ᐅ Order of Trades – What Were Your Planned and Actual Sequences?

There are already several threads here with questions about construction processes, as well as reports from “finished” homeowners who have shared their cost calculations.

Now I would be interested to learn about the planned sequences in your projects and how reality turned out:
For example, if construction start dates are delayed, sometimes the third contractor can still keep up, but the fourth cannot, which creates a gap in the schedule; for the fifth, you might even need to find a replacement, while the sixth can come before the fifth...

Several “finished” homeowners have already presented their cost calculations here and highlighted deviations.
Now I would like to see similar comparisons regarding the time schedules.

Please also specify how the construction was carried out, for example: “general contractor, but with some subcontracted trades or owner-performed work mixed in.”

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Everything is going exactly according to plan here, even a little faster. We started construction on May 17th, and today the screed was installed. We received a schedule that allocated specific timeframes to each trade. Some arrived earlier, some a few days later, but all finished within their allotted time. Sometimes they didn’t follow the exact order either. For example, the drywall installers came before the screed and installed the profiles, depending on when the craftsmen had time. Because of this, the second coat of the exterior plaster will be applied a bit later than planned, but that’s not really a problem since nothing urgent follows after that (I could have already started the exterior trim if the plaster were done).

We are building with a general contractor. We have only subcontracted the tiles individually. I wouldn’t have dared to manage everything myself right now; otherwise, it definitely wouldn’t have worked within five months.

motorradsilke schrieb:

Sometimes they didn’t even follow the sequence exactly.

This is exactly the kind of information I’m interested in—ideally presented in a way that shows either the scheduled times (e.g., tile installer planned for weeks 28 to 30, actual work from weeks 29 to 34) or the order of tasks (e.g., planned for plasterer and bricklayer to work simultaneously, but bricklayer actually started two weeks after plasterer), so it’s clear how the plan looked and how reality didn’t quite follow it ;-)
Thanks for the initial response!

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I can’t say exactly. I didn’t write down who was there when. I just keep checking the schedule to see when the next person should arrive. Or I’m surprised if someone is working on the construction site whom I wasn’t expecting yet.
Overall, I’m only concerned that everyone stays on schedule. And that I’m informed in advance when the tradespeople will come, so I can discuss anything I need with them.

motorradsilke schrieb:

I just keep looking at the plan to see when the next one should arrive.

Exactly. And if you jot down notes like "actually arrived on the seventeenth" or draw an arrow showing that the sixth came before the fourth: that’s what I mean, and I find it useful for other home builders.

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11ant schrieb:

Exactly. And if you scribble "arrived only on the seventeenth" behind it, or draw an arrow showing that the sixth came before the fourth: that’s the kind of thing I mean, and I find it useful for other home builders.

Then you should have given that tip earlier; now it’s too late.