Setting Up for Success: Creating Your Project Schedule
Setting Up for Success: Creating Your Project Schedule
October 21, 2015 by Taylor Studios
Last week’s blog focused on establishing an exhibit budget for design-build projects. This week’s blog is focused on an equally important step in the project planning process, setting the project schedule. The size of the overall exhibit budget will correlate to the project schedule duration, but there are also other project parameters that will also have an impact on determining the overall length.
Typical project parameters we see that impact the length of a project schedule include:
The majority of our design-build projects take between 18 and 24 months to complete once the contract is signed. In addition, most projects take between three and four months from the time a request for proposal (RFP) is released to the time when a contract is signed. The table below provides approximate durations for each phase in a design-build project after the RFP is released.
RFP Release to Proposal Due Date1 MonthRFP Evaluation, Interviews, and Award1-2 MonthsContract Negotiations1 MonthDesign Phase12 – 16 MonthsFabrication Phase5 – 6 MonthsShipping, Installation, Closeout1 – 2 MonthsTotal**21 – 28 Months**
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