8-Week Sprint Schedule Cut Our Carry Costs—Steal This Template?

[Charlie Green]

I keep seeing projects bleed cash because timelines are fuzzy. We started running 8-week sprints with defined milestones (demo, rough-ins, punch-list previews). Latest flip finished 20 days early—a $2,400 interest savings.
Happy to share the Gantt-style template if folks are interested. What other tricks are you using to keep contractors on clock? Thinking about adding a Friday walkthrough bonus for hitting weekly goals—anyone tried something similar?

[Peter Mckernan]

Bonuses are always better than doing a penalty.. That inspires the contractors to do it quicker and better.. That is a solid move.. 

1. If contractor is not getting material, try getting material shipped to project if people are there every day, decreases drive time for materials and slows the project

2. Have a templet for the stuff you will be doing on materials so you can order it right away once you close, no delays on materials (mainly focused for finish materials). 

3. No dump runs, all in big roll off for trash.. Some people seem to like a dump run to get things offloaded, the rolloff is way better and saves travel time

4. Damaged material, be sure to change on the fly if material in shipping gets damaged and you need to pick something else out instead so that it does not slow down the project.