From the course: Construction Management: Planning and Scheduling

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Check and update the schedule

Check and update the schedule

From the course: Construction Management: Planning and Scheduling

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Check and update the schedule

- The schedule's complete. You've done a lot of work and gathered a lot of information. Now that the schedule has been committed to a calendar, it's time to take another look and make sure that it makes sense. Does the logic and the workflow still seem logical? Did you get all of those immediately preceding activities correct for each work item and have your subcontractors and labor force confirmed that the durations in the schedule are reasonable? If not, now's the time to make changes. Of course, don't forget to check the big ticket item on your new schedule. Is the proposed project end date inside of the end date required by the contract? If not, you have some work to do and it should not be done in a vacuum. If your schedule shows your completion date being out past the required contract date, bring in the parties that helped create the plan to discuss your options. Maybe you need to work some weekend days. Maybe there's a portion of the work that can be done with double shifts…

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