Description

Jason shares a practical idea he picked up from a job site visit just the day before: instead of asking trade partners a quick "any roadblocks?" at the end of a meeting, give them five to ten quiet minutes with the six-week make-ready look-ahead and a real assignment: find what will go wrong. He lays out what "I'm ready" truly means for an activity, covering expectations, materials, labor, information, space, layout, equipment, permissions, and contracts. He then suggests printing the lists of roadblocks and constraints big enough to hang on the wall in the trade partner weekly tactical and the afternoon foreman huddle so people can check their own work against them.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• What "I'm ready" has to mean for an activity: clear expectations, correct materials, trained labor, information, space, layout, equipment, permissions, and contracts and insurance
• Why a general "any roadblocks?" question rarely surfaces real problems, and how a timed, hands-on assignment does
• How to run the exercise: give foremen five to ten minutes with the six-week look-ahead to hunt for what will stop their work
• Why printing the roadblocks and constraints lists and posting them on the wall helps trade partners spot problems earlier
• How to visualize an area in 2D, in 3D, and by walking it so your "ready" answer rests on more than a thought

At your next weekly tactical, what would happen if you gave every foreman ten quiet minutes to find what will go wrong?

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