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Books on Delay Analysis

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Hi There,I am just wondering if there are any books that people would recommend that provide a mid level discussion and explanaton of delay analysis and the techniques involved. It would be very useful if any of these books also contained a relativel...

Feb 22, 2015

Sequence of material submittal in the Program

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Dear All,In the Contractor submitted program, the submittal time period is levelled(manual linking) by linking it with " Material Sub contractor approval" with a FS (LAG) relation ship.For eg: MEP sub contractor approval: 01-JAN 2015(Activity A)Submi...

Feb 22, 2015

Typical project planning challenges

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Hi! We're an interdisciplinary group of enthusiastic planners working on improving the state of the art. If your work involves a lot of project planning, your experience is crucial for taking the next step towards more effective ways of mastering cha...

Jun 15, 2015

Project Management Consultancy & Construction Supervision Consultancy

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Hi All,What are the major differences in Project Management Consultancy and Construction Supervision Consultancy.In my understanding the CSC includes, but not limited to;1. Checking the compliance with technical specifications2. Monitoring time, cost...

Jun 16, 2015

Total Float not equal in same relationship

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All,I am trying to understand in what way oracle primavera calculate toatal float in same logic relationship. Thereby, I made a sample testing projest with only 3 activities A B and CA--(FS)-->B--(FS)-->CThe duration for A B and C are all 5 days.Now ...

Jun 17, 2015

Resource importing and exporting from P6 to Spreadsheet

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Hi,Is there any way I can export the assigned resources to activities from Primavera Programme to excel and then import the same resources on a modified programme with similar set of activities and quantities rather then assigning each resource indiv...

Jun 17, 2015

Building a Winning Project Team

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The whole is equal to the sum of its parts. Likewise a successful project is founded on a strong team made up of proficient team members. The question is: do you know how to build a team into an efficient unit that is able to take on the project at h...

Jun 17, 2015

Help on P6 Remaining early start

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Hi all,As I keep on thinking about P6 remaining early start description, I keep getting confused. The description says ' Remaining early start is basically the earliest date an activity in-progress can start or continue after the data date'. My quest...

Jun 17, 2015

XER WBS import errors

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Has anyone encountered errors when importing a WBS IDs into Primaverea Risk Analysis (PRA). What should read C512-R45/P2.0.010-001.2 (P6) is reading C512-R45/P2.0.010-001.0280 (PRA) It is as if PRA is ignoring the data in the XER file and just auto-i...

Jun 18, 2015

Copying Links

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Hi all, Is it possible to copy links from one task to another? i.e. I have a task that has a lot of finish to start links coming from it, I've created another task  and want to give it the same successors. Is this possible, without manually creating ...

Jun 18, 2015

Linking duration and cost/budget

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What are the settings to permit a linkage of activity duration and the activity cost/budget? I'd like to have P6 calculate the change in costs as I change the duration. I thought this was possible, but I'm not able to do it. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Jun 18, 2015

Time Management Questionnaire

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I am currently undertaking research of time management practices in construction as part of an MSc in Construction Project Management. I would be grateful if anyone involved in the management of construction projects (even at pre-construction stage) ...

Jun 19, 2015

P6 8.1 and P6 8.3 from one Computer together ???

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Hi , Anybody come across this situation where you can use 8.1 client and 8.3 client together from one computer (ie: 2 instance at the same time) in an EPPM enviornment.  I am not able to open both together. I want to open 8.1 and 8.3 same time on sam...

Jun 19, 2015

Certification to Choose PMI / AACE

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Hi,I have been in Planning & Costing for 4 years. I do QS also. I would like to go for certification to work with global employers.I did a small study and compared different institutes and their courses (PMI / AACE / PRINCE2 / IPMA / AIPM).I filtered...

Jun 20, 2015

activity as a resource

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Hi!For example I have an activity of "preparing one serve soup" with resorces 0,5 lt of water, 3 tomatoes, a pinch of salt, 1 hour cook etc. Then I have another activity "preparing a dinner for 6 persons" I want to insert that "preparing soup" activi...

Jun 20, 2015

PMP Eligibility

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Hi ,I have total of 4 years expereince as Planner. I dont have Project Manager experience .Am I eligible to apply for PMP exam.Please adviseRegardsBadhru

Jun 21, 2015