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On site: a day with our superintendent

The superintendent is the person who turns a schedule into a building. We spent a morning on an active jobsite to show what that job actually looks like.

By Sam Moore, VP of Project ManagementMay 15, 20261 min read

WatchOn site: a day with our superintendent

Plans don’t build themselves, and schedules don’t keep themselves. That’s the superintendent’s job — and it’s the one clients see the least of, because when it’s done well, it just looks like the project going smoothly.

We spent a morning on an active site to show what a day actually holds.

The morning huddle

Every day starts the same way: the crew, the day’s scope, and the safety plan, out loud, before a tool is picked up. It takes ten minutes and it prevents the problems you never hear about.

Reading ahead

  • Confirming today’s work against the latest drawing set.
  • Catching the conflict between two trades before both show up for it.
  • Keeping the project manager and the owner ahead of surprises, not behind them.

The video is a short look at the rhythm of it. What you won’t see is the payoff — the surprises that never happened because someone was reading three days ahead.

Written by

Sam Moore, VP of Project Management

VP of Project Management at DempseyGill. He runs the work in the field, keeping the schedule honest from award to final walk-through.

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