Construction Timeline (created 2017)
2017 Construction Process Sketch…
In 2017 it would have put me at 22 years in this industry. I had been building 5-6 (even (7) homes a yr for the (5) years previous years leading up to this sketch. I’m a visual person, I can make more sense from seeing something drawn out instead of written out or even just explained. It’s how I process. My mind hypercycles a topic like this and then splits it into different layers.
Yes, this is a timeline from Idea/ Dream to Post Construction. Initially I wanted to have a diagam like this be the ice breaker to showing a timeline. But, after drawing it out I found beyond the timeline, beyond the team needed and selections. The item I wanted to capture and recognize was the STRESS level. I wanted a stress level meter to rise and fall if you ran a mouse over different parts of the construction process timeline. Most builders will be able give their 5min rant on schedule & when to introduce an architect, designer or landscape architect. Same goes for selection process. But, the differentiator was the stress. Meaning, this would show an insight and depth into our process that others lacked. Ideally you should be battling between 1-2 builders for a project and price/ quality and timeline should be of similar stature. It “should” come down to the people involved. The connection the team you are presenting; Owner, Project Manager, Supervisor. This timeline animated on the website was to give us an advantage on that connection, beyond a ghant chart MS Project schedule that anyone a yr out of college can create….
Even looking at this sketch my mind processes it differently. Knowing the initial intent was to show overall duration. It does little to give a size to the project for this related timeline. Now, assuming the level of details, trade & vendor pool this would be for a 5-6k sqft build from scratch. This timeline would 1000% change depending on design team and architect selection (that’s a note I’d add w/ a different color sharpie..)
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