See how working days translate into calendar dates.
Use the result as an early planning aid before a contractor or professional develops a project-specific programme.
Convert a working-day duration into indicative finish dates.
Duration alone does not describe construction sequencing.
Lead times
Long-lead products, specialist subcontractors and client selections can move the critical path even when site duration looks achievable.
Approvals and information
Design releases, statutory approvals, inspections and technical decisions should be mapped against the work they enable.
Access and constraints
Occupied buildings, restricted working hours, neighbours, deliveries and temporary works can materially affect planned productivity.
Create a clearer construction brief.
Capture scope, design status, approvals, access, programme, budget and contractor requirements before requesting interest.
Create project briefPost your construction project free.
Give relevant contractors enough information to decide whether your opportunity fits their capability and availability.
Post a project — FreeUse this tool differently depending on your role.
Use it to make the next decision clearer.
Use it to understand what a quoted number of working days means in calendar terms and to ask better questions about holidays, access, lead times, approvals and realistic completion dates.
Use it to reduce commercial ambiguity.
Use it as a quick communication aid when discussing planned duration and working pattern, then support it with a project-specific sequence, procurement plan and constraints.
Use it to support structured advice and procurement.
Use it to challenge whether a proposed duration is compatible with approvals, information release, procurement lead times, site constraints and the intended contract programme.
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