A construction pause doesn’t kill your schedule. A simultaneous restart does.

The SDOT moratorium has frozen most street-level work in high-traffic zones since June 8.

Equipment cleared. Sites paused. Schedules on hold for a month.

On July 7, everyone restarts in the same window.

Here’s why that’s the dangerous moment — not the pause itself:

→→ Survey conditions have changed since equipment was pulled
→→ Permits and Street Use approvals need re-verification before remobilizing
→→ Subcontractor schedules were built around a “normal” restart, not a city-wide one
→→ Material deliveries and crane access compete for the same limited windows
→→ As-built documentation from before the pause may not match site conditions after

A moratorium doesn’t fail projects. The simultaneous restart does — when twenty teams assume they’re the only one going back to the site this week.

THE TEAMS THAT STAY ON SCHEDULE THIS MONTH ARE THE ONES WHO RE-VERIFIED CONDITIONS BEFORE REMOBILIZING — NOT THE ONES WHO JUST PICKED UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF.

For PMs and contractors managing projects across Seattle right now: this is the week to re-check survey, permits, and site access before crews go back in — not after.

What’s your plan for re-verifying conditions before remobilizing?

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