A successful project always begins with careful pre-planning.

The only way to effectively and successfully manage any construction project is to plan all aspects of the work before the first worker or the first piece of material arrives on the jobsite. The project management team must begin planning before the start of construction and continue to plan the work until the project is complete.

Pre-construction planning is the strategy phase of a construction project. It must begin before the first worker arrives, before the first piece of material is ordered, and before everything begins. Pre-construction planning must begin the moment the notice to proceed order is received on a project. The lack of pre-construction planning is surely the greatest failure of contractors in the entire construction industry.