Stop Guessing. Start Knowing: Fix Make-Ready Planning Today

If you work in construction, you already know the frustration. Plans look perfect on paper, yet out on site things slip. Teams under-produce one day, over-produce the next. The reasons? They rarely make it back to the planners in time to make a difference. That gap between plan and reality is where productivity leaks away.

National Highways saw this problem too. Their Innovation Reapplied initiative dug deep into the data. They tracked productivity across major schemes, comparing planned versus actual output for drainage, earthworks, pavements, gantries and more. They didn’t just measure numbers. They captured reason codes for why things went off track. Over 3,400 data points later, the picture was clear: make-ready planning often fails because the feedback loop is broken. Decisions are made without knowing what really happened yesterday.

The analysis was sobering. Only 56 per cent of spend added value. The rest was transactional noise. That’s not just wasted money. It’s wasted time, wasted effort, wasted opportunity. Innovation Reapplied proved that when you understand the causes of variance, you can benchmark, challenge and improve. But here’s the catch: their system was built for client-down implementation. It works at programme level, not at the sharp end where team leaders live.

That’s where Black Pear Advisory comes in. We’ve taken the same thinking and made it practical. Our app gives every work team leader the power to report, in real time, why their shift went the way it did. No waiting for end-of-week reviews. No spreadsheets lost in inboxes. Just instant insight, straight from the people doing the work. It’s industry validated logic, but flipped for team-up adoption.

And the cost? About the same as buying every team member a coffee each day. For that, you get a live feedback loop that kills the guesswork in make-ready planning. You get visibility that helps planners plan and teams deliver. You get fewer surprises, fewer delays, and a lot less waste.

Construction is tough enough without flying blind. If you want to improve production, start by listening to the people who make it happen. Black Pear Advisory can help you do that. Simple, fast, and affordable.

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Stop letting productivity slip through the cracks. Deploy our app today and turn real-time feedback into real results. Get in touch with Black Pear Advisory and see how easy it is to start.