Dear Hany

As far as I know there is not a rule about frequency of updates.

In my opinion they depends on the characteristics of each project, and the type of tasks involved

In important projects with short total duration probably it pays making updates weekly, because most probably the rate of construction is very fast. In others, projects which their estimated total duration is measured in years, I would say that a monthly update is enough.

It also depends on the type of projects. Those with repetitive tasks such as the construction of high-rises, it is relatively easy to make a forecast of the completion of the project, however, this could vary especially nowadays when many high-rises have very complicated structures

At the end the updates frequency depends on the project and construction managers, If the latter so considers there are daily meetings with all responsible where the work in process is analyzed and appropriate measures taken. It is also important to have a document called '3-week look ahead schedule' where each subcontractor defines his work on that period, and gives the reasons why the last week period was not attained.

With this approach the construction manager has daily information about the development of the project, in addition of course to his daily visits to the work site.

With these additional instruments a monthly update that form part of the monthly report is useful to stakeholders, banks and other parts intervening in the project

A minimum of a weekly project review update meeting needs to be held. Some times a "site diary" is also held which records the daily activities including pictures etc.

for a vibrant project Monthly progress is essential to rectify and control if something is wrong

After every three months

Syed Javaid Khurshid Don't you think this is a very long time to detect the delays and alleviate its impact on the project?

after every 3 years

3 months

Dear Syed

I still believe that three months is not the ideal. Many things can happen during such long intervals, and if some is not right, it can be too late to correct it.