The following measures are taken to speed up the construction progress of the civil works of Line 1 of Shijiazhuang Metro, which is constructed under BT mode: determining the appropriate target dates of the milestones of the construction and the targets of the construction progress; paying adequate attention to the execution of the preliminary works; promoting the ontime commencement of works of each site; implementing strict control of the sites on the critical path; strengthening the management of the construction companies with their construction schedule lagging behind the targets; performing early warning during the construction; implementing target date examination, special examination and incentive program; ensuring the target dates of station construction, shield boring, tunnel breakthrough, track construction and electrical power supply system installation; optimizing the technological schemes; strengthening the safety and quality control; implementing good cooperation with the designer; ensuring the intime material supply; and helping the government authorities and the Client solve their problems. In the paper, the experience in the construction progress management is presented. 