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Dear Planning Planet Member,
Join the Global Community - welcome to the newsletter; did you know that this newsletter goes to the largest community of project controllers on planet Earth?
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iPlanSTO
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iPlanSTO: Total Turnaround Transparency – From the Boardroom to the Portakabins.
We don’t place limits on the number of users. Everyone—including your third-party contractors—can access the same system and work on your STO together, driving team efficiency and collaboration.
Role-based authentication allows you to assign access rights to teams or locations.
Built-in dashboards, including the S-Curve, provide Turnaround Teams with real-time information, enabling them to make timely and accurate decisions.
No more waiting for updates. Just clear visibility.
Speak to James Holt, today to discuss your specific requirements or visit the IAMTech website and discover how iPlanSTO can keep your next event on track.
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IAMTech Knowledge
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IAMTech Knowledge: Mastering Six Phases of Shutdown and Turnaround Management with iPlanSTO. In this week's article, James Holt, IAMTech's Commercial Director, explores how mastering the six phases of Shutdown and Turnaround Management with iPlanSTO can turn complex TAR events into strategic wins through precision planning, execution, and continuous improvement.
For more information visit our website.
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ALICE PLAN - visualise everything!
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About a month ago, we launched ALICE Plan, a 2D digital canvas that lets you view, plan and modify your construction schedules more intuitively.
Reading a Gantt chart can be overwhelming. But what if you could plan just as effectively with a visual tool that makes sense right away?
With ALICE Plan, you can do that and more:
- “See” the full picture of your schedule — what’s happening, when, and where
- Get a clear view of how tasks connect — visualize activities by zones, trades and phases
- Filter and analyze the critical path
- Communicate schedules to stakeholders — visually on the canvas or with a ‘playback timelapse’
Before building this, we spent a lot of time with construction teams to understand how they approach planning. The feedback was clear: they wanted a way to view the schedule without relying on a complex 3D model, which isn’t surprising because 100% of the industry thinks visually. So we built ALICE Plan to support the industry’s workflow and enhance decision-making. And now, we’re seeing users across the industry bringing their schedules to life with ALICE Plan.
Watch our on-demand launch webinar to learn more and see how ALICE Plan work
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ChatGPT for construction schedules - Planning Planet members get to try it out for free!
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The background: A few months ago nPlan invited planners to beta test an early version of ‘Schedule Studio’, a new tool which lets you create detailed schedules with Generative AI in minutes.
So, what’s the update? Schedule Studio is now out of beta, meaning you can sign up and start generating schedules without having to sit on a waitlist!
- Planning Planet members who sign up using this link will get 100 credits to try Schedule Studio for 30 days (enough to generate several schedules)
How it works: you paste in a scope and/or upload project documents, validate the assumptions and WBS the AI makes for the project, wait a few minutes and–voila–a detailed schedule is generated, which you can then export to P6 for further refinement.
- nPlan says: it can reduce the time you spend building v1 of your schedule by >95%
Why it could be a big moment for the industry: schedules have traditionally been time-consuming, complex and expensive to build - that needs to change. Project leaders will finally be able to close the talent and skills gap that's been pinching scheduling capacity.
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HOW DO YOU MANAGE COST INCREASES IN REOPENED PROJECTS?
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YARA turned to Cleopatra Enterprise to regain control and structure after project reactivation — enabling reliable re-estimations and better alignment across teams.
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ARTICLE| HOW TO IMPROVE THE OWNER-CONTRACTOR COLLABORATION IN CONSTRUCTION
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Even though 70% of owners and contractors agree that better collaboration leads to better outcomes, construction projects still get held back by miscommunication, mistrust, and fragmented data.
How can this be fixed?
It starts with 3 key steps:
- Enable real-time transparency with shared dashboards and automated updates
- Centralize project data into a single, accessible source of truth
- Standardize workflows to reduce risk and avoid costly surprises
Read Cleopatra Enterprise’s latest blog to discover practical ways to strengthen owner–contractor collaboration and deliver better project results.
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COURSE| CERTIFIED COST TECHNICIAN (CCT) COURSE
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The Cost Engineering Academy invites professionals to enhance their project expertise through the Certified Cost Technician (CCT) Certification Course.
Participants will develop essential cost engineering skills, including estimating, planning, and cost control, that are critical for delivering successful projects.
The next course begins on 23 September in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. An in-house training option is also available for organizations looking to upskill their teams.
Read more about the course here...
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SCHEDULEREADER GAIN CLARITY, CONTROL, AND CONFIDENCE IN EVERY PROJECT PLAN
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Gain Clarity, Control, and Confidence in Every Project Plan |
ScheduleReader gives project teams secure, consistent access to schedule data without altering original source files. It improves communication, strengthens transparency, and keeps stakeholders aligned from planning through execution in construction, energy, and infrastructure projects.
Experience the full potential of XER file insights with ScheduleReader... |
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A SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE TO THE "MOST POPULAR" SOFTWARE FOR US AS PLANNERS?
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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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CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE - JANUARY 2026
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Construction CPM Conference News
RENO Nevada
January 18-19-20-21 2026
Early Bird rate still $775 for Three Full Days of Study and Training in CPM (the Critical Path Method of Planning & Scheduling Analysis)
Hotel room rate is $79/night* (*$119.66 inclusive of Resort Fee and Taxes)
FREE Shuttle from/to Airport - FREE Parking - FREE WIFI - FREE Pool and Fitness Center
70+ Sessions on Software "How To," Theory to Practice, Litigation Support, and More
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