County Courts Building Baseline Review
A courts building whose first baseline met the move-in date only on paper.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Southeast
- Market
- Government & Civic
- Our role
- Baseline review
- Size
- 210,000 SF
- Delivery
- CM at-risk
- Duration
- 30 months
- Completed
- 2025
What was at stake.
The CM's baseline showed a finish on the move-in date, but security systems, holding cells and courtroom technology were compressed into the final months with little logic. The county needed to decide whether to accept it.
What we did.
Beck Franklin's role: baseline review. We advise and measure; the contractor builds.
Full review
We reviewed the baseline against a standard checklist: logic, constraints, durations, resources and float.
Security path
Detention equipment and security electronics were reviewed as their own path, with lead times checked.
Written findings
The county received written findings with specific fixes and a recommendation to return the baseline.
Resubmittal check
The resubmitted baseline was reviewed again and accepted once the fixes were in.
What the team delivered.
A baseline you accept is a baseline you live with. The county sent it back once and never regretted it.
Senior scheduler, Beck Franklin
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Send us the schedule and the date that matters. We will tell you what is driving it and where you can still act. Repeat or similar projects qualify for our discounted Program Rate.