Notes from the site office
Practical writing on scheduling, cost control, and running construction projects that stay on plan.
Playbook · September 2026 · 6 min read
Why the site programme and the budget drift apart
The programme says one thing and the cost report says another. The gap usually starts because the dates and the money live in different files.
Cost control · August 2026 · 8 min read
A practical guide to a bill of quantities people will use
A BOQ fails when it is too vague to price or too detailed to maintain. Here is a line structure that survives a live project.
Scheduling · August 2026 · 5 min read
Reading a construction Gantt chart without lying to yourself
A bar on a chart is only as true as the start and due dates behind it. Here is what to check before you treat the picture as the plan.
Field · July 2026 · 4 min read
Getting site engineers to update progress
Progress stays blank when the update is a favour to the office. It gets filled in when the task on the phone is the task the engineer is actually doing.
Reporting · July 2026 · 7 min read
A month-end reporting routine that fits in an afternoon
Month-end takes days when the numbers are reassembled by hand. It takes an afternoon when the reports read the project that was updated all month.