Timeline · Six Weeks to Live

Hard target: WiFi live before mid-August 2026 (planning deadline Sat Aug 15). Today is Thu Jul 2 — that leaves six full working weeks, Jul 6 → Aug 14, with week 6 held as pure buffer. The schedule works, but only if the three long-lead actions all start in week 1.

44 days

Today → Aug 15

6 weeks

Working window (W1–W6)

2–4 wks

Hardware indent (PH)

4–8 wks

Worst-case ISP provisioning

Critical path — three constraints, all triggered in W1 (Jul 6–10)

ISP provisioning. Enterprise fiber in PH commonly runs 4–8 weeks when the building has no entry facilities for the chosen provider — that alone blows the window. RISE (Cebu-focused) publicly benchmarks a 1.8-week average business install. Mitigation: submit two parallel applications (RISE + PLDT Enterprise or Converge FlexiBIZ) on day one, and have the landlord confirm which ISPs already have building entry. estimate
Hardware indent. U7 Pro XGS and the USW-Pro-XG-10-PoE are typically 2–4 week indent (import) items at PH distributors, not shelf stock. PO with 50% down must be issued this week with a contractual delivery date. estimate
Ceiling closure. The 8 Cat6A drops (193 m measured) must be pulled before the suspended ceiling closes. The fit-out GC controls that date and the plan is still DRAFT 02 — get the close date in writing in W1 and book the pull for W3. Pulling after closure costs 2–3× and risks a 1–2 week slip.

Six-week Gantt

W1Jul 6–10

W2Jul 13–17

W3Jul 20–24

W4Jul 27–31

W5Aug 3–7

W6Aug 10–14 → DL 15

Procurement · Paul

PO W1 → indent → delivery end W3

if 4-wk indent

ISP fiber · ISP + landlord

apply ×2 W1 → survey → install target W4

4–8 wk worst case → 5G CPE covers

Cabling · vendor + GC

survey W2 → pull + certify W3 (ceiling open)

Commissioning · Paul + vendor

build + mount W4 → acceptance W5

Buffer · Paul

float + handover

procurement ISP cabling commissioning buffer slip risk (striped) red-outlined bars = critical path · hard deadline Sat Aug 15

Week-by-week plan

THU JUL 2 — TODAY

Design locked, dossier issued

Paul

7× U7 Pro XGS (6 new + 1 reused), UCG-Fiber reused as gateway/controller, USW-Pro-XG-10-PoE, 8 Cat6A drops (193 m), 12U wall rack, 1–1.5 kVA UPS. See BOM and Network Design.

W1 · MON JUL 6 – FRI JUL 10

Decisions + every long-lead order fired

Paul (owner) · landlord · fit-out GC

Mon–Tue: approve 7-AP design and ~₱294,224 budget estimate. Issue PO with 50% down: 6× U7 Pro XGS + USW-Pro-XG-10-PoE + U-PoE++ injector spare + Cat6A materials — quotes from Prowatcher and a structured-cabling contractor, distributor pricing (MEC Networks / iConnect) as benchmark. Submit two ISP applications in parallel (RISE primary; PLDT Enterprise / Converge FlexiBIZ backup); same day, ask landlord which ISPs already have building-entry facilities + request riser access, ceiling-work permit, server-room power. Buy Smart/Globe 5G CPE with Ethernet out (~₱8,000) off the shelf.
milestone Fri Jul 10: PO issued · 2 ISP applications lodged · ceiling-close date confirmed in writing by fit-out GC.

W2 · MON JUL 13 – FRI JUL 17

Joint site survey + server-room readiness

Vendor + ISP + landlord (Paul reviews)

Walk the site with installer and ISP(s): verify ceiling type/void, mark 7 AP positions + 8 cable routes against the construction set (not DRAFT 02); confirm the 4.97 sqm server room gets a dedicated circuit, ventilation and earthing. Sign the winning ISP contract (RISE avg 1.8 wks from here ≈ Jul 29 install). Order 12U wall rack, 1–1.5 kVA UPS, patch panel, keystones.
milestone Fri Jul 17: survey report + final AP layout signed · ISP survey done · ceiling-close date locked.

W3 · MON JUL 20 – FRI JUL 24

Cable pull while the ceiling is OPEN

Vendor crew (Paul supervises) · fit-out GC coordination

Pull 8 Cat6A drops (7 APs + 1 spare, 193 m total incl. slack) from the server-room star point; terminate patch panel + ceiling jacks; certify every link for 10G — printouts are a payment condition. Install rack, PDU, UPS. 2–3 days for a 2-man crew in an open-ceiling fit-out. Hardware delivery lands this week if the PO went out Jul 6–7.
milestone Fri Jul 24: all 8 links certified · hardware on site (or customs-cleared in Cebu).

W4 · MON JUL 27 – FRI JUL 31

Network build + AP mounting + fiber install target

Paul + vendor + ISP

Stage and adopt everything against the still-running old-office UCG-Fiber (or via UniFi Site Manager): firmware, VLANs 10/20/30/40, SSIDs, 802.1X/PPSK, min-RSSI + band steering. Mount the 7 APs after ceiling tiles go in — APs are the last ceiling trade. RISE fiber lands this week on the 1.8-wk average; bring the 5G CPE online as WAN2 regardless. Old-office gateway moves last — its move date is the old office's WiFi death date.
milestone Fri Jul 31: all APs adopted and broadcasting, on 5G uplink at minimum; fiber live = stretch.

W5 · MON AUG 3 – FRI AUG 7

Commissioning + acceptance test

Paul + vendor

Fiber cutover (or keep running on 5G if slipped); WAN failover test (pull fiber, verify <1 min switchover); walk-test heatmap at desk height across all zones; roaming test along the 27 m open-plan run; load test ~30 devices on one AP; punch list; vendor sign-off gates the 50% completion payment.
milestone Fri Aug 7: acceptance passed — WiFi production-ready with one week to spare.

W6 · MON AUG 10 – FRI AUG 14

Pure buffer + handover

Paul

One full week of float: absorbs a realistic ISP slip, late indent delivery, or a failed-link re-pull. If all green: as-built documentation vs the final (non-draft) plan, spares note, staff SSID onboarding, old-office gear decommission.
hard deadline Sat Aug 15 — office live before mid-August. verified no PH holidays inside the window.

Decisions needed THIS WEEK (by Fri Jul 10)

Approve budget + design

~₱294,224 VAT-inc capex estimate (excl. ISP recurring), 7-AP design. Every other action below is blocked on this signature. Full breakdown on BOM & Costs.

Issue the equipment PO (50% down)

6× U7 Pro XGS + USW-Pro-XG-10-PoE + U-PoE++ injector + Cat6A materials, with a contractual delivery date — these are 2–4 week indent items in PH. Fallback if XGS slips: U7 Pro Max (PoE+, more commonly stocked).

Submit 2 ISP applications in parallel

RISE (primary — 1.8-wk avg install, Cebu commercial presence) + PLDT Enterprise or Converge FlexiBIZ (backup); cancel the loser later. Landlord confirms same-day which providers already have building entry — this single answer decides 2 weeks vs 2 months.

Ceiling-close date in writing

From the fit-out GC; book the W3 cable pull against it and get the WiFi installer named as a subcontractor in the fit-out schedule so trades don't collide.

Buy the 5G CPE now

Smart/Globe Ethernet-out CPE, ~₱8,000 + prepaid SIM, off the shelf. Day-one internet if fiber slips and the permanent failover (UCG-Fiber has no USB modem; U-LTE Backup is US-only) verified.

Dual-quote the installation

Keep Prowatcher as bidder (knows the account, sources Ubiquiti) but benchmark against a Cebu structured-cabling contractor at ₱3,500–5,000 per certified drop estimate. Detail on Vendors & Quote.

PH calendar constraints

Date	What	Type	Impact on this project
Jul 6 – Aug 15	Project window	clean	No regular or special non-working day falls inside the window (Proclamation No. 1006) verified
Fri Aug 21	Ninoy Aquino Day	special non-working	First long weekend immediately after the deadline — vendors/ISP slow down
Mon Aug 31	National Heroes Day	regular holiday	Second long weekend in the slip zone — a 1–2 week slip lands in back-to-back holiday weeks
Jul – Oct	Typhoon / rainy season (Visayas)	weather	Outdoor ISP aerial/riser work and deliveries can lose days; W6 buffer absorbs this

Slipping past Aug 15 means slipping into holiday season A miss doesn't cost days — it compounds: Aug 21 + Aug 31 create two long weekends of vendor and ISP unavailability right after the deadline. Also note: weekend / after-hours work in commercial buildings needs landlord clearance (accredited contractors, work permits, sometimes after-hours-only rules for riser and ceiling work) — discovered late, this alone adds 1–2 weeks. Ask in the W1 landlord conversation.

Buffer strategy

W6 = pure buffer

Aug 10–14 is deliberately empty: one full week of float against ISP slip, a 4-week indent, or a failed-link re-pull. Do not schedule new scope into it.

5G CPE = internet decoupled from fiber

The ~₱8,000 CPE bought in W1 makes "WiFi live" independent of fiber delivery: the office opens on 5G WAN2 if fiber slips, and the same box stays as permanent failover afterward. The deadline stops depending on the slowest external party.

UCG-Fiber move = old-office WiFi death date

The reused gateway is also the controller: the moment it's unplugged, the old office goes dark. Stage and adopt the new switch + APs against it in W4, before it physically moves (or adopt via UniFi Site Manager), keep config backups, and move the gateway last on an agreed cutover day.

Sources & data

Week plan, lead times and holiday check from the project timeline research (data-raw/project-timeline.json, Gantt findings W1–W6). ISP benchmarks: RISE enterprise (rise.ph, publicly stated 1.8-wk avg business install) vs typical PH enterprise DIA 4–8 wks estimate. 2026 holidays: Proclamation No. 1006 (pco.gov.ph) verified. Hardware facts (PoE++ requirement, UCG-Fiber WAN2, no USB modem): techspecs.ui.com verified. Switch and drop counts follow the locked design (data/design.json) — the 10-port USW-Pro-XG-10-PoE supersedes the 8-port considered in early research (155 W budget < 203 W nameplate for 7 APs). Methodology and acceptance criteria: Knowledge Base.