School Construction RAID Log
This is a practical guide to building a raid log for a school construction project — a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, adapted to the realities of building a school or education facility.
What a RAID Log is
A raid log is a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies. For the full concept and how it works in general, see RAID Log. On a school construction project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a School Construction project
School Construction projects live or die on building a school or education facility. A well-built raid log 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 school construction projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Risks
- Assumptions
- Issues
- Dependencies
- Owners and status
School Construction-specific considerations
Tailor the raid log to the risks that most often derail school construction projects:
- Fixed academic-calendar deadlines
- Budget constraints
- Safeguarding requirements
Example
On a real school construction project, the raid log would be shaped by building a school or education facility. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — fixed academic-calendar deadlines, budget constraints, safeguarding requirements — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.