help write response to post: There are many different reasons for a construction project to be delayed. For the smaller construction companies, you can have many reasons for delays such as too many people sick, people quitting, boss's family member passing away, etc. In my professional experience there were a couple times the project we were working on was behind schedule. When working outside you have to take into account rainy days, but you don't know how many rainy days there will be until the project is finished. Some implications of not finishing the project on time is the profit for the company. If the company gets paid by the job and not by the hour, the longer they work on the project the more money they are losing. There are many different techniques to use to effectively accelerate a schedule. One technique is overtime. Assigning workers to work overtime will increase labor costs but it will also pick up lost time from delays. Another effective technique is fast-tracking. fast-tracking is having different activities going on at the same time instead of working on one activity, waiting for it to get done, then starting the next one. For example, having