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without open p6 to connect p6 v7 database

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Hi, First of all, I thanks to administrators for this site .  And I saw an excel worksheet that can be connect to P6 database when p6 is closed. And you can change the resourse, wbs, etc. i dont remember all.. Have ever seen or used it? I want to try...

Oct 22, 2010

Hard Dollar Estimater / Equipment as a Resource

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Greeting all :) We have just implemented the new estimating software Hard Dollar - which downloads the estimate directly into Primavera P6 v7 (at least that's version we are using).  Has anyone had any experience with this software -- I am extremely ...

Oct 23, 2010

S-Curve

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Hai to all,            1) If interviewer asks " what is S-Curve? "                          What should be our answer.                I answered as weekly or monthly cash flow and he replies "it is cashflow !".              2) What is cum activity?  ...

Oct 23, 2010

change for better or worst???

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I have given good thought before writing this... Usually we change things for better... then why was the face & format of this beautiful site changed??This is my question to them who changed it.

Oct 23, 2010

Importing resource units for weekly updates

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I have an issue when importing labour units to my schedule on a weekly basis via excel, I have collected the hours against activity IDs in the schedule and each week create a pivot table in excel. I then use the vlookup function in excel to populate ...

Oct 23, 2010

Cost Control using P6

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Hi Guys is it possible to carry out detailed cost control/monitoring on a project using P6 software alone? simply we need to know the budgeted cost (as per our estimate/bid) Vs Actual cost spent at any instant of time. Actually i tried it in the foll...

Oct 23, 2010

NEC Option B Contract

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Hi Everyone, I've just had job come up involving building some flats, the problem I have come accross is that during earthworks we found a underground bunkers, due to us not knowing this and the project manager not informing me. The client is now ref...

Oct 24, 2010

Predessor and sucessor Finishes and Start Same date

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Dear All,I have a problem, The predessor completion date and sucessor start date are the same. For Example if predessor finishes on 25th Aug - 10 , the sucessor start on 25th Aug-10 instead of 26th Aug-10 with 0 days lag.I know this problem is becaus...

Oct 24, 2010

Resource Leveling – Units

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Resource Leveling – UnitsI am facing a problem in Primavera 6.7, in resource usage profile. I create a resource called steel and gave its unit as tones. But when I click for resource usage profile , I am getting units in “days” , can u suggest any so...

Oct 24, 2010

Cost Control Thru P6

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Hi guys is it possible to have two unit rates for a resource in P6. So that one is budgeted as per our estimate/bid and the other one is actual unit rate as per actual purchase. This is just to run the report of Budgeted cost Vs actual spent cost at ...

Oct 24, 2010

Progress Measurement Gate

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Can any one explain me what is "Progress Measurement Gate"... My Consultant sent me the comment as to "Provide Progress Measurement Gate for both Engineering & Construction".. Regards, G.Gokul

Oct 24, 2010

Vico Control

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Hi,I guess there is no forum for Vico Control, so I just posted this here.I am trying out Vico Control in demo mode and I am having this difficulty, I cannot modify/create a new dependency between locations within a task.I have created a new project ...

Oct 25, 2010

Global Activity Code does not appear in Group/Sort

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The contractor exports (using P3e v.5) EPS level Activity Codes as Globals; We import, using P6.2.1, as .XER (code values to be updated) and although the Activity Code is in the dictionary and the assigned values are present (against each activity) t...

Oct 25, 2010

TILOS Version 7 - now available

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Hi, I work for Asta and just wanted to say that version 7 of TILOS is now available.  Click here to download a trial. To find what's new in version 7, visit the TILOS home page at www.astadev.com/tilos Regards Jo Kaptein

Oct 26, 2010

Redundant logic

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Just saw a demonstration of Acumen wherein it was able to identify redundant logic ties (unnecessary).  Was not able to find the same capability in either P6.7, Pertmaster 8.53, or Claim Digger.  Has anyone seen this feature anywhere else?  Could be ...

Oct 26, 2010

NEC Option C Contract

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Hi Guys, Think I may be stuck and will lose thousands of pounds, working on building a new carpark in Scotland, we agreed with the company to do this under NEC3 OPtion C Target Contract with a activity schedule. However during the earth works we came...

Oct 27, 2010