Planned for 12 months. Still building at month 24.

Most project delays don’t begin on site. They begin with an unclear scope, a missing vendor plan, or nobody tracking the critical path.

Why it happens

• The scope was never frozen, so every change becomes a negotiation and a new delay.
• Long-lead equipment, cleanroom works and utilities are ordered late because nobody built a procurement plan around them.
• Several contractors each manage their own piece, and nobody owns the interfaces between them.
• Progress is reported as “on track” until the week it is suddenly three months late.

What to do instead

• Freeze the scope and the baseline schedule before mobilisation, with a formal change-control process.
• Build the procurement plan backwards from the long-lead items and the commissioning date.
• Put one owner’s-side team in charge of the critical path, the interfaces and the stage gates.
• Report red as red, early, to the promoter, the board and the lender.

How BizTek helps

BizTek’s Project Management works on the owner’s side, never paid by vendors or contractors. We run gated stages from mobilisation to handover, and if your project has already slipped, a 2–4 week Health Check gives you an independent view and a practical recovery plan.

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