Client wants us to claw back two lost weeks by overlapping trades and adding night shifts, but we’re still waiting on revised egress drawings and hot-work permits - tight corridors + concurrent crews = heightened accident risk. Do you take a 10-day extension to keep staggered crews, full orientations, and clear access paths, or load up on spotters, barriers, and JSAs to hold the date and hope nothing goes sideways?
I’d take the 10‑day extension - without revised egress and hot‑work permits, stacking crews in tight corridors is one near‑miss away from a shut‑down that will blow the date anyway. Bring the client a mini recovery plan that pulls forward non‑permit tasks and offsite prefab, and show the cost/time impact of night‑shift premiums, extra spotters, and congestion so it’s clear the “hold the date” route is riskier and likely slower.