On a tight plot, the programme is not decided by how fast trades can work. It is decided by access.
Urban infill sites in Ahmedabad frequently have one access road, no storage area and neighbours on two or three sides. The construction method that would be obvious on an open plot simply does not fit.
Plan the deliveries first
On a constrained site, material delivery windows drive the programme more than labour productivity does. If only one truck can be unloaded at a time and only outside peak traffic hours, that constraint has to be in the schedule from day one.
We plan the delivery sequence before the construction sequence, then check the construction sequence against it.
Reduce the number of trades on site at once
Crowding a small site with concurrent trades feels like acceleration and usually produces the opposite: damaged finished work, obstructed access and rework.
Fewer trades working in a clean sequence will normally finish earlier than more trades working over each other.
Agree the neighbours' terms in advance
Working hours, noise windows and the condition of the shared access road are best agreed in writing before mobilisation. A complaint that stops work for a week is a programme risk like any other, and it is a cheap one to mitigate early.
