Ep.1523 - Holding Start Dates

In this episode, Jason Schroeder explains why "holding start dates" is one of the most important discipline moves a superintendent can make on a Takt-based project. He breaks down how moving trades up "because someone finished early" creates variation, disrupts rhythm, overburdens crews, and actually extends total project duration even when it feels like you're speeding things up.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why Takt requires start-to-start rhythm, not "pull" that waits on the trade in front without target times.
• How moving start dates creates variation that increases overall duration and throughput time.
• Why forcing trades to accelerate triggers sandbagging, distrust, and overburdening the workforce.
• How holding buffers protects finishing work: punch, cleaning, training, and demobilization.
• Why changing start dates also disrupts supply chains for materials, information, and resources.

Where on your project are you creating chaos by "moving things up," instead of protecting the rhythm that actually finishes the job sooner?

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