Five things that derail a construction project (and how we prevent them)

Most construction overruns trace back to the same handful of root causes: ambiguous scope, late material supply, untested subcontractors, weather contingencies that weren't planned, and approval chains that aren't owned.

Our project management framework attacks each of these at the kick-off, not in the field. Scope is locked with a signed work breakdown structure; long-lead materials are pre-ordered against a 14-week procurement calendar; subcontractors are pre-qualified and bonded; weather buffers are built into critical-path milestones; and a single approval owner is named on day one.

The result: 97% on-time completion across our last 40 projects.