When your contractor blows the contract date and starts giving you the blues, a picture is worth 1,000 words...and a graph is worth 1,000 exclamation points.
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Construction Delay
1. April 27, 2013 – Game On!
•Construction Deposit paid
4/26/13 – Lot 44
•Contract says construction
will begin within 10 days of
deposit
•No construction on unsold
Spec Homes (lots 45, 30
and 31)
2. May 29, 2013 – Whoa! Nothing’s Happening!
44 45
Oh, sorry Dan...we’ve had
some unfortunate weather
delays...but we’ll step on
the gas!!!
Unsold Spec Home “THEY” Lot 44 “WE” “CONTRACTOR GUY”
3. Ahh...the Interwebs...awash in this “big data” stuff!!
• N = 39 days, ZIP = XXXXX (source: Weathersource.com)
• Avg. precipitation = 0.23”
• Avg. precipitation excluding 5/9 and 5/10 = 0.07”
• Days with precipitation = 11 (Avg. precipitation 0.83”)
• Days with zero precipitation = 28
Actual Start
“Shoulda
Started”
4. June 12, 2013 – Progress?
45
30 31
44
Don’t worry, Dan, we’ll finish
by 9/30 – no problem...pay
no attention to all that work
that’s been done AROUND
you
Unsold Spec Home “THEY” Lot 44 “WE” “CONTRACTOR GUY”