Break period of complete project

Hello All,

 

Need advise.

 

I am now on a Project which was started in Jan 2022 but was stopped in Oct 22, but now will be starting again in Jul 23.

Many activities have started, but not completed.

How to reschedule it.

Please provide me options/opinion.

 

Thanks

Jithin

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Rafael Davila 👤 Member for 22 years 3 months
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If work stoppage applies to a few activities then copy the activities calendars to new calendars, apply the exception to the new calendars and assign to these activities and affected lags.

  • Take for example in a job with several buildings some underground problem was discovered on one building and a directive mandate stoppage only to this activity. Then the above procedure might do it.
  • Unforeseen subsurface conditions: A problem beneath us (INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION) Over the last several decades, a number of contracts have sought to share the risk of encountering unforeseen subsurface conditions. The principal mechanism for doing this is to compensate the contractor for subsurface conditions that are not foreseeable. Clause 4.12 of the FIDIC Red Book 1999 edition, for example, entitles a contractor to claim an extension of time for delay to completion and payment of cost for adverse physical conditions that were not reasonably foreseeable by an experienced contractor, subject to giving appropriately timed notices and meeting other criteria. However, a raft of English law cases show that it remains difficult for contractors to satisfy the necessary requirements, particularly the test of foreseeability. Be reminded contract clauses can shift responsibility.
  • I recall a case in which this happened but a complete redesign with new activities was required.

Anyway, until a new directive or change order mandates something else you have no option than delay what is still under the contract.

  • If you do not know the finish date of the stoppage then adjust it for as long as the work stoppage continues active as you shall keep a contemporaneous schedule for it to represent current plan.
  • Put it on record the delay even if not critical might be disrrupting your activities and resource planning and it comes at a cost.
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Rafael Davila 👤 Member for 22 years 3 months
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Scheduling Work Stoppage might require a few adjustments, among others:

  • Enter update data up to start of interruption.
  • Create and apply interruption calendar exception.
  • Most activities as well as relationships time lag calendars will require this exception.
  • Be reminded relationship time lags will elapse according to their calendar. Make sure active remaining lag is as expected.
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  • The exception shall not be applied to few such activities and relationship lags such as concrete curing. 
  • If using P6 remaing lag can be difficult to figure out and if not enough can be a trap.

  • https://www.eastwoodharris.com/DL/TP/201030_p6_elapsed_duration_activities.pdf

  • Include additional activities if necesary.
  • Adjust remaining durations if necesary.
  • For clarity add work stoppage activity.
  • The devil is in the details.
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I use Spider Project but any scheduling software shall do it.

Good Luck

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