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Project Status Bulletin Service (Manual + Human Coordination)

A dedicated person or small team embeds with the project (or calls site leads weekly) to extract real status updates, then publishes a standardized weekly bulletin to councillors, contractors, suppliers, and the public via email and a simple web page. The bulletin includes: current phase, % complete, next 2-week milestones, known delays + root cause, budget variance, and revised completion date. No software—just discipline, templates, and human coordination.

SERVICE

19 weeks • 70% confidence

Value Proposition

Eliminates manual chasing; creates a single source of truth that all stakeholders trust; reduces rework caused by miscommunication; gives public real answers (not silence), which kills frustration and political pressure. Costs far less than a SaaS platform and works immediately without IT overhead.

Target Audience

Local government infrastructure teams, project managers on delayed builds, councillors requiring accountability

Key Features

  • Weekly on-site or phone-based status extraction from project lead
  • Standardized bulletin template (phase, %, milestones, delays, budget, new completion date)
  • Distribution to councillors, contractors, suppliers, public via email + static web page
  • And more, with full implementation detail...

Tech Stack

Email service (Mailchimp or simple SMTP) Static web hosting (Netlify, GitHub Pages, or basic shared hosting) Google Sheets or Airtable for delay logging and analytics Phone/Zoom for on-site interviews
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Original Problem

Construction project delays causing financial losses and stakeholder frustration

Local government officials and construction stakeholders struggle to get timely updates on delayed infrastructure projects like the St Helens Foundry, leading to budget overruns, public dissatisfaction, and inability to plan dependent activities. Current communication channels fail to provide real-time project status, forcing councillors to manually seek updates and leaving the public uninformed about timeline changes and completion dates.

Score: 48.5%

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