstorm to create a well-established construction timeline in need.

1. Get Info And Tools

A host of resources, stakeholders, and participants are involved in the construction process. As such, you must start by listing each subcontractor involved in the process. Since several subcontractors are often involved, you need to develop the names to remember them and focus comprehensively on their tasks. Once you have created the list, connect with them and demand the required time to procure the materials. After you procure that information, you may ask them to tell you the estimated duration their part of the project is likely to take. Such a thing helps you to create an accurate estimate or at least anything close.

The following solution is to speak to a local code office. This is to extract the list of requirements that are needed to carry out the construction process. Keep in mind that the code restrictions differ based on the kind of construction and materials involved. That is why you must find out about them and perform practical research to ensure the project is compliant.

When you budget your project, you need to speak to the bank and evaluate the best time to release the funds. You will also require a steady influx of cash that will help you to continue with the project. So before you start working on the construction, you should discuss everything related to this with your bank, including information relating to the

disbursing of your money. Before you schedule the plan, talking to the bank allows them to have a more fantastic picture of the project and gain comprehensive information about the scheduling process.

2. Collect And Prioritize Tasks

You have the tools and context at hand. But that is not all. You have to take a step forward and create steps to make the project plan a complete success. when it comes to Managing A Construction Timeline. This is when you need to create the tasks to be carried out during the construction process. Without creating the construction tasks, it will become difficult for you to create an accurate construction schedule. So, all you have to do is build a comprehensive list of every job you need to cater to for a successful construction process.

One of the best tools to use for prioritizing tasks is to implement a work breakdown structure. This will help you to visualize the deliverables. As soon as you have your jobs nearly complete, it will be easier for you to organize them in order. The WBS can help you out with this. You can also use Gantt chart software that will help you to spread the tasks over a project timeline.

3. Create Duration

If you want to enhance the effectiveness, it is best to add duration to reach a task. So once you have them in order, you can list down a start and finish date for each. So if you are working on Gantt chart software, you will find the duration in a bar chart. Make sure that the duration for each task that is created is realistic for you to achieve. Also, do not forget to regard the climate and weather predictions to develop a more accurate duration.

4. Allocate And Implement

We all know that tasks cannot be completed by themselves. But, another thing that needs to be regarded is that simply allotting the work to the teams can become confusing in the construction timeline. This is because there are already multiple subcontractors to track. But if you want to distinguish the groups and the works, color coding tasks can be efficient. So it will be more efficient for you to determine who is working on which project as soon as the implementation phase comes to action.

5. Review As Much As Possible

We all know that the construction timeline is quite complicated. It also demands permanent monitoring that can be a problematic experience all the time. But the problem is that if you do not monitor and review during the project, the changes may send you off track. That is why you must check the tasks and the project as much as possible. Track your schedule every day, depending on your time. Also, keep updating it frequently. A construction daily report template can come to your rescue to track the progress made in the construction project.

The Bottom Line

Make sure that you create a construction schedule precisely by keeping the essentials in mind. Doing this will help you to make room for a successful construction project in the long run. It will also help you to maintain a seamless and disciplined working system throughout the time.

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In the steel industry, most of us have characterized the last 18 months simply as a ‘rollercoaster’. A sudden shock to the system when the pandemic hit, to continually feeling like this is an everlasting game of catchup as supply continues to struggle to stifle demand. Emerging out of the pandemic seems to have brought a number familiar challenges, and some that are more unfamiliar.

From our perspective, prices will continue to remain elevated for the rest of the year. This is not necessarily to do with the global demand price. In fact, we are seeing global steel value decline slightly as raw materials move lower from their highs. However, the two major factors dominating all Kenyan imports are as follows:

• The continued horror story around freight. Freight rates continue to be up to almost three times as high as they were 18 months ago, with less space for allocations and less vessels using the route to Africa.

Those lucky enough to get container allocations are completely at the mercy of whatever shipping lines chose to charge them.

• The exchange rate has shown no sign of improving. We wrote two months ago about a KES/USD exchange rate at the 108.3 level, but currently write to you with an exchange rate at 110.8. The last time this level was approached towards the end of last year, we saw Central Bank intervention so we would be realistically hoping for the same to bring some sort of control.

The reason to understand all these points is to recognize at what point the prices in the market can go lower. When can customers benefit from a reduction in price as it seems like prices are continually higher? In our view, unless the freight situation can be brought under control and the demand for containers slightly drops, only then will we realistically see the cost of our raw materials go down. And that is when we can lower the cost of the goods for our valuable customers.

As was the case last month, we still believe that you should position yourselves with steel purchase for whatever purpose; we believe that the costs will continue to rise with each passing month. We have noticed a lot of projects trying to forward book their project materials to save costs, and we believe this to be a smarter idea, especially with raw material shortages we see towards the end of the year. Do not get caught waiting for a price reduction that ends up putting your project delivery at risk as you endlessly wait.

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