Add New Discussion Category - Construction Schedul

I would not go into such detail. You will never be able to encompass all the disciplines.



I would suggest a different aproach.



A planner needs a rate, submits it to PP. You need to specify clearly what rate, units etc. you want. PP classifies it into a major type of activity.



PP sends out a voting e-mail, everybody who has signed up, recieves an voting e-mail. The person then states if it is a best guess or experience.



It would be like who wants to be a millionaire’s phone a friend.



You then can show the average, upper and lower limits of everybody’s guesses. You would just have to split the Split the answers into calculated and wild guesses.



Would certainly brighten up many people’s days, to see how close their guesses are.



Cheers



Erik

Dear Gents,



I support your ideas all the way.



If there are demands for informations on like construction sequence and productivity on railway and related works, I am sure our members would be glad to contributes with whatever experience and knowledge they have, esp :-



a) signalling systems design and installations;



b) traction power systems design and installation, eg Overhead catenary system or third rails system;



c) tracklaying and railway related communication systems - design and construction.



d) other railway related civil construction like overhead bridge, level crossings, depots and other maintenance facilities.



Of course the sequence and complexity of these works may again be subcategorised according to whichever level of the rail transport speed they fall under, eg:-



a) High speed Trains like TGV, Shinkansen or Siemens Transrapid or Mag-Lev Trains;



b) Metros, MTR, MRT or like wise;



c) LRT’s



d) Intercity Express or Commuter Services;



e) Monorails, Trams, People Movers and other Intra City Low Speed Systems.



I seem to gather from the feedback from participants of a seminar in HK recently that there was no possiblity of finding reliable information of such nature in the public domains.



Would welcome any suggestion and contribution to the site once set up by the moderator.



Best Regards







Andrew Huang

....Kaohsiung Taiwan......

www.project-resources.com

Hi PPers,



If you guys can work together to come up with your requirements (there’s loads of great ideas here) we will get them put into action.



The problem that we have at PP is moving issues forward, i.e. to turn a good idea, into something that we can put on the web for us planners.



Regards.

All,



I think this is a marvelous idea, particularly for those of us who are just starting as planners in the construction/engineering community.



I’d be particularly interested in hearing from planners with experience in scientific laboratory buildouts, both cGMP and cGLP compliant. Also: Biosafety Level 2,3,and 4 suite construction, autoclave installations, office to laboratory conversions...



Thanks so much for suggesting this!



Regards,

Christine

I support Daya’s advise, we can have broad category like Process plant, Steel plant, oil & gas... etc then we can sub - categorise it like Compressor Package, process piping,pipe line etc.

in addition to Shahzad,



add



A. Processing Plants

B. Pipeline

etc......

Hi Chou



Your idea is good but this idea should be implemented under following heads so that each one get more benefits from it and mould this schedule as per his own site conditions.



1. Airports - chronological activities details

2. Roads covering all aspects of Road Construction

3. Bridges with all structures

4. Marine Works

5. High Rise and Commercial Buildings (Heavy Civil Construction)

6. Infrastructure associated schedules

7. others

Hi there PPers,



We are working on something along these lines. Does anyone have any draft sequence-lists to kick start this issue?



There are many ways in which we could make this work. How can it work with the forum facility? Should it be a simple page with lists.



Suggestion required please.

I vote for Eric´s proposal very highly. I myself have first hand field experience on many disciplines; but in some instances, I am doubtful about the real or correct construction sequence. This is especially the case because almost all my schedules are very detailed schedules, for which I need to know the exact way a group of activities are usually executed.



Some times you do not have the proper people readily available to clarify your doubts, or it might be the case that you do not have the time to go and look for them. In these cases this new category would be very useful.



On the other hand, Eric is very right. Many planners do not have the necessary field experience to be able to depict a schedule that resembles the reality on the job. I think this proposed new category would be very useful for many.



To summarize, planners need two fundamental capabilities: planning knowledge and field knowledge. I should add that I am talking about the correct way a certain activity should be done on a jobsite. There is a good number of cases in which workers do not execute a certain group of activities using the proper procedure. There are several or many professional organizations that produce standards for executing construction tasks or activities. There are also installation instructions by the manufacturers of construction materials or equipment. People on the field should execute their activities the proper way. If this new category is going to be added, and to be able to have some kind of order, I would suggest to reference as many participations as possible to a standard or a manufacturer instruction.



Thank you

Dear Eric,

I welcome your approach, Also if there is a place to upload construction schedules in p3 format to depict the sequence of work in the discussion forum, then it would be more meaningful.

Regards

Daya

you may want to take a look at the productivity-rates section.