Wednesday, November 2, 2011
How can you make your jobs finish only 5 or 10 percent faster? Scheduling factors and crew efficiency can cause a project to slow down. Identifying these issues can save you time - and make you money!
Critical scheduling factors can cause major delays:
- Permits
- Procurement
- Submittals
- Approvals
- Material selections
- Long lead items
- Probable delays
- Potential problems
- Anticipated conflicts
- Critical decisions
- Phasing issues
Areas that take away from crew efficiency:
- Superintendent or foreman leaves the jobsite
- Multiple trips to the hardware store per day
- Lack of materials or small supplies
- Tools break or don't work properly
- Wrong equipment for the job
- Waiting for the right equipment to show up
- Smoking while working
- Cell phone calls
- Dogs running wild
- Late starts
- Quitting early
- Extended breaks and lunches
- Employees with bad attitudes
