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Construction Programme Template Excel
Gantt programme with predecessors, Irish public holidays, builders' holidays, critical path, delay register and a lookahead for the site meeting
€69incl. VAT
A programme that recalculates itself – from start on site to handover
10sheets
120activities
0macros
- Durations in working days and finish-to-start predecessors with lag – every date follows
- Irish public holidays (incl. St Brigid's Day), Good Friday option and builders' holidays
- Gantt by ISO week with planned, actual, forecast, critical activities and milestones
- Simplified critical path and float – see what really drives completion
- Delay register for weather, client changes, supply and design, with notice dates
- Printable lookahead for the site meeting and a dashboard for the client
STARTSETTINGSCALENDARSUBCONTRACTORSPROGRAMMEGANTTDELAY REGISTERMILESTONESLOOKAHEADDASHBOARD
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A construction programme in Excel that shows the slip before it hits completion
Enter each activity with a duration and its predecessors. The workbook works out the planned dates without weekends, public holidays or builders' holidays, forecasts the finish from what is actually happening on site, and gives you the lookahead for Thursday's site meeting.
A programme drawn as bars is quick to make and just as quick to go out of date. The groundworker loses three days to rain, the blocklayers start late, and suddenly every bar after them is wrong – so somebody spends an evening dragging bars across, counting bank holidays and the builders' holidays in their head, and hoping the completion date still holds.
This workbook calculates the programme for you. Each activity has a duration in working days, up to two predecessors and, if needed, a lag or a fixed earliest start. The planned dates skip weekends, Irish public holidays and the builders' holidays. Add actual starts, finishes and % complete, log delays in the register, and the workbook forecasts every activity, the variance in working days, the reserve to the contract date and the critical path. The Gantt by week, milestones, a subcontractor overview and a printable lookahead for the site meeting update automatically.
Without a template
- Bars dragged by hand every time something moves on site
- Bank holidays, builders' holidays and weather days forgotten
- Nobody can see which activities actually drive completion
- The lookahead for the site meeting rebuilt from scratch every week
With ExcelGrand
- Predecessors and lags – every following date recalculates
- A calendar with Irish public holidays, builders' holidays and whole-site delays
- Float and a simplified critical path, highlighted in red
- A 1–6 week lookahead with next milestones, ready to print on A4
What's in the file
START
Key figures, quick links and a step-by-step guide.
SETTINGS
Project, programme start, contract date and driving activity, data date, Mon–Fri or Mon–Sat working week, builders' holidays, defects period, start on site with the commencement notice window, tolerances, a summary per stage and the delay causes.
CALENDAR
Irish public holidays 2026–2027 (incl. St Brigid's Day), Good Friday option, company days, builders' holidays and working days per month.
SUBCONTRACTORS
Firms with trade, role and contact – plus first start, next on site, last finish, critical activities, variance and delay days from the programme.
PROGRAMME
Up to 120 activities with stage, trade, duration, two predecessors, lag, earliest start and contract date – planned, actual, % complete vs planned, delay days, forecast, variance, float, critical path and status.
GANTT
Bars over 84 ISO weeks: planned frame, work done, forecast, critical activities, slippage, milestones, holiday weeks and the current week.
DELAY REGISTER
Weather, client, design, supply, third-party and contractor delays per activity or for the whole site, with working days, description, date of notice and status.
MILESTONES
Every milestone with contract date, planned, forecast, achieved date, reserve in working days and status, plus the end of the defects period.
LOOKAHEAD
Lookahead for the site meeting (A4 landscape): open activities in the next 1–6 weeks, next milestones and space for the actions agreed.
DASHBOARD
Actual and planned progress, forecast completion, reserve to the contract date, critical activities and four charts.
Take a look inside
Specifications
Format.xlsx
RequiresExcel 2016+ / Microsoft 365
Sheets10
Capacity120 activities · 30 firms · 60 delays · 84-week Gantt
CalendarIrish public holidays 2026–2027 (checked 16/10/2026) + your own days
MacrosNone
Who is it for?
- Builders and small contractors
- Main contractors
- Project and contracts managers
- Architects and employer's agents
- Self-builders
Frequently asked questions
How do I make a construction work schedule in Excel?
List the activities in the order they happen, give each a duration in working days and say which activity has to finish first. This template does the rest: it calculates the start and finish dates, skips weekends, public holidays and builders' holidays, and draws the Gantt chart by week. When a duration changes, everything that depends on it moves automatically.
Is there a free construction schedule template?
Yes – several software companies offer free Gantt templates. Most are bars you move by hand, built for the US, with no Irish holidays and no link between activities. This workbook adds predecessors, a forecast from actual progress, the critical path, a delay register and a lookahead for the site meeting.
What is the best way to create a construction programme?
Start from the key dates (start on site, weathertight, practical completion), break the job into stages and activities by trade, agree realistic durations with your subcontractors and link the activities with predecessors. Then update it every week with actual progress and delays – the forecast and the critical path show early where completion is at risk.
How are public holidays and builders' holidays handled?
The CALENDAR lists Ireland's public holidays for 2026 and 2027, including St Brigid's Day; Good Friday is not a public holiday, so you tick it only if your site closes. Builders' holidays are entered as periods – the summer and Christmas dates included are examples to check against the sector's calendar and your trades.
When should the commencement notice be lodged?
Under the Building Control Regulations a commencement notice is generally lodged through the BCMS not less than 14 and not more than 28 days before works start. SETTINGS shows that window from your start-on-site date and checks the date you lodged. Some works use a 7 Day Notice or are exempt – check with your certifier or the Building Control Authority.
Can I use it with a snag list and for the site meeting?
Yes. Snagging and handover are stages in the programme, and the detailed snags can be kept in our Snag List Template. The LOOKAHEAD sheet prints on A4 with the open activities for the next weeks, the next milestones and space for the actions agreed at the meeting.
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Construction Programme Template Excel
Gantt programme with predecessors, Irish public holidays, builders' holidays, critical path, delay register and a lookahead for the site meeting · €69
Construction programme template, construction schedule and Gantt chart in Excel
Use this construction programme template to plan a new build, extension or fit-out in Excel: a construction schedule template with a Gantt chart by week, activities by stage and trade, subcontractors, milestones and the contract date for practical completion. Unlike a drawn bar chart, the programme works in working days with predecessors and lags, and skips Irish public holidays and the builders' holidays.
For the site team the Gantt chart for construction is also a control tool: actual progress against planned, forecast, variance, float and critical path show early where completion is at risk. Weather days, client changes and late deliveries go into the delay register, and the 3-week lookahead for the site meeting builds itself – with a filled-in example of six semi-detached houses in Co. Kildare.
Construction Programme Template Excel€69