Project templates now carry the timing, not just the line items
Your project templates already saved the shape of a job — the lines, the order, the scope wording. Now they save the timing too.
The new Schedule tab
Open any project template and you'll see a Schedule tab next to Lines. Hit Build starting layout and BidCraft lays out a first draft — one bar per task, grouped into phases, in roughly the order your lines run. From there it's drag-and-drop: move a bar to change when it starts, drag its edge to change how long it runs, check off dependencies so tile can't start before waterproofing finishes, tag a crew role. Set your usual lead time once — how many days after a client signs before your crew is on site — and every future job of this type inherits it.
Bars that haven't been resized yet show a dashed edge — that means the length is coming automatically from how many hours the task usually takes. Grab the edge and set your own, and it locks in.
What this gets you
Do the work once, on the template. From then on, every signed job of that type shows up on your Tasks page already dated and phased — not just a flat checklist, an actual day-by-day plan that matches how you laid it out. You can still adjust the dates on any real project; the template just gives every job a smart starting point instead of a blank slate.
Don't want to hand-tune the timing? Leave it alone — BidCraft still lays out a sensible plan automatically from your lines and tasks. The Schedule tab is there for when you want to take the wheel.
You can also just tell Biddy: "push the tile line back two days" or "add a gap before grout starts" — it'll make the edit and show you what changed before it touches anything.
Where to look
- How Project Templates work — full writeup of the Schedule tab, dependencies, and lead time
- Tasks on signed projects — how the dated plan shows up once a job is signed