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Northline Logistics Campus

Three distribution buildings, one compressed shell schedule, and a steel package released by erection zone.

Location
Fort Worth, TX
Scope
Detailing · Fabrication · Erection
Structural steel
1,860 tons
Shop-to-field
24 weeks
Two construction workers guide a steel member into an active structural frame
Representative concept imagery / Project details are fictional

The challenge

Three buildings. One immovable shell date.

Northline's schedule allowed no room for steel to arrive in a shop-first sequence. Foundations, tilt panels, joists, deck, and MEP rough-in were staggered across three buildings, while the crane path shifted every few days.

The steel package had to become a logistics plan: approvals released in the right order, fabrication grouped by field zone, and every truck loaded around the next available picks.

The operating response

Turn the model into the release map.

Zone-coded model

Every primary and miscellaneous member carried a building, sequence, and load priority.

Rolling approvals

Submittals were packaged around what procurement and the field needed next, not drawing-sheet order.

Crane-ready loads

Truck manifests mirrored the superintendent's pick plan and limited ground sorting.

24-week shop-to-field path

Four phases. One live sequence.

Schedule shown as illustrative portfolio content.

  1. Week 01–04

    Model alignment

    Established grid, connection, joist, deck, and embed priorities with the GC and design team.

  2. Week 05–09

    Early releases

    Released mill material and anchor packages while the balance of the frame remained in coordination.

  3. Week 10–18

    Zone fabrication

    Fabricated by erection zone, with piece marks and load plans matched to the field sequence.

  4. Week 19–24

    Standing steel

    Maintained a rolling three-week look-ahead through final frame, deck, and punch completion.

Illustrative outcome

09working days ahead of baseline

The result was certainty the field could use.

The final structural zone was set nine working days ahead of baseline, with no late-steel event on the critical crane path and no load rejected for incorrect sequencing.

  • 98% on-time sequenced loads
  • Zero critical-path late steel events
  • One coordinated model through closeout
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