Solution
Construction Scheduling Software
Building a schedule from scratch usually means starting with a blank Gantt chart and filling in tasks, durations, and dependencies by hand — a process that’s slow, easy to get wrong, and disconnected from the actual scope of work once it’s built. Most scheduling software assumes the scope already exists somewhere else and just gives a place to lay it out.
What a real construction schedule needs
Tasks that come from the job’s actual scope, not a generic template. Real dependencies — this task can’t start until that one finishes — so the schedule reflects how the job actually has to sequence, not just a list of dates. A critical path that’s real, not decorative. And a staffing plan that matches the schedule, not a separate guess about who’s needed when.
How Scope & Schedule handles it
A deterministic sequencing engine builds phase order and a real critical path from the scope itself — dates, dependencies, and milestones, not typed in by hand. Already have a schedule built elsewhere? It ingests that instead and suggests dependency mapping with AI, rather than requiring a rebuild from scratch. Labor forecasting runs alongside it — a 13-week rolling forecast for near-term staffing and a 104-week forecast for planning who to hire or release based on the actual workload ahead, not a gut estimate. Once staffed, the schedule connects to real Work Tickets in PoPs Field for crew dispatch.
Where this fits
For how the scope this schedule is built from actually gets extracted from the drawings, see Blueprint Takeoff Tool. Once staffed, PoPs Field dispatches the crew against it.
Who this is for
- Project Managers — And superintendents planning and staffing a job.
- General Contractors — Managing multiple jobs’ worth of crew capacity at once.
FAQ
Do I need to already have a schedule to use this?
No — upload the blueprint and specs, and it builds the CSI-structured scope and sequenced schedule from scratch. If you already have one, it can ingest and reconcile against it instead.
Is the labor forecast just for the current job?
No — it runs two horizons, a 13-week rolling forecast for near-term staffing and a 104-week forecast for hire/fire planning across the whole workload.
How does the schedule connect to the field?
Once staffed, it generates real Work Tickets used for crew dispatch in PoPs Field.