How to read an S-curve when the brickwork gang is two weeks late
A cumulative progress curve is only useful if you know which activities sit inside it and which were left out on purpose.
Journal
Notes from packs that had to be defended on site.
Short pieces on construction project progress and budget variance analytics as they appear on housing, education, and commercial jobs in the United Kingdom.
Cost codes that swallow a variance before the monthly meeting
A single ‘preliminaries’ line can hide overtime, extra welfare, and a delayed crane. Split it before you explain the overspend.
Photographs that stand up when the client walks the same floor
A progress photograph is evidence only if the date, place, and activity are on the image or immediately beside it.
When the accepted programme and the site diary disagree
Treat the diary as a source, not as a second programme. The pack should show the clash, not pick a winner in silence.
What to send before we write the first period pack
The first pack takes longer when the programme, budget, and photograph folders arrive as three unrelated piles.