Start 2 Finish helps contractors, subcontractors and project teams test programme robustness, understand delay position and make clearer commercial and delivery decisions before programme issues harden into lost time, weaker leverage or formal dispute.
For contractors, subcontractors and project teams needing clearer programme decisions.
Independent scrutiny when the programme is being challenged or no longer inspires confidence.
Practical planning input for teams managing live delivery pressure, change and coordination risk.
Clearer understanding of progress, disruption and commercial exposure before positions start to harden.
Senior planning perspective to help project and commercial leadership make better-informed decisions.
Start 2 Finish is typically engaged when a team needs clearer programme thinking, sharper planning challenge or structured support before delivery risk and commercial pressure become harder to contain.
A programme is being challenged by the client team, delivery team or supply chain
Progress on site no longer reflects the logic or sequencing shown in the programme
Change, disruption or coordination problems are starting to affect delivery confidence
Project leadership needs an independent view of programme robustness, exposure and options
Delay position needs to be understood clearly before commercial discussions harden
Recovery planning or re-sequencing is needed to regain control and protect outcomes
Support scoped around the moments where a stronger programme, clearer review or better delay understanding can materially improve decision-making.
Sharper challenge where programme confidence is weakening.
Better visibility where delay and project pressure affect decisions.
Advice grounded in sequencing, buildability and real delivery conditions.
Programme development built around sequencing, procurement, delivery constraints and the level of control project teams need once work is under way.
Independent review of proposed or live programmes to test logic, expose weak sequencing and identify delivery risk before problems become harder to manage.
Structured assessment of progress, disruption and delay so teams can understand programme impact, clarify position and support commercial discussions with greater confidence.
Senior planning input for projects facing pressure, change or uncertainty, helping teams respond with clearer thinking, stronger sequencing and better delivery control.
Commercial projects often demand clear programme structure, coordination across multiple stakeholders and reporting that supports fast, commercially aware decisions.
Programme clarity across active delivery interfaces
Retail work frequently requires careful phasing, access planning and sequencing that protects trading conditions while maintaining delivery momentum.
Phasing and interface planning in live settings
Education schemes rely on milestone-led planning, constrained access strategies and realistic handover thinking around term dates and operational use.
Milestone-led planning around immovable deadlines
Healthcare environments demand disciplined coordination, controlled interfaces and planning support that reflects the realities of working around critical operations.
High-control planning for operationally sensitive work
Residential and mixed-use schemes benefit from logic-led programmes, trade coordination and planning structures that support phased delivery and changing site conditions.
Structured programmes for phased residential delivery
Energy and infrastructure-related work benefits from robust sequencing, interface management and close attention to specialist packages, approvals and constraints.
Interface-heavy planning with technical coordination
Data centre projects require integrated planning across design, procurement, installation, commissioning and handover, with little tolerance for ambiguity on critical path activities.
Commissioning-aware programme development
Student accommodation programmes demand reliable sequencing, logistics planning and practical control around occupation-driven completion dates.
Deadline-driven planning for repeatable delivery
Heritage and high-detail residential work calls for careful sequencing, coordination around existing fabric and programme structures that reflect design detail and change.
Detail-led planning in constrained environments
Start 2 Finish is led by Mike Jackson, providing practical construction planning support shaped by live project realities, delivery pressure and the commercial consequences of poor programme clarity.
The objective is not generic reporting for its own sake. It is to help teams understand their programme position, challenge weak assumptions and move forward with clearer, commercially better-informed decisions.
Start 2 Finish supports contractors and project teams with clear, commercially aware planning advice when programme certainty, delay position and delivery confidence need to stand up to scrutiny.
I worked with Mike for around 10 years and I found Mike to be the best Planner I have ever worked with. Mike helped support many delay claims with successful outcomes. Mike is a calm and considered individual — always willing to listen and debate alternative points of view. Mike is very much focussed upon gaining the optimum result. Mike never missed a deadline and always delivered.
Richard Stockwell — Former Director, Westgreen Construction
Legacy project material records delivery completed to the required deadline and to the satisfaction of the lead client, supporting a stronger picture of dependable planning input under fixed completion expectations.
Legacy project archive
Legacy project records show Start 2 Finish supporting a major mixed-use redevelopment through detailed programme development, regular site attendance and re-sequencing in response to labour and material constraints.
Legacy housing / mixed-use project archive
Further project references and experience examples can be provided on request.
A snapshot of the type of planning input Start 2 Finish provides across live delivery, programme challenge and practical project support.
Support on projects where sequencing, labour and material pressures required practical re-planning, clearer reporting and tighter delivery control.
Planning input used to help teams understand progress, disruption and delay position before discussions became more contentious.
Review of programme logic, constraints and practical deliverability to help decision-makers act with better visibility and confidence.
Start 2 Finish can support projects on a one-off advisory basis, through targeted programme review work, or as broader planning input during pre-construction and live delivery.
The engagement is shaped around the problem that needs solving, whether that is programme quality, delay understanding, recovery thinking or the need for an independent planning view.
Straightforward guidance on planning, programme review and managing delivery risk on construction projects.
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Extension of time support is most valuable when a project needs clearer planning evidence around delay, disruption and the practical effect on programme position.
If a programme is under pressure, being challenged or no longer giving the team enough confidence, Start 2 Finish can provide independent planning support and a clearer basis for decision-making.
Extension of time support is most valuable when a project needs clearer planning evidence around delay, disruption and the practical effect on programme position.
Independent programme review helps main contractors test programme robustness, challenge weak assumptions and make better decisions when project pressure starts to increase.
Good construction planning support gives project teams clearer sequence, better visibility of risk and more dependable advice when delivery pressure starts to build.
Delay analysis helps contractors understand how disruption, change and slippage are affecting programme position before commercial discussions become harder to manage.
A construction programme is not fit for purpose if the team cannot rely on it to understand sequence, manage risk, report progress or make confident delivery decisions.
Programme recovery planning becomes necessary when the original sequence no longer gives the project a realistic route to completion or a dependable basis for control.
