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Construction Scheduling Services
Open your commercial space on time with scheduling from Ark & Mason — trusted by Vancouver businesses for over 11 years. At Ark & Mason, we’ve been providing construction scheduling services for beauty salons, spas, restaurants, wellness facilities, and other commercial spaces.
You’ll get a clear plan with a list of key tasks, their sequence, and a timeline — all tailored to your goals, regulatory requirements, and seasonal specifics. You can receive construction scheduling services separately or as part of comprehensive construction project management.
Construction Planning and Scheduling
Our construction planning and scheduling services cover strategic and tactical tasks. You’ll get a clear roadmap for your project, ensuring that tasks are completed on time and within budget. Here’s what our company delivers:
- Strategic and high-level planning: Master, baseline, and cost-loaded schedules; contract time determination for project bids; value engineering.
- Detailed scheduling and analysis services: CPM scheduling and reviews, cost and resource loading of CPM project schedules, window and look-ahead schedules, completion and turnaround project scheduling, design phase scheduling, and schedule analysis.
- Monitoring and progress management services: Regular updates, schedule reports, progress reviews, and earned value management.
- Risk and change management services: Change impact and schedule impact evaluation, delay and disruption claim preparation.
How Your Construction Project Is Planned, Scheduled, and Realized
Whether you build a small corner coffee shop or a 10-story business centre, your project typically goes through the same planning stages. We’ll share with you the approximate path your project will go through to give you a clear vision and help you stay informed.
Scope Definition
t this stage, we’ll work with you to define the key objectives, requirements, constraints, and regulatory considerations. We’ll end up with a statement like: “Build a 10-story, LEED-certified, energy-efficient office building within 24 months on a $25M budget.”
As part of the scope definition, we can contract for project bid scheduling for your company and create a master schedule. We’ll outline the project’s critical milestones, allocate key resources, and anticipate key risks.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
The next step of our construction scheduling services is to detail the master plan. We break the project down into major tasks: site preparation, structure building, interior completion, and utility installation.
This detailed plan allows us to estimate the materials, equipment, and labour required. We estimate costs and resource utilization using the CPM method to give you a complete and accessible view of costs and resource allocation.
Flow of Tasks
Our goal is to ensure uninterrupted progress. Almost always on a job site, there are tasks that we can do in parallel to save your company’s time and resources. For example, we can install HVAC ductwork and electrical wiring in separate building wings simultaneously.
To optimize the work and avoid overlap, we use the project control tool. It helps coordinate the work of each team, tracks progress on tasks, and provides clear reports.
Estimate Resources and Duration
Once the sequence of tasks is determined, we move on to estimating resources. We decide how much labour your construction needs, what materials we should supply, and what the expected duration of the work is. We also perform a thorough schedule impact assessment. Many factors are considered, such as climatic conditions — for example, concrete curing time can be different in the spring and fall.
Create a Construction Schedule
At this stage, we already have a start and end date and critical milestones. Now, we fill them in with clear plans and create baseline and cost-loaded schedules. We also look for additional ways to improve work efficiency and funding.
Our experience in managing construction sites allows us to be realistic. For example, our expertise helped a spa project avoid costly delays by preemptively identifying risks during material delivery. We know which processes are most likely to be overrun and which jobs are most at risk, so we’re able to create actionable schedules for your company.
Site Monitoring
On the site, we are not overseers but active participants in the process. For every one to three weeks, we have a clear window and look-ahead project schedule with the most up-to-date plans. However, when necessary, we adapt the plans to the situation. We use Earned Value Management (EVM) tools and provide schedule reports and monthly updates. All the required changes are reflected in the project and documented.
Construction Planning and Scheduling
Our construction planning and scheduling services cover strategic and tactical tasks. You’ll get a clear roadmap for your project, ensuring that tasks are completed on time and within budget. Here’s what our company delivers:- Strategic and high-level planning: Master, baseline, and cost-loaded schedules; contract time determination for project bids; value engineering.
- Detailed scheduling and analysis services: CPM scheduling and reviews, cost and resource loading of CPM project schedules, window and look-ahead schedules, completion and turnaround project scheduling, design phase scheduling, and schedule analysis.
- Monitoring and progress management services: Regular updates, schedule reports, progress reviews, and earned value management.
- Risk and change management services: Change impact and schedule impact evaluation, delay and disruption claim preparation.
How Your Construction Project Is Planned, Scheduled, and Realized
Whether you build a small corner coffee shop or a 10-story business centre, your project typically goes through the same planning stages. We’ll share with you the approximate path your project will go through to give you a clear vision and help you stay informed.
Scope Definition
t this stage, we’ll work with you to define the key objectives, requirements, constraints, and regulatory considerations. We’ll end up with a statement like: “Build a 10-story, LEED-certified, energy-efficient office building within 24 months on a $25M budget.” As part of the scope definition, we can contract for project bid scheduling for your company and create a master schedule. We’ll outline the project’s critical milestones, allocate key resources, and anticipate key risks.Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
The next step of our construction scheduling services is to detail the master plan. We break the project down into major tasks: site preparation, structure building, interior completion, and utility installation. This detailed plan allows us to estimate the materials, equipment, and labour required. We estimate costs and resource utilization using the CPM method to give you a complete and accessible view of costs and resource allocation.Flow of Tasks
Our goal is to ensure uninterrupted progress. Almost always on a job site, there are tasks that we can do in parallel to save your company’s time and resources. For example, we can install HVAC ductwork and electrical wiring in separate building wings simultaneously. To optimize the work and avoid overlap, we use the project control tool. It helps coordinate the work of each team, tracks progress on tasks, and provides clear reports.Estimate Resources and Duration
Once the sequence of tasks is determined, we move on to estimating resources. We decide how much labour your construction needs, what materials we should supply, and what the expected duration of the work is. We also perform a thorough schedule impact assessment. Many factors are considered, such as climatic conditions — for example, concrete curing time can be different in the spring and fall.Create a Construction Schedule
At this stage, we already have a start and end date and critical milestones. Now, we fill them in with clear plans and create baseline and cost-loaded schedules. We also look for additional ways to improve work efficiency and funding. Our experience in managing construction sites allows us to be realistic. For example, our expertise helped a spa project avoid costly delays by preemptively identifying risks during material delivery. We know which processes are most likely to be overrun and which jobs are most at risk, so we’re able to create actionable schedules for your company.Site Monitoring
On the site, we are not overseers but active participants in the process. For every one to three weeks, we have a clear window and look-ahead project schedule with the most up-to-date plans. However, when necessary, we adapt the plans to the situation. We use Earned Value Management (EVM) tools and provide schedule reports and monthly updates. All the required changes are reflected in the project and documented.Why Ark & Mason
Choosing Ark & Mason for your Services offers numerous benefits. Here's why we stand out:
We plan the construction, draw up the schedules, and bring the project to life. You get all the construction scheduling services under one roof — right up to obtaining all the permits.
We provide regular schedule reports, earned value management, and other reports to give you clear insights into progress. They are sent monthly or on another schedule that we agree upon.
We are fans of the efficient allocation of labour, equipment, and materials. Whenever possible, we organize parallel work, optimize equipment rental costs, and create flexible delivery schedules to reduce storage costs.
You’ll know what is planned for each specific day of construction.
If you need to revise the plans, we’ll quickly adjust schedules to accommodate new circumstances or your requests. All changes are documented to ensure a smooth permitting process.
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Let’s create a schedule that ensures your success! Contact us today for dependable construction scheduling services.
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