Generate a construction schedule directly from your bill of quantities, manage tasks with dependencies in Gantt and Kanban views, and watch progress on the 3D building model with 4D BIM.
An Excel schedule goes stale the day it is handed over - nobody updates it, dependencies live in the site manager's head, and delays surface too late. Specialized software keeps the plan alive.
Hours spent copying BoQ items into cells and drawing bars. Every change in the estimate means starting over.
Formwork, rebar, pouring, curing - the technological sequence lives in one person's head. One shifted task breaks the whole chain.
Without a critical path and a baseline you cannot see which delay moves the end date. You find out when the deadline is already gone.
The site moves, but nobody compares actuals to plan. Reports are verbal, and the client asks every week where you stand.
Construction Team covers the full cycle - from generating the plan to tracking execution on the 3D model.
The generator recognizes the trade of each item, orders activities in technological sequence, phases them by floor and lays the work onto a working calendar.
Four link types (FS, SS, FF, SF) with lag in days. The system blocks circular dependencies and draws links as arrows on the timeline.
Element-to-activity links between the IFC model and the schedule. Simulate construction day by day and color elements by status against the plan.
A timeline with drag-and-drop dates and a status board for daily management. Both views work on the same tasks.
The critical path is computed automatically and highlights tasks with zero float. The baseline keeps the plan for plan-vs-actual comparison, and the resource check catches double-booking.
Quantity and completed quantity for measurable progress, statuses, priorities, overdue tasks and the next due date for every schedule.
Four steps from bill of quantities to a living schedule:
Create a schedule from a BoQ, contract or offer and pick a method - automatic generation by cost codes or a basic sequential import.
The system classifies items, adds dependencies and technological pauses (such as concrete curing), phases work by floor and computes durations on a working calendar.
The Assumptions panel shows what the schedule is built on. Adjust trades, dates and dependencies - with Remember the system learns your correction for future schedules.
The team moves tasks on the Kanban board, progress is computed from quantities, and the 4D view colors the 3D model by status against the plan.
For any construction firm that plans and reports work across sites:
Daily task management on the Kanban board - statuses, priorities, assignees.
Gantt view with critical path and baseline - see which delay moves the end date.
Progress across all sites in one place - completed tasks, overdue items, upcoming deadlines.
Link the IFC model to the schedule - process simulation and visual status of every element.
Why specialized software replaces the spreadsheet schedule:
| Feature | Excel | Construction Team |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule creation | Manual copy from BoQ | Automatic generation from items |
| Dependencies | In the planner's head | 4 link types with validation |
| Critical path | Manual coloring | Automatic computation |
| Date changes | Manual recalculation | Drag and drop in Gantt |
| Plan vs actual | New copy of the file | Baseline comparison |
| Progress | Manual percentages | From quantities and statuses |
| 4D visualization | None | Schedule on the 3D model |
Create a schedule from a BoQ and pick the cost-code method. The generator recognizes each item's trade (by cost code, catalog item, IFC type or keywords), orders activities in technological sequence, adds dependencies and phases the work by floor on a working calendar.
The four standard types - Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish and Start-to-Finish, plus lag in days, for example for concrete curing. Circular dependencies are blocked.
The chain of tasks with zero float - any delay on it moves the end date. Toggle it in the Gantt view and it is highlighted in red, so you know where to focus resources.
The 4D view links elements of the IFC model to schedule activities. For schedules generated from a BoQ the links are derived automatically; manual assignment is available via selection in the 3D view. You get a day-by-day construction simulation and element coloring by status against the plan.
It is an engineering draft with roughly ±30-50% accuracy - a solid starting point based on average production rates. Review the assumptions and adjust durations to your crews and site conditions before using it for contractual deadlines.
Yes. Correct the item once for the current schedule only, or choose Remember - the system saves the rule and future schedules recognize the same item automatically. Saved rules are managed in settings.
Yes - export the timeline to PDF and the schedule list to Excel or PDF. Each schedule also keeps a version history when regenerated.