from design to conception. with an average amount of workers for the project. does putting more money into the development speed things up? i have to know this because then i can work out how much of the project can be completed in a certain time frame.

It's a question nobody have an absolute answer.
First of all construction is by mostly by manpower, human make mistakes, so that's an uncertainty
two, force of nature - monsoon season / rainy days, how to predict the weather???
three, cash flow - contractor / your own worker will stop work if not paid
four, u mentioned design, which means no approval from govt yet - approval time depends on Vit M & friendship
five, C.F.O - same as point no. four

pump more money to speed things up?
That's a bit hard to answer. If u use it to pay under table for govt staff, might not be the solution also. Use it for project also could be yes / no answer... Depends on u invest on plant / equipment, labour or material????
Cash flow management is one of the trickiest job for any developer

Project time & cost
Can be worked out. Basically u plan and try your best to stick to your plan!!!
And pray nothing stands in your way....

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Added on October 31, 2008, 12:43 pmGoing back to the original question. Time to construct semi-d / bungalow :
1) how many units ru talking about?
2) whether it's a semi-d or bungalow - semi-d means at least 2 units, bungalow means 1
3) what stage of design? Building plan? Sub-division?
4) site conditions - earthworks?? access to site etc etc
5) not only workers influence work speed. There are also other factors u have to consider. Generally material + labour = work. Make sure everything there is smooth.

If from start of land acquisition to actual start of construction is done within 1 year that's already called super fast track. There's no definite answers for u here cuz of so many uncertainties, and your incomplete question...

This post has been edited by sordanny: Oct 31 2008, 12:43 PM

woo..very subjective question..
then maybe u expect very subjective answer ehh?

my uncle completed his bungalow for 10 month without front landscape..
with so-so workmanship..

some take month but some take year
also depends on the complexity

perhaps ten to twenty units to begin with. low cost houses. three to five bed single storey or double story. semi d perhaps. what do you mean by building plan or sub division. earthworks access to site? I'm thinking right now to build in sabah or sarawak. i think demand is quite good there what ssay you?

Let's be realistic.

Ur ambition is too high for u to achieve with ur present knowledge of property development + construction + marketing + govt related stuff. If you're not a civil engineer grad, u should start from being clerk of work. Work at site for a couple of years. Then only you would know statistics and figures are only for reference (to those who usually sit inside the aircond room & don't know what's really going on).

How are you gonna start building houses when you don't even know what earthwork's about?

Btw, u don't build low cost house unless the regulation demanded it. Low cost house, developer only earn peanuts, consider half-charity.

OK with your low-cost / single-storey / semi-d answer I assume u're still not sure at what u wanna do.
Which also means at this stage in time u haven't do much submission to the authorities, at most u've only done conversion of land only.
U don't even know what's sub-division / building plan
Go do your homework first.... It's inter-related, so I'm 99% sure u have not submitted those yet, or else u're leaving it to your staff to do it without taking much notice
So I conclude that not taking into account the construction period u have around 1 year more to go before any physical works take place
As for pace of physical works it's a complex answer.
Rule of thumb - material + labour = smooth work flow. So make sure every single component there is taken into consideration!

Not to say it's not realistic.
Come on our bro here can always be the big boss behind the scenes with a lot of money to burn
I can confirm that if u don't bother to ask / monitor the progress, u'll be screwed!!!!

To excel as a developer technical background is not really important, although some basic knowledge always helps!
Sitting at the site actually won't do u much good. Most important thing is know what to look / observe & monitor accordingly.
I've seen ppl with experience but still don't know what to observe & always blur at site

And yes low-cost houses are a pain in the arse. Try avoiding those with well thought out town planning