Building Renovation Resource Plan
This is a practical guide to building a resource plan for a building renovation project — the people and resources needed, when, and how they are allocated, adapted to the realities of renovating or refurbishing an existing building.
What a Resource Plan is
A resource plan is the people and resources needed, when, and how they are allocated. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Resource Planning. On a building renovation project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Building Renovation project
Building Renovation projects live or die on renovating or refurbishing an existing building. A well-built resource plan gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how building renovation projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Roles and skills needed
- Allocation over time
- Capacity vs demand
- Resource calendar
Building Renovation-specific considerations
Tailor the resource plan to the risks that most often derail building renovation projects:
- Unknown existing conditions
- Occupied-site working
- Scope changes on discovery
Example
On a real building renovation project, the resource plan would be shaped by renovating or refurbishing an existing building. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — unknown existing conditions, occupied-site working, scope changes on discovery — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.