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Timeline management
The programme is built around the monsoon, not despite it.
A Kathmandu valley programme that ignores Asar rain, the Dashain and Tihar shutdown, and 28-day curing is a programme that will be missed. Ours carries all three as named activities.
Typical 3-storey house — 13 months
| Activity | Depends on | Duration | Float |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site clearance & layout | Permit issued | 6 days | 3 d |
| Excavation & PCC | Layout approved | 14 days | 0 — critical |
| Footings & plinth beam | PCC cured | 26 days | 0 — critical |
| Plinth inspection | DPC cast | 5 days | 4 d |
| Frame — ground to second | Superstructure permission | 96 days | 0 — critical |
| Monsoon allowance | Calendar, Asar–Bhadra | 18 days | — |
| Festival shutdown | Calendar, Dashain & Tihar | 16 days | — |
| Masonry & plaster | Frame topped out | 62 days | 8 d |
| Electrical & plumbing rough-in | Masonry complete | 24 days | 6 d |
| Flooring, joinery, painting | Plaster cured | 74 days | 0 — critical |
| Snagging & completion | Finishing complete | 21 days | — |
How the programme is kept
- Bar-chart programme issued at contract signing, with the critical path marked
- Weekly look-ahead posted in the site office every Sunday morning
- Progress photographs and a short written note sent to you every Friday
- Monthly review of planned against actual, with a revised finish date if it has moved
- Material call-off dates set six weeks ahead for cement, rod and joinery
What actually causes delay
- Client decisions on tile, sanitaryware and joinery arriving late — the most common cause by far
- Variations instructed after the item is built
- Permit conditions requiring a drawing revision
- Rod or cement shortage during the pre-monsoon rush
- Access disputes with neighbours over scaffolding or debris
- Rain days beyond the 18-day allowance, which we log daily and can show you
Extension of time
Where a delay is outside our control we apply in writing within 14 days, with the daily site log attached. Where it is ours, we absorb it. The contract sets liquidated damages at 0.05% of the contract value per day, capped at 10%.