Midweek, Mar 11th, '26...

[Weaselinsuit]

In general project scheduling, "float" is the amount of time a given item can be delayed (start or finish) before it moves onto the critical path and affects the overall completion schedule.

What's the obscure fact you need? Just curious, I never worked in construction so I'm ignorant of possible nuances and arcane implications.

I was trying to find any Canadian cases on who owns the float on a project; the contractor or the project owner. The answer seems to be that the general rule is unless ownership is specified in the contract, float belongs to the project and any party may use it on a first come/first served basis.

Unfortunately, while reference is made to float in a number of cases, there are none that definitively deal with ownership. Probably because of the aforementioned general rule.....

 

[Obo]

mmmm floats