Access windows
Possessions, road space and permits are activities. Missing one is visible the same period.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Planning and Scheduling for Civil Engineering Contractors
Civil engineering contractors are planned around access, weather and utilities. The crew rate is rarely the real constraint.
Civil engineering
Plan the access and the ground before the outputs
Civil programmes slip because a possession, a permit, a utility or the weather did not match the output rates in the tender. Those rates are useless if the site is not available. Linear jobs also hide progress: a percentage complete on a long asset can look healthy while the critical structure has not started.
We schedule sections, structures, utilities and possessions as a network, with weather on the activities it stops. Progress is measured in a way that matches the critical path, not only the easy chainage. Temporary works and traffic management are included where they gate the permanent work.
The schedule is the one the civil contractor submits and updates. We work with their planners or as the planning resource on the job.
On the programme
What has to be got right
Weather on the right tasks
Earthworks and concrete carry the calendar. Other work does not inherit a blanket delay.
Honest measurement
Progress rules stop early, easy quantities from masking a late critical structure.
How we help
How EVM Solutions supports the team
Planning, scheduling and project controls from a Manchester-based consultancy, deployed to the programme rather than tied to a local office in every city.
Tender and baseline
A programme that matches the method, not a generic bar chart of sections.
Possession planning
What must be ready before each window, and what slips if it is missed.
Utility interfaces
Diversions and connections with owners and durations.
Also in this section
Other construction companies
Main Contractors
Integrated baselines, package interfaces and look-aheads a main contractor can submit and maintain.
Read the pageSpecialist Subcontractors
Constraint-led programmes for specialists whose dates sit inside someone else's master schedule.
Read the pageDevelopers
Stage gates from land and design through construction, for developers who need a date they can fund.
Read the pageMEP Contractors
Design release, long-lead plant, area installation and commissioning for MEP contractors.
Read the pageFit-Out Contractors
Sectional access, tenant changes and handover inspections for fit-out contractors.
Read the pageFAQ
Questions we are often asked
Is this the same as the infrastructure sector page?
The infrastructure page is the client and sector view. This page is for the civil engineering contractor running the work.
Do you plan both linear and structural civils?
Yes. Roads, rail civils, structures, earthworks and related temporary works.
Can you work to a client possession calendar we do not control?
Yes. Those dates are constraints. The schedule shows the preparation they require.