diff --git a/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.jsx b/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.jsx
index 7140444799..128f4dbf31 100644
--- a/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.jsx
+++ b/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.jsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const projectStatusButtonData = [
   ['Completed Projects', 'completedProjects', '#F3FCFF', '#C1EFFB', '#328D1B'],
   ['Delayed Projects', 'delayedProjects', '#FFE9FA', '#FECFF3', '#C82F2F'],
   ['Active Projects', 'activeProjects', '#E8E8FF', '#CBCBFE', '#328D1B'],
-  ['Avg Project Duration', 'avgProjectDuration', '#FFF6EE', '#FFD8A5', '#FFD8A5'],
+  ['Avg Completed Project Duration (hours)', 'avgProjectDuration', '#FFF6EE', '#FFD8A5', '#FFD8A5'],
   ['Total Material Cost', 'totalMaterialCost', '#FFF3F3', '#FBC1C2', '#328D1B'],
   ['Total Material Used', 'totalMaterialUsed', '#DAC8FF', '#B28ECC', '#328D1B'],
   ['Total Labor Hours Invested', 'totalLaborHoursInvested', '#E5C1FC', '#F6E1FB', '#328D1B'],
@@ -325,12 +325,18 @@ function WeeklyProjectSummary() {
               {projectStatusCards.map(button => {
                 const unavailableTooltipId = `project-status-unavailable-${button.metricKey}`;
                 return (
-                  <div
+                  <section
                     key={button.metricKey}
+                    aria-label={button.title}
                     className={`${styles.weeklyProjectSummaryCard} ${styles.statusCard}`}
                     style={{ backgroundColor: button.bgColor }}
                   >
                     <div className={`${styles.weeklyCardTitle}`}>{button.title}</div>
+                    {button.metricKey === 'avgProjectDuration' && (
+                      <div className={styles.projectDurationDescription}>
+                        Start to completion for projects completed in the selected period.
+                      </div>
+                    )}
                     <div
                       className={`${styles.weeklyStatusButton}`}
                       style={{ backgroundColor: button.buttonColor }}
@@ -380,7 +386,7 @@ function WeeklyProjectSummary() {
                         {button.change}
                       </div>
                     )}
-                  </div>
+                  </section>
                 );
               })}
             </div>
diff --git a/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.module.css b/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.module.css
index 7d234634a8..6f8fc34d79 100644
--- a/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.module.css
+++ b/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.module.css
@@ -610,7 +610,9 @@
   /* Fill the responsive grid track instead of capping cards at a fixed desktop width. */
   max-width: none;
   min-width: 0;
-  height: 190px;
+  min-height: 190px;
+  height: auto;
+  align-self: stretch;
   text-align: center;
   box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgb(0 0 0 / 15%);
   padding: 20px;
@@ -627,6 +629,13 @@
   transition: color 0.3s ease;
 }
 
+.projectDurationDescription {
+  margin-top: 4px;
+  color: #333;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+}
+
 .weeklyStatusValue {
   color: #000;
   font-size: 40px;
@@ -686,6 +695,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Keep all Project Status text readable on the preserved pastel status cards in dark mode. */
+.darkMode .statusCard .projectDurationDescription,
 .darkMode .statusCard .weeklyCardTitle,
 .darkMode .statusCard .weeklyStatusValue {
   color: #000 !important;
diff --git a/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.projectStatus.test.jsx b/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.projectStatus.test.jsx
index 0a1e385653..0aaa629711 100644
--- a/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.projectStatus.test.jsx
+++ b/src/components/BMDashboard/WeeklyProjectSummary/WeeklyProjectSummary.projectStatus.test.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import configureMockStore from 'redux-mock-store';
 import WeeklyProjectSummary from './WeeklyProjectSummary';
@@ -163,6 +163,75 @@ describe('WeeklyProjectSummary Project Status request state', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByRole('alert')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it.each([false, true])('renders Active Projects only once (dark mode: %s)', darkMode => {
+    const state = createState();
+    state.theme.darkMode = darkMode;
+    state.weeklyProjectSummary.projectStatusData = {
+      current: { metrics: { activeProjects: { value: 265, comparisonType: 'CURRENT_ONLY' } } },
+    };
+    renderWithState(state);
+
+    expect(screen.getAllByText('Active Projects')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(screen.getAllByText('265')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it.each([0, 17, 1008])(
+    'defines the duration metric and preserves the API hour value %s',
+    value => {
+      const state = createState();
+      state.weeklyProjectSummary.projectStatusData = {
+        current: {
+          metrics: {
+            avgProjectDuration: {
+              value,
+              unit: 'hrs',
+              comparisonType: 'PERIOD_COMPARABLE',
+              percentageChange: 0.13,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      };
+      renderWithState(state);
+
+      const durationCard = screen.getByRole('region', {
+        name: 'Avg Completed Project Duration (hours)',
+      });
+      expect(within(durationCard).getByText(`${value} hrs`)).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(
+        within(durationCard).getByText(
+          'Start to completion for projects completed in the selected period.',
+        ),
+      ).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(within(durationCard).getByText('+13% month over month')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('keeps missing duration unavailable instead of inventing 17 hours', () => {
+    const state = createState();
+    state.weeklyProjectSummary.projectStatusData = {
+      current: {
+        metrics: {
+          avgProjectDuration: {
+            value: null,
+            unit: 'hrs',
+            comparisonType: 'UNAVAILABLE',
+            unavailableReason: 'No completed projects in this period.',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    renderWithState(state);
+
+    const durationCard = screen.getByRole('region', {
+      name: 'Avg Completed Project Duration (hours)',
+    });
+    expect(within(durationCard).getByText('N/A')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      within(durationCard).getByRole('button', { name: 'No completed projects in this period.' }),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('17 hrs')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it('shows loading and suppresses stale comparison text when filters change before useEffect dispatches', () => {
     renderWithState(
       createState({