Features video lessons, case studies, practical applications, downloadable course texts and checklists
Construction Schedule Management: Practical Application is a comprehensive course designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to plan, monitor, and control project schedules effectively from start to finish. You will learn how experienced planners and project managers develop construction schedules, sequence activities, allocate resources, and manage timelines from pre-construction through project closeout. The course focuses on practical understanding, helping you see how schedules are created, tracked, and adjusted in response to real-world challenges such as delays, scope changes, manpower issues, and site constraints.
What you’ll learn
- Understand how experienced planners and schedulers develop, monitor, and control construction timelines from pre-construction to project turnover..
- Gain hands-on knowledge of scheduling methods, including work breakdown structures (WBS), critical path method (CPM), resource loading, and progress tracking us.
- Apply practical scheduling techniques through case studies that highlight common delays, design changes, resource issues, and site challenges..
- Identify, analyze, and manage schedule risks using proven tools, look-ahead planning, and monitoring processes to keep projects on time..
Course Content
- The Role of a Project Manager in Scheduling –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- The Fundamentals of Construction Scheduling –> 1 lecture • 3min.
- Tools Are Only as Good as Their User –> 1 lecture • 3min.
- Building a Realistic and Actionable Schedule –> 1 lecture • 3min.
- Factors Influencing Time Management –> 1 lecture • 4min.
- Challenges and Solutions –> 1 lecture • 4min.
- Contingency Planning for Schedule Delays –> 1 lecture • 9min.
- Conclusion –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- Case Study –> 5 lectures • 13min.
- Schedule Management Checklist –> 1 lecture • 8min.
Requirements
Construction Schedule Management: Practical Application is a comprehensive course designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to plan, monitor, and control project schedules effectively from start to finish. You will learn how experienced planners and project managers develop construction schedules, sequence activities, allocate resources, and manage timelines from pre-construction through project closeout. The course focuses on practical understanding, helping you see how schedules are created, tracked, and adjusted in response to real-world challenges such as delays, scope changes, manpower issues, and site constraints.
Through detailed case studies, step-by-step examples, checklists, and downloadable course materials, you will understand how schedule management works on actual construction projects. You will gain hands-on experience in developing baseline schedules, updating progress, identifying critical paths, forecasting delays, and preparing recovery or acceleration plans. The lessons are structured to guide you through the entire process of planning and controlling schedules, showing the techniques and decisions that keep projects on time.
This course is ideal for new graduates in civil engineering, architecture, or construction management who want to start their careers with strong scheduling skills. It also suits beginner project engineers or site engineers aiming to grow into project management roles, aspiring project managers seeking clear and structured guidance, and practicing project managers who want to refresh or strengthen their scheduling knowledge. Construction supervisors, coordinators, foremen, freelancers, or contractors managing small-to-medium projects will also greatly benefit from the practical and easy-to-apply lessons provided.
No prior experience is required—only a willingness to learn and an interest in understanding how real construction schedules are planned and controlled. By the end of the course, you will be able to create schedules, monitor progress, identify delays early, and confidently help keep projects on track, using the practical tools, templates, and checklists included in the course.