Cultural & Civic · New ConstructionCompleted 2021

Community Family Wellness Center

A community-funded wellness center, with summer programs full before the doors existed.

LocationJacksonville, FL

ClientConfidential

LocationJacksonville, FL

SectorCultural & Civic

Value$24M

Size50,000 sq ft

DeliveryDesign-Build

Duration14 months

StatusCompleted 2021

Why it mattered

Civic projects belong to the public, and the public notices when a date slips. Elected officials, donors and residents deserve a schedule that tells them the truth early.

The challenge

A nonprofit built a family wellness center with pools, gyms and childcare, funded largely by community donations.

Every dollar was visible to donors, and opening was tied to summer programs families had already signed up for. The board needed both the date and the budget to hold.

Our role

Baseline Schedule Development Cost Controls Schedule Updates

Schedule at a glance

The whole program, on one line.

Start to finish, as the schedule tells it. For work still in progress, the bar moves with today's data date.

StartMay 2020

Duration14 months

HandoverJul 2021

Progress—

Respect the windowsMake permits milestonesReport for the publicWork to opening day

How we held the date

Our approach, phase by phase.

The same disciplined sequence we bring to every engagement, shaped around what this project needed most.

PHASE 01PHASE 02PHASE 03PHASE 04

PHASE 01Respect the windows

Environmental, seasonal and event windows built in as hard constraints from the first baseline.

PHASE 02Make permits milestones

Every agency approval tracked as a dated milestone with a named owner.

PHASE 03Report for the public

Progress reporting clear enough to share with residents, donors and elected officials without translation.

PHASE 04Work to opening day

The celebration date held as the critical finish, with every activity driving toward it.

What changed

The difference we made

Measured the only way that matters: whether the date and the budget held.

Result 01Camp opened on day one

Swim lessons and childcare began on the date families had registered for.

Result 02Reports donors could follow

Monthly progress notes, written in plain language, gave the capital campaign something concrete to show.

Result 03Within the raised budget

Schedule-linked cost-to-complete forecasts surfaced pressure early enough to value-engineer rather than overrun.

Services engaged

What we brought to it

2.01.02Baseline Schedule Development

Approved baselines that capture scope, sequence and risk with precision: the fixed reference against which every future decision, dollar and day is judged.

2.02.04Cost Controls

Budget structure, commitment tracking and cost-to-complete forecasting that protect contingency and keep the final cost the one you approved.

2.01.06Schedule Updates

Disciplined periodic updates that capture verified progress, explain every movement and keep the schedule an instrument of command rather than a record of hope.

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