Construction Baseline Schedule Development
A credible baseline should explain how the work will be built, managed and completed—not merely display contract dates.
Discuss Your Project →Pathline turns contract requirements and project-team knowledge into an executable CPM baseline. Development is collaborative so the accepted schedule becomes a field-management tool instead of a document that sits unused after submittal.
What This Service Includes
- Specification and schedule-requirement review
- WBS, calendars, activity codes and layout standards
- Engineering, submittal and procurement activities
- Field sequence, access and subcontractor interfaces
- Contract milestones, testing, commissioning and turnover
- Resource and cost loading when required
- Basis-of-schedule narrative and quality-control review
How Pathline Approaches the Work
Gather Inputs
Review drawings, specifications, estimates, milestones and the intended execution plan.
Facilitate Planning
Confirm sequence, durations, crews, work fronts and material needs with the project team.
Develop the CPM
Build logic and coding that support both contract compliance and management use.
Review and Submit
Validate schedule health, reconcile comments and prepare the baseline package.
Who This Helps
Contractors preparing a required baseline submittal, owners seeking an independent execution plan, and project teams that need to replace a bid-level bar chart with a maintainable CPM schedule.
Common Questions
What information is needed to begin?
A scope, specifications, milestone list and execution discussion are enough to start. Drawings, estimates, submittal logs and procurement information improve detail as they become available.
Can Pathline work from a bid schedule?
Yes. A bid schedule can provide the starting framework, but logic, detail and coding are developed to meet the contract and support execution.
Will the baseline include a narrative?
When required, Pathline prepares a basis-of-schedule narrative explaining calendars, assumptions, sequence, constraints, critical path and key risks.
Put the Schedule to Work
Tell us what you are building, where the project stands, and what the schedule needs to accomplish.