What the RFI?

Why Construction Projects Fall Apart Before Occupancy

August 10, 2026·23 min
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You have 24 months to build a school… yet somehow every deficiency, training session, closeout document, hardware adjustment and commissioning issue seems to appear in the final two weeks before occupancy. Why? In this episode of What the RFI?, Matt talks about procrastination in construction and why the final stretch before occupancy can become absolute chaos. Using two school projects currently approaching occupancy, Matt shares some of the challenges from the past week—from fire alarm veri...

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