INTERACTIVE • HANDS-ON • EXPERT-LED
WORKSHOP
Construction Scheduling Training
Empower your team to own the schedule, not just react to it.
This practical workshop recalibrates how your teams plan, update, and execute projects;
all guided by a Texas A&M instructor with 20+ years of field experience.
🕒 1-day or 2-day formats
👥 Up to 50 participants
📅 On-site or hybrid (Greater Houston Area, incl. College Station)
💻 Virtual sessions available nationwide
50
Max attendees per session
2
Formats (1-day / 2 half-days)
100
Percent focus on real job issues
WHAT YOU'LL TAKE BACK TO THE FIELD
Outcomes
Understand the "why" behind scheduling
Not just mechanics—how scheduling supports risk management, communication, and project delivery.
Get aligned as a team
Common language, shared expectations, and collaboration between PMs, Supers, and Estimators.
Understand contract schedule terms
Avoid surprises by knowing what key dates and language mean for the field.
Build confidence using CPM software
Hands-on skills: navigation, entering info, updating schedules, and interpreting data.
Learn scheduling fundamentals
Critical path, slack, relationships, baselines, progress updates, and recovery strategies.
Improve planning and accountability
Connect planning sessions, daily huddles, and look-aheads back to the master schedule.
Identify & manage delays proactively
Spot schedule risks early and adjust before they turn into fires.
Elevate schedule quality
Create accurate, usable schedules that reflect real jobsite conditions.
NO FLUFF — JUST USEFUL
How the workshop flows
1
Discover
We align on your project mix, tools, and contract realities so training maps to real life.
2
Build
Establish common language, roles, cadence, and baseline structure that everyone can follow.
3
Practice
Hands-on with CPM software: updates, progress, risk flags, and recovery planning.
4
Apply
Tie look-aheads and huddles back to the master schedule so the plan actually drives the work.
Agenda
Topics marked with include live practice
Hands-on
Contract Terms & Risk
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Scheduling Contract Terms: Notice to Proceed; Substantial Completion (CofO, Punch List)
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Planning & Scheduling for Risk Management​
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Schedule Levels
Critical Path Method (CPM) Fundamentals
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Forward / Backward Pass
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Float / Slack
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Creating, Evaluating, Adjusting the Critical Path
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Schedule Quality; Baselines
Hands-on
Hands-on
Software Navigation & Tips
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Navigation: Login, Start Project, Menus, Activity Details, Columns, Gantt
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Tips & Tricks
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Calendars, Holidays, Weather
Hands-on
Hands-on
Hands-on
Baseline Schedule Creation
Hands-on
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Work Breakdown Structure; Milestones; Activities
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Durations; Relationships & Logic; Constraints
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Baseline Setup & Verification
Last Planner System (Lean Intro)
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Overview of Last Planner System
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Pull Planning
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Weekly Work Plan; Daily Huddle
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Look-Ahead alignment with Master Schedule
Hands-on
Resources, Contingency & Phase Activities
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Resource Names
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Schedule Contingency
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Preconstruction & Close-Out Activities
Hands-on
Hands-on
Progress Updates & Reporting
Hands-on
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Data/Status Date; Actual Start/Finish; % Complete;
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Productivity
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Project Update Reporting; Views & Page Layout
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Delays & Recovery
WHO THIS IS FOR
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PMs, Superintendents, Estimators, Project Engineers who need a common scheduling language
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Leaders who want better planning, accountability, and recovery
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Teams ready to level-up quality and predictability
DELIVERY & CAPACITY
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Formats: 1 full day, or 2 half-days (typically one week apart)
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Up to 50 participants
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On-site or hybrid in the Greater Houston Area (incl. College Station)
EXPERT-LED
Meet your Instructor: Kendall Pouland
Commercial construction leader with 20+ years of hands-on experience across operations, project management, innovation, and process improvement. Founder of Build Better Ways (2022), partnering with GCs and specialty trades to deliver budget-conscious, tech-agnostic improvements that stick. Adjunct Lecturer in Texas A&M Construction Science, teaching Project Planning & Scheduling with real-world workflows.
✔ Founder, Build Better Ways — implementation over theory
✔ Adjunct Lecturer, Texas A&M — Project Planning & Scheduling
✔ Senior PM & operations leadership in commercial construction
✔ Process improvement & professional development programs
✔ Results-focused, collaborative approach
REAL RESULTS FROM TEAMS WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS WORKSHOP
What Our Clients are Saying
Project Manager,
Brookstone Construction
The pace of the training and all concepts were explained very well.
Project Manager,
WC Construction
It was a true dive in on a very complex scheduling tool that turned out to not be so scary.
Asst Project Manager,
Brookstone Construction
Kendall is an amazing teacher and explains everything in a way that makes sense. Her flow and presenting skills are top notch.
Quick Answers
Is this software-specific?
We focus on scheduling fundamentals and workflows, then tailor examples to your preferred tool.
Will you review our current schedules?
Yes — bring anonymized examples and we’ll use them for practice and improvement.
What’s the ideal group size?
10-50 participants works well; we’ll break into small groups during exercises.
LET'S LOCK IT IN
Ready to standardize scheduling across your projects?
In-person and hybrid sessions are available in the Greater Houston Area (including College Station).
Virtual sessions are available nationwide.