Long-lead items: finding them early and tracking them weekly
Find the long-lead items on a construction job in the first weeks, work back from the date each one is needed, and track every item weekly to delivery.
Procurement, material readiness, logistics and risk
Work cannot start until the material, the space and the access are ready. These lessons cover buying and receiving materials, planning the site around them, and recovering when something goes wrong.
Submittals that do not hold up procurement
Schedule, assemble and follow up construction submittals so that review times and resubmittals do not delay the orders that depend on them.
Planning deliveries on a tight site
Book construction deliveries into time windows with the access, permits, unloading equipment and crew ready, so each truck unloads when it arrives.
Receiving materials: what to check before signing the ticket
Check quantity, product, condition and paperwork before you sign a construction delivery ticket, and record shortages and damage the same day.
A one-page site logistics plan
Draw a one-page site logistics plan that shows access, laydown, hoisting, facilities and fire access, and keep it current as the job moves through phases.
A simple risk register for construction projects
Keep a short construction risk register with a likelihood, an impact, one owner and a response for each risk, and review it with the team every month.
When a supplier fails: recovering from a late or wrong delivery
Respond to a late or wrong construction delivery by keeping crews working, recording the impact and giving the written notice your contract requires.
Protecting installed work and stored materials
Plan protection for installed work and stored materials against weather, traffic, theft and other trades, and name who installs and maintains it.
Planning for winter work
Plan the schedule, enclosures, heat, materials and crew welfare that winter construction needs, and check your local rules on cold, heaters and concrete.
Recovering from a disruption: the first 48 hours
Take the right steps in the first two days after a storm, flood, fire or outage on a construction site: make it safe, record the damage, notify and replan.
