Dear all,
This is for a project using NEC3, but I'm unfortunitely on a site without a copy of the NEC to hand.
The client is stating the reason for not accepting our programme as being because there are multiple critical paths shown in the programme. My initial response was along the lines of;
- The critical path is shown as the longest path through the programme, determining the finish date.
- In case "a", where there appears to be multiple critical paths this is because and activity on the critical path has 2 activities of the same start & finish dates linking into it (it’s predecessors are therefore both critical). The critical path returns back to singular when these predecessors have themselves the same predecessor.
- In case "b", where there appears to be multiple critical paths this is becuase there are multiple completion dates required, therefore a criritcal path to meet each date is shown.
I didn't think that there was a problem contractually with having multiple critical paths - is this correct, or is the client using a valid reason for not accepting?
Any help apreciated.
Chris