Programme and Multi-Phase Delivery for Housing Developments

On a new build development the roof is a critical milestone. Internal trades cannot start until the plot is weathered in, so any slip on the roofing package pushes back every trade that follows, then plot completions, then legal completions and the sales programme behind them. Globe Roofing plans the roofing programme around the developer's full timeline, not just the phase in front of it.

Programme delivery is central to our new build development roofing division. Because the price is plot by plot, materials, labour and supervision can be planned around the rate of plot release.

Sequencing with scaffold and PV

A pitched roof cannot be built without scaffold configured for the work, and the scaffold interface is where most housing schemes lose programme time. Where Globe Cambridge, the group's scaffolding business, provides the scaffold, pre-construction planning maps plot types against scaffold configurations, sizes tile loading platforms for the drops and sequences scaffold availability to match the gangs' movement across the site. Modifications are designed, recorded and inspected, with seven-day statutory inspections throughout the roofing work, but the route from request to delivery is shorter inside one group. Where roof-mounted PV forms part of the specification, it is another interface to agree in the sequence at pre-construction, alongside scaffold, rather than on the day. See how Globe Roofing coordinates with scaffold to keep the programme moving.

Weathering the roof to release internal trades

We keep dedicated gangs on site, organised by plot sequence, so that as scaffold is struck from one block the next is ready to go. Our site management team tells the principal contractor's site manager when plots are ready for inspection, when a plot is ready for the next trade, and if anything is preventing progress. Pricing for programme certainty means supervision, material cover and operative depth are built into the rate, so ordinary site contingencies do not become lost weeks.

Gang allocation and rotation

Roofing demand on a multi-phase development is uneven, with weeks of heavy plot release followed by none. Our subcontractor gang model lets resourcing flex to the actual rate of release, and the number of gangs per phase, mobilisation lead time and expected duration per plot are planned against the development timeline. When a gang moves between plots or sites, the same brief travels with it, and new crews are verified and briefed within the same documented framework as the crews before them. Our article on why subcontractor management is central to consistent roofing standards explains the system.

Multi-phase continuity

Plot rates are agreed across the whole development, removing renegotiation at each phase. The specification agreed for phase one applies to every later phase, site management and gang composition stay consistent wherever the programme allows, and plot completion records give an unbroken trail from the first plot to the last. NHBC mid-build stages are built into the programme from the outset, and our NHBC, LABC and Premier compliance page covers how. Read how we manage multi-phase roofing programmes on large residential developments.

Adverse weather

Weather, planning amendments and design changes force revised sequences on every real programme. When weather takes a gang off a plot, communication with the scaffold team about reconfiguration, securing or temporary protection is direct, with no contractual friction over whose programme is affected. Dry fix systems help too, because mechanically fixed verges and ridges are less weather-dependent than mortar. Stable teams and suppliers carrying stock for the scheme let lost time be recovered without bringing unfamiliar operatives onto site.

Groundworks, scaffold, roof and fall protection

The Globe Group covers the sequence either side of the roof: groundworks from Globe Civil Engineering, scaffold from Globe Cambridge, then roofing, with fall protection from Red Safety Netting. Where safety netting is installed by the same FASET-certified team across phases, install records stay aligned. Managing those interfaces inside one group reduces the coordination load on the principal contractor.

Planning the roofing programme on a phased development? Contact Globe Roofing, email enquiries@theglobegroup.co.uk or call 01223 890727.