A sub crew that shows up with no idea what they're supposed to do isn't a scheduling problem — it's a scope problem that started before mobilization, when 'per plans' stood in for an actual written scope. The GC ends up planning the crew's day for them, on-site, unpaid.
“It absolutely baffles me how often a subcontractor will send out a crew to complete work and the crew has no clue what work they are supposed to be performing. No plans, no access to Procore, no idea of what the scope of work is.”
“Then you call the PM and 70% of the time the PM also has no clue what he's talking about, but they are upset that they are losing money on a crew on site not performing work.”
How it works
Describe the project and what the sub owns
The trade's inclusions, exclusions, and where their work ends and the next trade's begins.
Get a formal pre-mobilization scope letter
Written specifically for that sub and that project, not a generic boilerplate scope.
Get it signed before the crew's truck is in the driveway
So day one starts with everyone knowing the plan instead of the GC building it on the fly.
Next step
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Sub Scope LetterFree
Describe the project and what the sub owns. Get a formal pre-mobilization scope letter with a sign-off line.
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The tool catches it on one bid. The Change Order Audit ($9,999 one-time) finds the pattern across your process.