Delivering on time keeps your customers happy and earns you a 5% bonus on your share of the job. It starts the day the job starts.
Work back from the due date
Split the time you have across the six stages: Design, Materials, Frame, Assembly, Finishing and Delivery. Give the slow stages, like finishing that needs drying time, the room they need.
Sort materials early
Materials hold up everything after them. Agree early on whether you or MANDE buys them, and get them in before you need them.
Leave a buffer
Plan to finish a few days before the due date. Your lead has up to 24 hours to review each stage, not counting Sundays. If a review runs later than that, you get an extra day for every 12 hours, so slow reviews never eat into your time.
If you're running late
Select Report Delay on the job as early as you can, pick a new date and give a short reason. An extension can add up to 20% of the job's original length, and your project lead approves or declines it.
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