Most construction projects don't fail from bad design; they fail because nobody built a plan that the field could actually follow. Our planning and scheduling services give your project a logic-driven, trade-sequenced timeline that keeps every crew, material delivery, and milestone on track from day one.
Every day, a project runs over schedule, adds extended general conditions, superintendent pay, equipment rental, and insurance costs that were never budgeted. Late delivery creates owner penalty exposure and subcontractor claims. A reliable schedule isn't just an administrative document. It's your primary financial risk management tool on every project you run.
Most schedule failures trace back to plans that ignore real-world constraints, material lead times, crew availability, trade stacking, and weather windows. We sequence every activity on actual construction logic, incorporate subcontractor input where it counts, and flag critical path risk early before it becomes a delay your team is constantly chasing.
Scheduling requirements differ by project type, delivery method, and contract structure. A design-build fast-track schedule runs on different logic than a phased renovation in an occupied facility. Our team applies the right methodology to each project, CPM, Last Planner, or 4D BIM, rather than forcing every project into the same template.
Construction schedules don't run themselves. We deliver realistic, enforceable timelines so contractors, developers, and owners can move from mobilization to closeout without costly delays.
Learn MoreWe give GCs and CMs the scheduling tools and documentation to manage complex projects with confidence, baseline schedules, subcontractor coordination, and monthly owner reporting included.
We give real estate developers pre-construction schedule intelligence to structure phased financing, manage milestone commitments, and flag delivery risk before it affects your lender relationship.
We help specialty trade contractors manage their scope within a GC's master program, protecting field crews from trade stacking, productivity loss, and delay-driven cost overruns.
We support program-level schedule management with standardized reporting, cross-project milestone tracking, and schedule health assessments, giving oversight teams portfolio-wide visibility without drowning in project-level detail.
We build civil and infrastructure schedules that reflect the real constraints of ground-up work, regulatory hold points, seasonal restrictions, utility coordination, and traffic control phasing.
A clear, structured workflow built to deliver your complete, field-ready project schedule on time.
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We analyze every detail of your project scope using industry-standard tools, ensuring nothing is missed
We build a precise, itemized estimate covering all materials, labor, and trade-specific costs.
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With nearly a decade of hands-on experience in construction cost estimating, David has helped hundreds of contractors, subcontractors, and developers across the USA and Canada bid smarter, win more, and build profitably. Working with industry-standard tools including Bluebeam, PlanSwift, and RSMeans, David brings the same level of precision and speed to every estimate, whether it's a single-trade subcontractor bid or a full commercial project breakdown.
We hired Federal Estimating for planning and scheduling services on a large commercial renovation project, and their expertise made a significant difference. They developed a detailed project schedule that clearly outlined milestones, critical activities, and sequencing. Their planning process improved coordination among our teams and helped us avoid unnecessary delays.
Federal Estimating provided planning and scheduling support for our multi-family residential development in Florida. Their team created a realistic construction schedule that helped us manage resources more effectively and keep the project on track. They were responsive to schedule updates and communicated changes promptly throughout the project.
Our company needed a detailed construction schedule for a warehouse expansion project with tight deadlines. Federal Estimating delivered a comprehensive schedule that identified critical path activities and potential bottlenecks early in the process. Their planning expertise improved project visibility and allowed us to make informed decisions throughout construction.
Scheduling fees are based on project size, complexity, and the scope of services required. Baseline schedule development for a mid-sized commercial project typically starts at $1,500 to $3,500. Large-scale or multi-phase projects are quoted individually based on schedule, scope, and the level of resource loading required. Ongoing schedule update and reporting services are structured on a monthly retainer. We provide a fixed quote after reviewing your project documents.
A baseline schedule for a straightforward single-phase commercial project is typically delivered within five to seven business days from the time we have complete project documents and confirmed milestone dates. Complex multi-phase or design-build projects may take ten to fifteen business days. Rush scheduling is available for projects with imminent mobilization dates. Let us know your start date constraint upfront, and we'll confirm our delivery commitment before you engage us.
Our primary platforms are Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, the industry standards for complex CPM scheduling. We also work in Procore Scheduling, Smartsheet, and Asta Powerproject for teams already operating in those environments. For 4D schedule visualization, we use Synchro linked to the project BIM model. We deliver schedules in your required format and can convert between platforms if your project team uses a different tool than the one we built in.
Yes. Mid-construction schedule development and recovery scheduling are common engagements for our team. We establish an as-built record of completed work, identify the current critical path based on actual field conditions, and build a realistic forward schedule from the current project status. If the project is running behind, we analyze acceleration options and develop a recovery schedule that identifies the most cost-effective path back to your contract completion date.
Yes. We establish a regular update cycle, typically monthly for owner reporting and bi-weekly for internal project management, incorporating actual field progress, recalculating the critical path, forecasting a revised completion date, and producing an updated schedule report. When emerging delays are identified, we flag them immediately with an impact assessment and a mitigation recommendation so your team has time to respond before the delay compounds further.
A master schedule covers the entire project from mobilization through closeout, showing all phases, milestones, trade sequences, and the critical path at a level of detail sufficient for owner reporting and overall project control. A lookahead schedule, typically covering three to six weeks, translates the master schedule into near-term work plans that field supervisors and trade foremen use to manage daily crew assignments, material deliveries, and work front sequencing. Both are essential to effective project control.
Critical Path Method scheduling identifies the longest chain of dependent activities through your project, the sequence where any delay directly pushes the completion date. Understanding the critical path allows your team to focus attention and resources on the activities that actually control project delivery rather than treating everything as equally urgent. CPM scheduling also calculates float, the amount of time non-critical activities can slip before affecting the end date, giving you a clear picture of where schedule flexibility exists and where it doesn't.
Yes. When significant delays occur and the question of responsibility needs to be established for a contract claim, we perform forensic schedule analysis using contemporaneous project records, daily reports, meeting minutes, submittal logs, change order documentation, and schedule updates to reconstruct the project timeline and identify the cause, timing, and impact of each delay event. Our delay analysis reports are produced to withstand scrutiny in mediation, arbitration, or litigation.
Yes. We work within Autodesk BIM 360, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Procore, Smartsheet, SharePoint, and other project platforms your team is already using. For schedule updates and reporting, we deliver outputs directly into your existing project environment, eliminating the friction of managing scheduling across separate systems and keeping your entire team working from a single source of truth throughout the construction cycle.
Absolutely. Many of our clients have GCs with consistent project volume, program managers overseeing multiple active contracts, and construction managers who need dedicated scheduling capacity without full-time overhead use us as an ongoing outsourced scheduling resource. We maintain continuity across your projects, adapt to your reporting formats over time, and scale with your workload, available precisely when your project pipeline demands it, without the fixed cost of in-house staff.
