Brief & feasibility
Priorities, budget boundary, land status and the questions that could stop or reshape the project.
Build time
When could it actually be ready?
A credible timeline separates the visible build from everything that must be ready before, around and after it.
Scope boundary
This page explains sequence and dependencies. It is not a promised start date, approval period or completion date.
The visible part
Assembly is only one chapter.
A fast structural system cannot make an unresolved plot, incomplete design or pending permission disappear.
One timeline · six gates
Each phase starts with something that must already be true.
Design & coordination
Architecture and engineering developed far enough for the intended approval, procurement and construction decisions.
Permissions
The applicable municipal and project-specific route—not a generic duration copied from another project.
Procurement & preparation
Defined scope, contracts, technical information, manufacturing or ordering, logistics and site readiness.
Site work & assembly
Access, ground, foundations, drainage, structure, envelope and the sequence between trades.
Completion & handover
Services, finishes, testing, records, remaining approvals and resolution of incomplete work.
The honest programme
A date without dependencies is a wish.
Known
Phase sequence and documented prerequisites.
Estimated
A reasoned duration with named assumptions.
External dependency
A decision or process outside one party’s direct control.
Unknown
An unresolved input that could move the critical path.
Finished does not mean fully defined
Ask what “ready” includes.
Structure complete, weather-tight, systems commissioned, legally usable and fully handed over are different milestones.
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