Building projects are as complex as they sound!
Once you decide on doing it on your own, you must have to streamline certain criteria to make it easier.
To make your building work projects a piece of cake, we get you some really useful tips. You can do it either by yourself or by outsourcing it. Either ways, you’d need a plan to manage the building project. I agree that outsourcing gives you a big relief, but still you got to keep track of the work done else you may bear additional expense.
Here are verily needed tips for your own building project.
1. Accept your position as a Project Manager
Well yes, this one is psychological tip! And indeed it works like a miracle. When you leave everything on others; you become dependent and, to some extent, vulnerable. So, first of all, you have to make up your mind as a project manager of your building work. In this way, you will find yourself at the lead. You will maintain the check and balances and will make other accountable for everything and anything that goes wrong.
2. Have a Plan
Once you decide to be the leader and hold the responsibilities of project manager, next you have to develop a plan. Even if you intend to outsource the project, still you must have a structured plan of how it will go.
The plan goes by making a schedule and a list of things you need underneath. First off, see how thing go along. Make the priority list and then convert it into a timeline. The schedule is ready!
Now for every activity in the schedule, make a list of things needed and keep three price columns in front of every item needed. One would be the expected price, next is the actual amount spent and last for the difference. This way, you can keep track of time and budget all the way through your building project.
3. Estimation
By estimation, we usually refer to monetary estimates. That right but not all. We have to make estimates of budget as well as human capital and the time.
Don’t ever forget, Time is Money!
Save time and save money. The sooner your building project is completed, the lesser your amount will be spent.
4. Prioritize!
It is always recommended to have the actual budgeted amount initially in your mind. For instance, the amount you have in hand, write it on the top and then decide how you will divide it into the entire project.
In this way, you will come to know what items you can skip and what you can’t.
5. Have Notes in Black & White
Yes! Note down every single detail. Even if it seems unnecessary or you think you can remember it, always remember; No, You Can't!
The reason is that there is so much going on in a building project that you can’t keep track of everything. So having it written down helps a lot.
6. Contractual Hiring
If you hire people or outsource the project, have a written agreement or contract that clarifies all the terms and condition to avoid conflicts in future
These all the pretty simple tips but essentially necessary! So, don’t forego any point else you may suffer some expense at the end.
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