Role of the Planner
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Clive asks the right first question. For whom is the planner consulting - the owner, the Design and/or Construction Manager, etc. For a General Contractor, the planner proves most valuable when they produce a realistic schedule which drives activity execution and minimizes project duration. Corrective action planning is also needed to recover from any slippage. Schedule impact analysis is also required to support impacts brought about by client delays or change requests. A true planner on a major undertaking can make or break the GC, hence, I suspect most GCs employ planners on their project team as direct hires rather than on a consultancy basis.
IMO the most important thing is under what kind of contract you are working?
A planner from a consultant company can also work for contractor/client/EPCM/GC
The planner from the consultant must have a master program if there are more than one contractor, (or the same contractors program if only one contractor) and shall gather all data from contractor(s) and examine the project as a whole, the planner should detect the delay and notify the contractor "if the delay is on the critical path" and request a recovery plan, or may request an accelettion plan from other contactor who did not cause the dealy.
what i want to say , he shall diminish any delay not just recording it to the CLIENT!!