--- title: "Construction Scheduling – Punch" description: "Full Gantt scheduling with dependencies and critical path, imported from the schedule you already have and kept current automatically from field activity — per project and across every active job." canonical: https://buildwithpunch.com/product/scheduling --- [](https://buildwithpunch.com/) [See Punch work](https://calendly.com/taylor-punch/30min?hide_event_type_details=1&hide_gdpr_banner=1) PRODUCT: SCHEDULING # The Gantt you know, kept honest by the field Punch is full-featured scheduling software — dependencies, critical path, look-aheads, the toolkit contractors already know. The difference is what keeps it current: the agent reads field activity against the plan, flags conflicts, and moves the schedule so a person doesn't have to. [See Punch work](https://calendly.com/taylor-punch/30min?hide_event_type_details=1&hide_gdpr_banner=1) The Gantt contractors already know — dependencies, critical path, look-aheads — with the field's own reports moving the bars and conflicts flagged before they cost days. THE PROBLEM ## The schedule is a document; the job is a moving target It’s a running joke in construction: the schedule is stale after the first day of the job. Deliveries slip, crews get pulled, weather eats a week — and keeping the chart matched to all of it is real work, so it happens late or not at all. A schedule nobody trusts stops driving decisions. The field runs on phone calls, and the office finds out about slippage when it’s already expensive. HOW PUNCH HANDLES IT ## Real scheduling software, with an agent doing the upkeep Start from the schedule you already have, work in the Gantt you already know, and let Punch handle the part that always breaks down: keeping the plan matched to what the field is actually doing. 1. 01 ### The Gantt, in full Phases, dependencies, critical path, look-aheads — the complete toolkit of traditional scheduling software, built into the same system that runs your POs, labor, and daily reports. 2. 02 ### Import what you have Upload a schedule as a PDF or a file from popular scheduling software and Punch recreates it automatically — tasks, dependencies, and critical path, without the re-keying. 3. 03 ### The agent keeps it current Punch is already listening to and watching everything on the job — walkthroughs, reports, deliveries — so keeping the schedule current stops being anyone’s chore. It maps field activity to the plan and updates it in real time, automatically. 4. 04 ### Conflicts get flagged Punch reads deliveries, crews, and dependencies against the plan and flags the collisions — a material delivery landing after its install date, a crew double-booked — before the field finds them the hard way. From your playbook The schedule reads your playbook. Company rules are one of the schedule's inputs, covering how your company sequences work, who gets alerted when things move, and what counts as a conflict worth flagging. That way, the plan reflects how your best scheduler thinks, not just what got typed in. SCHEDULE IMPORT ## Bring the schedule you already built Switching schedulers usually means rebuilding the whole plan by hand — so nobody does it. Punch removes that tax. Hand Punch the schedule as a **PDF** — the GC’s baseline, a printout, whatever you have — or a **file from popular scheduling software**, and it recreates the schedule automatically: tasks, durations, dependencies, and the critical path. From there it’s a live Punch schedule — connected to the job’s POs, labor, and daily reports, and maintained by the agent from day one. Upload the schedule as a PDF or a file from popular scheduling software — Punch recreates it, dependencies and all. ACROSS EVERY JOB ## One schedule view for the whole labor force Each project's schedule is only half the picture. The other half is whether you have the people to run them all at once. Punch rolls every active project into a **cross-project view** of where your crews are committed week by week — so the overloaded week shows up while there’s still time to move people, not the Monday it happens. Because every job’s schedule lives in the same system, balancing the labor force is reading one board, not reconciling five files. One view across every active job — where the labor force is committed, where it's short, and the move that keeps every critical path intact. BID TO BOOKS ## Where this sits in the flow The schedule is the timeline of bid-to-books: it connects what the estimate promised to what the field is doing and what the orders need to arrive for. How work moves through this step In to Punch - Your existing schedule (PDF or file) - Field reports, labor, and deliveries - Company rules and playbook Punch Out from Punch - A current Gantt and look-aheads - Conflict flags and alerts - A cross-project labor picture Connection: Runs natively in Punch, with field updates in and schedule changes out GO DEEPER ## Related reading [Guide ### Construction Project Scheduling An AI-driven alternative to Primavera, Microsoft Project, and Smartsheet. Read more](https://buildwithpunch.com/construction-project-scheduling)[Product ### Daily Reports The field updates that keep the schedule honest. Read more](https://buildwithpunch.com/product/daily-reports)[Product ### Purchase Orders Where need-by dates become supplier commitments. Read more](https://buildwithpunch.com/product/purchase-orders) ## See Punch work on your own workflow. It's a working session, not a slide deck. Bring a real PO, an invoice, or a daily report. You'll use Punch on it live. [See Punch work](https://calendly.com/taylor-punch/30min?hide_event_type_details=1&hide_gdpr_banner=1)