Dear Planning Planet Member,

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New nPlan offer for Planning Planet members - get a 2-week no-commitment trial of its Insights software and see for yourself why people are getting excited about AI in construction

For a limited time, Planning Planet members can trial nPlan Insights, the AI-powered planning, forecasting and risk management software that’s changed the way project teams at the Transpennine Route Upgrade, HS2, Shell, Kier, Costain and many other owners and contractors deliver work.

Sign up for a trial of Insights to explore:

• The Insights page, where the Predictive AI engine under the hood of Insights surfaces the project activities most in need of pre-emptive mitigation
• Driving Paths, which automatically performs a Critical Paths Analysis of your schedule and allows you to interact with the resulting visualisation
• Barry, our project controls AI agent, which has been specially trained to process and reason about your project data

…and much more besides!

The software runs in a web-browser and comes with demo data pre-loaded, meaning you don’t need a schedule to put the software through its paces (which also saves you from having to wrangle with your IT department); similarly there’s no need to speak to an nPlan salesperson to get started with a trial, simply head to their website and hit the green button (pictured) to sign up and log-in.

Join expert and industry veteran, Steve Jones, Senior Director of Industry Insights Research at Dodge Construction Network, in our next episode of True Talks! Watch as he teams up with Andy Verone to dive into the critical role of owners in driving digital adoption in the construction industry.

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Industry News - Fuelling Innovation: IAMTech's Strategies for Staying Ahead in Industrial Tech.

Ross Coulman (MD, IAMTech) has been confirmed as a speaker on Day 1 of the 
OPEX GLOBAL STO Conference - London, UK on the 25, 26 & 27th September.

• Adapting to changing conditions and minimizing downtime
• Exploring multiple project strategies with AI-driven 'what-if' analysis
• Leveraging generative technology to identify optimized paths and improve project outcomes

AI is coming your way; Or are you already using it?  Let us know your outlook on AI and receive your own copy of our exclusive Guide to ChatGPT in Construction

WPL Publishing Company, publishers of the AI Construction News newsletter, is running a short 6-question survey and would love your input. Please let us know what you think below. All participants who complete the survey will receive a complimentary copy of the 75-page Guide to ChatGPT in Construction published by AI Construction News, a $125 value! Survey closes August 9.

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With the Industry 4.0 revolution, blending advanced technologies like IoT and AI with traditional practices, we're not just witnessing a technological upgrade but a complete shift in how work is performed. 

Cleopatra Enterprise’s expert, Jos van der Stelt, delves into the dual challenges businesses face: upskilling the workforce and overcoming resistance to change. 

• Discover actionable insights and practical steps to manage these challenges effectively. 

Many organizations seek to make more reliable decisions and conduct detailed studies on their data for specific project requirements. However, they often encounter challenges when communicating with external parties.

Cleopatra Enterprise’s on-demand webinar provides valuable insights into:

• The role of CESK Data in supporting client decisions
• Real-life examples from CESK Data’s case studies
• Qualitative and quantitative improvements in CESK 2024

This webinar offers strategies to address these challenges and enhance project outcomes through custom CESK data.

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Gantt charts are a powerful tool for managing project timelines and ensuring successful project outcomes. Gantt charts help project managers plan effectively, allocate resources efficiently, and monitor progress in real-time by providing a clear visual representation of tasks and their sequences. 

Explore ScheduleReader with 15-day free trial and get greater project control, save time and resources and be constantly up to date with data!

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Microsoft Project is a powerful tool that can help you create the perfect project plan, and by integrating it with Seavus Project Viewer you can further efficiently facilitate the project execution and streamline the project information with the right stakeholders downstream and upstream the organization.

This webinar will explore how Seavus Project Viewer complements Microsoft Project, offering significant benefits to both project managers and organizations.

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A superior alternative to the "most popular" software for us as planners?

Spider Project

Spider Project offers numerous unique functional features and is the only PM software that optimizes resource, cost, and material constrained schedules and budgets for projects and portfolios.

Check it out here...   Ask questions here...

Construction CPM Conference will be next be held in Philadelphia PA next January 19-22 2025.

Please note - the charge for attending goes up from $825 to $875 on September 1st.

ENIAC was created by Mauchly. CPM was then created as an exercise by Kelley and Walker to demonstrate a practical use of the newly invented electronic digital computer. It took James O’Brien to suggest and then spread to the world the impact to our construction and other time centric industries. It is OUR job to continue spreading of the discipline of Critical Path Method Planning as modified to utilize the more powerful computers of 2025 (rather than those of 1956) to further the goal of calculating the best schedules for our projects. Kelley, Walker, and others knew that the 1956 solutions were only approximations limited by the mathematics and computer power of the day.

Do YOU know that despite the many magnitudes of increased power of today’s computers, such are still only approximations and often off by weeks or even months as to earliest achievable completion? This is not rocket science - it is much more complex. So much more that even today’s computers can provide only an approximation.

The development of new computer software of, by and for software companies has not been used to address the issues of the leaders of 1956, and in many cases yield a solution inferior to those of yore. But we as Engineers already knew OUR job is to understand and make these tools still serve US.

Come to Construction CPM Conference to learn proper PLANNING, and to compare and contrast the solutions provided by these software developers. Go Home Trained in Three or More! Consider new features and Add-Ons to help YOU understand how to use these tools to best manage OUR projects.

The latest from SCOTUS ending “Chevron” tells us we can no longer say “the computer says” and demands we be able to explain and duplicate (by hand if necessary) the calculation to a Court. Beyond courtroom shouting, please remember that OUR job is to create best projects for our stakeholders.

Come join us in Philadelphia to help further this goal....