How Skender Connected Master and Lookahead Schedules for Team-Wide Collaboration

Skender needed a better way to keep master schedules and near-term plans connected while involving trade partners consistently. When planning horizons drift apart, teams lose alignment on priorities and commitments become harder to manage. Skender wanted a workflow that made it easy to translate the master schedule into actionable lookaheads, improve collaboration across the full project team, and reduce friction in day-to-day coordination. The priority was maintaining one shared source of truth that field teams and trades could actually use.

Outbuild gave Skender one collaborative schedule that keeps the master plan and lookaheads connected for the full team, including trade partners.

• Connected planning horizons: Lookaheads built from the master schedule help maintain alignment to milestones without duplicative rework.
• Trade-ready collaboration: Easy access for trade partners supports shared ownership of sequencing and constraints in weekly coordination.
• Real-time plan updates: A live schedule reduces version confusion so teams can adapt quickly as field conditions change.

Skender reported smoother coordination by connecting master schedules to lookaheads and making collaboration easier for the full project team, including trade partners. With one shared plan, teams can reduce drift and improve day-to-day field alignment.

• Better master-to-lookahead connection: Keeping planning horizons aligned reduced schedule drift, helping teams maintain realistic near-term commitments.
• Stronger trade collaboration: Easier participation for trade partners improved coordination on sequencing and constraints, which supports more reliable weekly execution.
• More efficient field operations: Simpler day-to-day coordination reduced friction in updating and sharing the plan, helping teams stay aligned as work progressed.