Built for contractors and small crews

Construction project planning with AI Gantt charts

You already know how the job runs. Getting it into a schedule your subs and clients can see is the part that eats an evening — here it takes about a minute, and it stays useful when dates slip.

Opens straight in the editor after you sign in with Google. Free to start — no credit card required.

Why contractors use it

The schedule keeps up with the job, not the other way around

Most jobs run on a whiteboard, a spreadsheet, or the PM's memory. That works until a date slips, a change order lands, or the owner asks for a timeline. This fixes the part that breaks.

A schedule in minutes, not an evening

Describe the job in plain English — or open the ground-up schedule below — and get every task sequenced with crews and durations in about 30 seconds. No MS Project, no Primavera training.

Slips and change orders don't wreck the plan

Drag the task that moved and everything downstream reschedules itself. Framing runs two weeks over? Rough-in, drywall, and finish dates all shift with it.

Answer "when do we start?" without digging

Sitework, concrete, framing, MEP subs — each crew gets its own lane. Filter to one crew before you call them, so you're only looking at their dates.

Share it the way subs expect

Export to Excel or CSV, or keep a live Google Sheet the GC, subs, and owner can all check — no new app for anyone to install.

What you start from

A real ground-up construction schedule, not a blank page

Ground-up build: permits and design through structure, MEP, finishes, and handover. This is the actual starting point — tune the durations to your job and the rest of the dates work themselves out.

Pre-Construction
Feasibility & budgeting Owner / PM · 15 workdays
Permits & approvals Owner / PM · 30 workdays · after Feasibility & budgeting
Architectural & structural design Architect · 40 workdays · after Feasibility & budgeting
Sitework
Site clearing & excavation Site Crew · 20 workdays · after Permits & approvals, Architectural & structural design
Structure
Foundation Concrete Crew · 25 workdays · after Site clearing & excavation
Framing / superstructure Framing Crew · 45 workdays · after Foundation
Roofing Roofing Crew · 15 workdays · after Framing / superstructure
MEP
Rough-in electrical/plumbing/HVAC MEP Subcontractors · 35 workdays · after Framing / superstructure
Interiors
Insulation & drywall Interior Crew · 20 workdays · after Roofing, Rough-in electrical/plumbing/HVAC
Interior finishes Finishing Crew · 40 workdays · after Insulation & drywall
Closeout
Inspections & punch list Owner / PM · 15 workdays · after Interior finishes
Final handover Owner / PM · 5 workdays · after Inspections & punch list

Roughly 52 weeks end to end at these durations — drag any bar in the editor and the rest reschedules.

Construction schedule for a ground-up build, shown in the GanttChart.AI editor with crews and workstreams

Renovating or remodeling instead?

Renovation / Remodel

Update an existing space: assessment and design through demo, rough-in, finishes, and final inspection.

Planning
Site assessment & scope Owner / PM · 7 workdays
Design & material selection Designer · 14 workdays · after Site assessment & scope
Permits & approvals Owner / PM · 15 workdays · after Design & material selection
Demolition
Demolition & teardown Demo Crew · 7 workdays · after Permits & approvals
Structure
Structural & framing changes Carpentry Crew · 14 workdays · after Demolition & teardown
MEP
Rough-in electrical/plumbing/HVAC MEP Subcontractors · 14 workdays · after Structural & framing changes
Inspection of rough-in Owner / PM · 3 workdays · after Rough-in electrical/plumbing/HVAC
Interiors
Insulation & drywall Interior Crew · 12 workdays · after Inspection of rough-in
Interior finishes & painting Finishing Crew · 21 workdays · after Insulation & drywall
Fixtures & appliances install Finishing Crew · 10 workdays · after Interior finishes & painting
Closeout
Final inspection & punch list Owner / PM · 7 workdays · after Fixtures & appliances install

About 25 weeks at these durations — tighten or stretch each phase to match your scope.

Common Questions From Contractors

Answers for contractors and small crews sizing this up before giving it a try

Yes. Describe the job in plain English, or start from the construction schedule above, and it lays out tasks, crews, durations, and dependencies in about 30 seconds — a starting point you can then drag around and adjust for your job.

Yes. The schedule sequences work the way real jobs run — permits and design before excavation, foundation before framing, framing before MEP rough-in — and you can drag tasks and adjust dependencies as the job changes.

Drag the task that moved, and everything downstream reschedules automatically. If framing runs two weeks over, the rough-in, drywall, and finish dates all shift with it — no re-planning the whole job by hand.

Yes. Every schedule can be exported to Excel or CSV, or kept live in Google Sheets, so you can share it with subcontractors and clients in the format they already use.

Yes. Alongside the ground-up construction schedule, GanttChart.AI also has a renovation/remodel schedule covering assessment, demolition, rough-in, finishes, and final inspection.

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