Here's what Squeaky Bum Time Means in Construction

Here's what squeaky bum time means on a construction project. So if you've ever been on a construction project, you should know that in the last quarter of a construction project, that's when everything happens. And so Sir Alex Ferguson, a famous manager for Manchester United, he coined this phrase called squeaky bum time, which is when people start shifting around in their plastic seats at the end of a football game and they start getting nervous about stuff. That's squeaky bum time. The last quarter of a construction project is when all the disputes happen, all of the issues happen. So essentially, all you're trying to do the whole construction project is build a body of evidence and prepare yourself for that last quarter. So when the client comes looking for it to save costs, he looks at you and he goes, oh, they have all their paperwork in place. We don't want to come after them. We're going to go after somebody else to save our money, and you're going to be good.