TL;DR
Schedule compression is the deliberate shortening of a construction timeline without cutting scope, achieved by fast-tracking (overlapping phases that normally run in sequence) or crashing (adding crews, shifts, or overtime at extra cost). Contractors propose it when permits, weather, or change orders have eaten float and a completion date is fixed.
What it means
Schedule compression is the deliberate shortening of a construction timeline without cutting scope, achieved by fast-tracking (overlapping phases that normally run in sequence) or crashing (adding crews, shifts, or overtime at extra cost). Contractors propose it when permits, weather, or change orders have eaten float and a completion date is fixed. It carries real trade-offs, since overlapped trades increase rework risk and premium labor raises the price.
Where it sits in the glossary
Schedule compression is part of the Trade jargon group inside the ProFix Directory glossary. Browse every term in this category from the glossary index.
Why Ohio homeowners should know it
This is a term Ohio homeowners encounter when reading contractor quotes, hiring paperwork, or inspection reports. Understanding it well enough to ask one good follow-up question is usually all the protection a homeowner needs.
ProFix Directory keeps definitions short on the index page and saves the longer context — Ohio-specific rules, where the term comes from, and which ProFix tools touch it — for these per-term pages so the term is easy to cite and easy to share.
ProFix tools that touch this term
See also
License: CC-BY-4.0 — quote freely with attribution to ProFix Editorial Team / ProFix Directory.