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SURVEY: Sustainability in Project Management |
| Industry Survey: your thoughts on sustainability in project management? We encourage our Planning Planet members to take this fast 15-question industry survey being conducted in coordination with ARES PRISM to share your insights into how sustainability is being worked into project management for an upcoming industry report. Take the survey now... |
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LIVE WEBINAR |
| Webinar – Vopak Client Success Story Digital Cost Estimating of Tank Terminals: A conversation with Vopak’s Global Estimating Manager Join us at this webinar as we discuss the ins and outs of Vopak’s success story with Roland Ogilvie, Global Estimating Manager at Vopak Global. Following the worldwide trend, the Tank Terminals Industry is becoming increasingly digital. As world’s largest independent service provider in tank storage, Vopak has been using Cleopatra Enterprise to accelerate its digital transformation and improve its cost estimation processes. In this webinar, we will share a true insider’s look into Vopak’s cost estimating processes. You’ll discover how Cleopatra helps Vopak to standardize its cost estimating processes, leading to major time saving, therefore cost saving. Join this webinar to explore: - Cost estimating challenges in the Tank Terminals industry
- The transformation through advanced digital technologies for cost estimating
- Results achieved with the advanced cost estimating system
- Lessons learned and the future of estimating at Vopak
- Q&A with Roland Ogilvie, Global Estimating Manager at Vopak and our host Jos van der Stelt, Director of Professional Services for Cleopatra Enterprise
Featured Speakers | | | Roland Ogilvie Global Estimating Manager at Vopak Global Roland Ogilvie is Global Estimating Manager at Vopak with over 35 years of experience in the field. During the years Roland worked in the Engineering and Commercial departments at Heerema, a marine contractor and global leader in the oil and gas industry, he was responsible for the reorganization and improvement of the Cost Engineering Department, and the Cost Engineering Team development. After working several years in the offshore industry, Roland joined Vopak, a leading company specialized in the storage and transshipment of liquid bulk chemicals, gases and oil products. At Vopak, Roland has been improving the estimating methods used for Tank Terminal Cost Estimates. Now Roland’s team is responsible for all Identification and Selection Stage CAPEX cost estimates around the globe above a certain investment threshold. | Jos van der Stelt Director of Professional Services for Cleopatra Enterprise Jos van der Stelt is the Director of Professional Services for Cleopatra Enterprise. Jos applies his knowledge and experience in Project Controls and Turnarounds to advise companies that need turnaround cost management solutions on digital tools and services. He coordinates the group of Cost Engineering Consultants currently working at Shell, Bayer, Cargill, Heineken, Neste, OMV, Vopak, Boskalis, Maasvlakte Oil Terminal and Qirion. Jos also works with the consultants on their personal growth, to develop their strengths and potential. Furthermore, he is a regular speaker at industry events, presenting on the need for an integrated project controls approach to improve the project performance of organizations. |
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ELECOSOFT POWERPROJECT CRITICAL PATH CALCULATIONS |
| Many building and construction contracts specify that a delay may only be claimed when it impacts activities on the Critical Path but in turn leave it up to the contractor to decide what scheduling options they may use in their scheduling software, thus allowing the contractor to determine how the Critical Path is calculated. | Therefore an understanding how the Elecosoft Powerproject Reschedule Options may assist a contractor to set up their programs to put more activities on the Critical Path and to be able to substantiate more claims than a program with the default Reschedule Options is an important subject.
The aim of this paper is to explain how the some of Reschedule Options affect the calculation of the Critical Path of a Elecosoft Powerproject schedule and identify which options may be useful for contractors to increase the number of client delays they may be able to substantiate with their schedule, click on this link>>>. Accelerate your understanding of scheduling software to advance your scheduling career and be able to prepare better schedules with Eastwood Harris books, online videos available through Udemy and training material on: - Microsoft Project,
- Oracle Primavera P6, and
- Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject
Details at Eastwood Harris
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2022 CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE |
The organisers have decided to be 100% virtual this year - and without charge. Therefore PP Members and Viewers may avail of our content, see At-A-Glance And they have arranged to have much of the content "weaponized" to be widely acceptable for continuing education purposes, see MCECourses ($5/pdh goes to Philadelphia Chapter of PSPE/NSPE.) Our latest newsletter is at Newsletter Thank you, Fred Plotnick |
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8 MUST-ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT CONTROL SYSTEM |
| On the hunt for the ideal project control software for your company and find that you are stuck? We present you with 8 must-ask questions you need to ask yourself before making a purchase. With so many similar project controls solutions in the market today the comparison between products becomes harder especially if you are not familiar with the right terminology. EcoSys: A solution that answers the 8 questions Hexagon’s EcoSys, an Enterprise Project Performance (EPP) Software brings your entire project portfolio (or multiple portfolios) into a single system, offering improved visibility and control. Increased visibility allows for superior strategic alignment and delivery. It provides you the capability to view project data, costs, scheduling, productivity, and performance to make informed strategic decisions more quickly to increase efficiency and protect margins. Curious? Discover more about Enterprise Project Performance and how your company can benefit from implementing a Project Control System.
| Watch our On-demand Webinar: Learn more about other company’s experiences, how to differentiate competing software offerings and how to position your organization for a successful implementation. |
| Read our Blog Post: Written by James Crowell an industry consultant for Hexagon’s PPM division, based in Singapore. This Blog post features all the 8 must-ask questions and the ideal answers to them. |
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ALTERNATIVE TO PRIMAVERA AND ASTA? |
| 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... |
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5 THINGS SCHEDULEREADER DOES THAT PRIMAVERA P6 CAN’T |
| ScheduleReader is a stand-alone, independently developed reader application that dynamically displays project data from existing XER, XML, and XLS schedules, to assist project teams and organizations in improving project communication. Discovered the unique ScheduleReader features that set the software apart! |
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IMPROVE YOUR SCHEDULING WORKFLOWS AND PROJECT COMMUNICATION |
| ScheduleReader is a great companion tool to your Primavera P6 software. - Go paperless and save time distributing project data in PDF or other forms
- Get a fast view access into schedules without connecting to database, quickly Audit Global and Project data, compare baselines and more
- Receive activity progress updates from field teams in a ready to import Excel file
- Create reports and perform schedule quality analysis using the DCMA-14 checkpoints
Learn more about the benefits that ScheduleReader brings to schedulers, to the broader members of your project team and to your organization. |
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