Schedule Like a Pro: Construction Edition

Learn practical construction scheduling using MS Project, including critical path method, logic, baselines, progress updates, delay management, and real-world scheduling workflows.
Learners

Construction Operations Professionals

Level

Beginner to Intermediate

Training Videos Duration

6 Hours

Hands-on Exercises


13

Why should I take this course?

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Advance Your Career

You should take this course if you want to better understand, build, and manage construction schedules that are actually useful. Whether you work in the office or the field, stronger scheduling skills can help you manage projects more effectively, communicate with the project team more clearly, identify issues earlier, and build the confidence needed to take on greater responsibility in your career.
Build Schedules That Actually Work

Learn how to create schedules that support planning, communication, and decision-making—not just satisfy contract requirements. You'll develop practical scheduling skills that reflect how construction projects are actually built and managed.
Learn by Doing

This course combines straightforward instruction with real-world construction examples and step-by-step demonstrations in Microsoft Project. The concepts you learn can be applied to most CPM scheduling tools, giving you skills you can use immediately on the job.

Meet the instructor

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Kendall Pouland

Kendall Pouland is the President and Founder of Build Better Ways, a professional services firm that helps growing construction companies improve their operations through practical systems and training.

With more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry, Kendall brings a real-world perspective to project scheduling. Her background includes experience in project management, construction operations, professional development, and technology. She has worked with general contractors and specialty trade contractors to help teams create more organized, consistent, and effective ways of managing their work.

Kendall brings teaching experience, serving as a lecturer at Texas A&M University, teaching Construction Project Planning & Scheduling. Her approach is straightforward, practical, and focused on helping construction professionals understand not just how scheduling software works, but how to build schedules that actually support the way construction projects are planned and managed in the field.
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