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NEWS UPDATE FROM SOME OF OUR SPONSORS... Dear Planners, Schedulers and Project Controls Professionals. Here is an update from us with some current and, we hope, pertinent news from the good people who support Planning Planet and help us fund the cost of the PP servers and its 24/7 service agreements; our Sponsors. In keeping with your requests to make this more easily readable on your hand-held devices we have not included any images or logos. In the past this has been the majority request from users... is it still a valid request? Regards... Planning Planet Team |
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Guild of Project Controls Advert... We are advised that there is a Guild Senators Meeting in London (Mott Mac Donalds City Office) on 12th July. The Guild Senate is made up of the heads of departments of major global companies; real people in real jobs, who understand our roles, obligations and difficulties and most importantly, using that knowledge, have taken up Senator roles to help guide the Guild in the right direction(s). At this meeting, amongst other issues, the Guild's Constitution, Proceedures and Operating Policies will be ratified. If you are not already a Guild Senator, but think you should or could be, do contact [email protected]. If you think that your employer should fill one of the last remaining slots as a Founder Guild Sponsor, or you want to find out why this would benefit your company, or indeed, why the other major global corporations are all jumping to support it, do contact [email protected] to initiate a discussion. |
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The Planning & Scheduling Awards and Symposium... Is happening on 12 July at The Brewery, London and is organised by Athena Project Services! This is the occasion to recognise excellence in the planning, scheduling and project controls community. The daytime Symposium consists of a conference and exhibition where you can learn from industry experts about best practices, solutions and their case study successes! Delegate rate is FREE, so to attend and network with professionals in your community just click here The evening Awards Dinner will announce the winners from 6 categories which are: Planner of the Year | Junior Planner of the Year | Planning Team of the Year | Specialist Planner of the Year | Outage Planner of the Year and Planning Innovation of the Year (sponsored by the PP Community!) There will be a Special Guest Speaker; Alex Hibbert who now holds the record, along with teammate George Bullard, for the longest fully unsupported polar expedition in history. An Oxford graduate, Alex led the Tiso 2008 Trans-Greenland Expedition trekking 1374 miles over 113 days over tough arctic terrain without support of any kind. Alex is able to speak to audiences in a compelling and meaningful way. Many of the challenges he has faced are relevant to business and young entrepreneurs today. It is easy to nominate a colleague, employee, business associate or customer. If you make a nomination and your entry is short-listed, you and your nominee receive a free dinner ticket each for the dinner! Nominations must be in before 31 May to be considered for the short list, so apply now ! Full details on conference agenda, sponsors, judging panel, awards dinner and venue location are on the web site |
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Planning Planet Symposium Stand... Please let us know via [email protected] if you are coming to the above Symposium or Evening Awards and are going to say hello to us at our PP Stand. As usual, it would be fantastic to say hello to you all in person. |
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Project Collaboration and Document Control... McLaren Software, the Planning Planet document control sponsor, has recently completed a merger with CTSpace establishing McLaren as the leading provider of project collaboration and document management solutions. McLaren now uniquely offer SaaS / Cloud to Enterprise Scale applications to support construction projects on-line, with no need to install any local software, to solutions supported by EMC – Documentum, IBM FileNet P8 and SharePoint. Designed to support EPC contractors and Owner Operators ensure consistent document control processes to managing vendor document management and collaboration across the supply chain. Please click here to learn more about McLaren and our sponsorship of PP [ Company Profile ] |
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Safran Solutions... The people at Safran Solutions have been fortunate in having some of the most prestigious and challenging customers as guides and advisors. Many of the new features that continuously have been added to their products arise from customer, end user requests and feedback. "Good software should be developed closely with those who benefit from using it". The good people at Safran rightly believe that software should make life easier - not more complex; hmmm, sounds like a plan; read more... [ Company Profile ] |
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Cobalt Recruitment... Offers an individual approach within the construction and engineering sectors to Technical Engineering Recruitment across the UK and Internationally. "We are industry led and as Construction and Engineering specialists we look at the market differently and are able to cater to the specific needs of our clients and candidates. Our client base encompasses Sub-Contractors, Contractors, Consultancies and PQS firms, and we are the first port of call when it comes to hiring talent". Whether you are looking for a new and exciting career opportunity or seeking a professional with particular expertise, we can provide the solutions. Specialist recruitment areas include: Project Planning Engineers | Dispute Management and Contract Services | BIMs | Project Controls With offices situated in London, Manchester, Moscow, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Auckland, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Melbourne we are networked on a global scale. Cobalt’s Consultants have the market knowledge and track record in recruiting construction and engineering professionals to make us the number one choice. Give them a call 0207 478 2500. |
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TILOS... Provides best solutions for the scheduling, monitoring and controlling of road, transmission line, rail, pipeline or tunnel projects in a single Time-Distance-Diagram. Throw away that excel time location graph and read more... [ Company Profile ] |
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Synchro... They pride themselves on the foundation that they deliver innovation technology, designed to serve the construction delivery team, every day, in real-time. They see construction as a series of problems to be solved. "Our software goes right to the heart of that challenge -- enabling users to explore options, manage solutions and optimise results"; read more... [ Company Profile ] |
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Coming soon from Asta Powerproject... Look out for news from Asta soon about the latest version of Asta Powerproject bringing enhanced functionality including:
Asta is sponsoring the Junior Planner of the Year Award at the Planning & Scheduling Awards and Symposium to be held at the Brewery, London, on July 12, 2012. For more information or to make a nomination, please visit www.planningandscheduling.co.uk Nominations close on May 31st. See how you can use formulae to get more out of Asta Powerproject – watch a short video [ Company Profile ] |
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Spider Project... From Russia with love :) Spider Project Team is a group of project management consulting and training companies headquartered in Moscow and with branches in other Russian cities, Belorussia, Brazil, Malaysia, Romania, Ukraine. The have a terrific scheduling solution (to call it a scheduling solution is a major under-statement). See why our members are so passionate about it; read more... [ Company Profile ] |
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Recruitment Watch... Welcome to the May edition of the planning recruitment watch, brought to you by Project Resource Ltd. We bring you the latest trends in planning recruitment across the UK, helping you plot your next career move. Demand for planners remained steady throughout April and into the start of May, positive news for many after a slower start to the year than was anticipated but with more and more projects being approved, we are expecting a busy summer for planners up and down the country. Across the Midlands and Anglia we are experiencing increasing demand for contract senior planners to work on pre construction and design projects. On the permanent side of things, we are registering an increasing number of opportunities for intermediate planners to work in the defence and utilities sectors. With the Olympics only a few months away, London contractors and consultancies are crying out for planners from intermediate to senior and planning manager level to work on airport and rail projects on a permanent and contract basis in a bid to strengthen our transport infrastructure before the summer. Our Manchester planning team are continuing to report a strong desire to speak with permanent or contract planners with EPC experience and permanent planners with nuclear experience to work on a range of projects across the North West. In our Reading office, the South West team are reporting constant and consistent demand for intermediate to senior planners with demonstrable experience in the nuclear, petrochemical and utilities sectors. We are extremely positive about the current planning and project controls markets. More and more job opportunities are being registered with us every day and we are starting to see a return to conditions not experienced since the recession. More opportunities means more choice and better pay which can only be a good thing for planners! If you are a planner and are considering your next career move, please visit our website today, we may have the perfect role for your experience and requirements. We also offer a referral scheme that rewards you for your recommendations, click here for details. |
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