PP News December 2012

The free-to-use MS Excel based XER Viewer has been developed to provide users with access to Primavera scheduling data without the need for training or specialist software installation.  By utilising Excel’s built in database technology, users can open and view gantt charts from large, multi-project XER’s.  Users can define and save column selections and filter definitions with similar flexibility to Primavera’s native options.

The viewer also has a built-in, 12-point project ‘health-check’ analysis tool, complete with dashboard report.  This tool enables users, at the click of a button, to identify and drill down into areas of 'schedule quality' that require attention. 

The XER viewer is an ongoing project and has been developed by planning engineers.  We are continually updating our development roadmap based on user feedback and encourage all users to share their experience of the viewer in order for us to develop the best tool possible.  Read more...

Trained RAF fighter pilot helps Yorkshire Building Society!! Read more...

Project Planners – Are they different?

Over the past 3 years work and research has been in progress to determine the value based judgements of those who work within the project field.  This has included identifying common traits within high performers and mapping specific judgement indicators against relevant capability requirements.  Read more...

Merry Christmas to all from Asta

Please see our e-card we are sponsoring in aid of CRASH, The Construction and Property Industry’s charity for homeless people http://www.crashcares.com/astadevelopment

Case study

Read how the Carey Group use Asta Powerproject and Asta Easyplan for an integrated project management approach http://www.astadev.com/uncategorized/careys-integrated-project-management-approach-and-the-asta-powerproject-suite-spell-success/

Asta Regional User Group dates for 2013

All Asta Powerproject supported users are invited to our Regional User Groups to be held in February and March 2013. See link for venues and dates and reserve your place http://www.astadev.com/regional-user-groups-2013/

The Second Annual Synchro User Conference is quickly approaching and registration is now open for our users and prospective users.

The conference will be held Saturday and Sunday, January 26 and 27, 2013, at the Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Please note that the Construction CPM Conference will directly follow at the same venue.

Building off of the success of The Synchro Inaugural User Conference held at Walt Disney World, Florida, USA in 2012, this conference will bring together the Synchro user community for 2 days of learning, networking, and entertainment. Synchro users from the US, UK, EU, ME and Brazil, including owners, contractors, consultants, and members of higher education are amongst the early registrants. We are pleased to announce that our distinguished speakers are finalizing their presentations. Please read more...

TILOS News

TILOS 8 contains Google Earth Integration

Linear project GmbH releases the 'beta' version of its linear scheduling software TILOS 8. It is a major step in the development of the software providing the foundation for a wider usage of TILOS: It can handle much bigger projects, works faster and allows for the merging of data from different planning phases or partners using the simple drag & drop function to consolidate sub-projects into a central file. The improved planning features of TILOS enables its usage as an analysis and visualization tool for those who still plan with Primavera or MS Project.

One of the most interesting aspects of TILOS 8 is the new Google Earth add-on component. A few clicks are all that is required to visualize your project on the globe. This is ideal for monitoring linear projects in road, highway, railway, tunnel, pipeline construction as well as for building high voltage lines in the energy business.

The steps are:

(1) Import the paths and placemarks from Google Earth or a spreadsheet

(2) Load the schedule from TILOS

(3) Set the filters and the display criteria of what you would like to view.

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The image above shows the situation on Feb 09, 2013. The autoplay function simulates the construction process in freely definable steps and updates the screen to show the new status every ten seconds. Linear tasks are displayed as lines in different colors while those being executed in one place are displayed as symbols. The animated map provides a rough roadmap of the execution of the project for all parties.

To get more information, watch the video on how to make a Google earth visualisation in a few clicks of a mouse. The sample is based on the construction of a high voltage line. Click here >>>

If you would like to test the new TILOS Version 8 with Google Earth Integration, you may sign-up and register for our global test program. Be one of the first to try the new functions with the TILOS8. Send an email to [email protected].

We intend to release the international version of TILOS 8 (English) at the end of January 2013.