I have received a question from one of my trainees as follow “I have schedule of work around 50,000 activities and the schedule contains the scope of work of two contractors. Now one contractor will not be working under us …
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Constraints is an option in Primavera P6 to set the start or finish date regardless of the logic relationships. Since this option exists in P6 it means we can use it somehow. However, many consultants get confused when they find …
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Introduction Have you ever thought about how Claim Specialists and Delay Analysts are different when there’s a problem in construction? This article explains those differences easily and looks at whether legal or engineering skills are better for dealing with these …
1. Introduction Planned Spent Hours offers valuable insights into project advancement, focusing on the effort expended. Unlike Earned Value Management (EVM), which primarily considers financial aspects, Hours examines working hours and actual progress. This article provides a detailed exploration of …
Activities without predecessors and activities without successor in the primavera P6 schedule are known as open-end activities. This is one of the checkpoints to any construction schedule to have all your activities properly assigned together except the project start date and project …
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Measure progress is one of the most important operations in project planning and control. Most of the planning engineers and construction managers prefer to measure the progress using the Earned Value Management (EVM). However, sometimes it is required to measure the …
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This interactive report contains the most common activities in the construction projects along with their productivity rates hours per unit, a detailed description of the activity, activity predecessor, and activity successor. Each construction activity has a photo to give you …
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