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SOUL.  \nQUALITY CEMENT.  \nWHAT GOES INTO IT MATTERS.  \nAfriSam’s range of superior quality cement products is specifically designed to meet all your building and construction needs. With each of our products made fit for purpose, they deliver enhanced performance and durability to ensure the highest quality output. Our unparalleled technical support will provide peace of mind to ensure that you can build your reputation on ours. Don’t compromise, choose the best cement for your project. Ask for AfriSam.  \n[www.afrisam.com](www.afrisam.com) Creating Concrete Possibilities  \nA CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE OR PROGRAMME  \nIn its simplest form, a building schedule or programme may only state a proposed starting and completion date; this is clearly meaningless in the context of planning and control and offers no help to the management of the building project.  \nFor a programme to be useful and offer meaningful information, it must first incorporate all the required activities, listed in the sequence in which they would be implemented, known as activity sequencing. Thereafter dependencies need to be defined, relationships between two or more activities; for example, plastering a wall cannot start before the wall has been started and built; it could also require that the electrician install conduits in the wall before the plastering activity can start.  \nA programme further facilitates management in highlighting the relationships between resource allocation and project durations, resulting in the more efficient use of resources. And provides management with a means of exploring the alternatives available in trying to achieve the most cost effective and efficient way of completing a project.  \nThe more time you put into developing the construction schedule or programme, the less issues you’ll have when you execute the project plan, which is key to good construction management.  \nBy following the steps below, you will be able to develop an effective construction schedule.  \nGet all the Information  \nConstruction scheduling involves different types of resources, stakeholders, and participants. Begin by listing all the subcontractors involved in the project (normally many involved in a construction project) .  \nOnce you have the list, reach out to them, and ask them how much time it will take to procure materials. Once you have that information, ask them what their expected duration would be to complete their task(s) or part(s) of the project.  \nYou also need to establish with the local authority and get a list of requirements and what inspections will be needed throughout the build, which may also include other inspections by others, like the NHBRC, or and any other professional like the structural engineer.  \nWhen it comes to budgeting the cash flow of your project, you will need to go through the process with your bank and determine when they will release funds. You need constant liquidity (cash) to keep the project moving forward, so before it starts, it’s key to have an understanding with your bank and its process about paying money. Talking to the bank before scheduling gives them a big-picture view of the project and provides you with valuable insight into how to schedule around cash flow.  \nNote: See info Guide – How should you pay your Building Contractor –  \nfor more information.  \nWhat tools can you use to create a schedule?  \nA project schedule is normally expressed as a chart or by some other graphical means of representation in which the subdivision of activities is normally shown on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis; with each operation indicated by a bar, the length of which is governed by the duration. 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