Research
What we're researching.
We're studying where and why construction procurement loses time — through structured conversations with the people who manage it day to day.
The questions we're trying to answer
Where procurement actually loses time.
Where does time actually get lost?
Across the buyout-to-delivery timeline, where do the largest and most repeatable delays occur?
How are long-lead items handled?
When are long-lead items identified, ordered, and tracked — and what causes that to slip?
Where do submittals and approvals stall?
What in the submittal, RFI, and purchase-order approval cycle most often becomes the bottleneck?
How early is a delay visible?
How far ahead can teams see a procurement delay coming, and which signals do they rely on?
What have teams already tried?
Which tools, processes, and workarounds have teams adopted — and which actually moved the needle?
Who owns procurement timing?
Across PM, procurement, and the field, who is accountable for the schedule — and where do handoffs break?
Who we're talking to
The people who live procurement.
We're interviewing professionals across the project — at every level that touches procurement timing.
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How we work, and what we're finding.
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