Project timelines for industrial factory construction or Data Center Development projects can go wrong in the following ways – that can be easily avoided by taking few things into consideration
1. Optimistic Construction Timelines
Sensing the urgency of the customer and the opportunity to win the bid, the contractor may think of the best case scenario to meet the expectations of the customer. This situation should be avoided at any cost as in all probability the timelines will not be met and that will be due to reasons you have never thought of before. This simply lead to peformance pressure which should be avoided at any cost.
2. Spec Costing Vs Brand Costing
Costing done purely on specs vs costing with expected brands in the construction materials can have a cost and time impact, if this is negotiated after project commencement, and not before. Yes, it has happend before.
3. Overall timeline for Approvals & Permssions
Since there is no physical benchmarking possible here, it is best to allot very conservative timelines for the approvals and permissions. This will provide a sensible buffer against delays and give enough room to make up for the delays.