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Temporary itms in the schedule

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What is your practie to show temporary items in the schedule, such as setting or dismantling a crane, or formwork, or scaffolding etc.. I mean these are not part of the main project. So you can not assign them any resource or allocate time to them fo...

Oct 16, 2017

HOW TO DEVELOP A REVISED BASELINE SCHEDULE, LAST UPDATE SCHEDULE?

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Dear Professional,Hope every one is fine. Let me first put up my case, I have updated schedule up to August 2017 (Schedule % 17.5 & Performance % 15.2) at that time.I received an approved EOT of 40 days from a consultant I revised my schedule with re...

Oct 17, 2017

Buttons in Primavera P6 Version 8.2 are not working...

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Im using primavera p6 8.2 standalone and all of a sudden my buttons like print preview,projects,layouts ,filldown and many others are visible or grayed but not highlighted hence i cannot use them .Can anyone please give me a solutionLikeComment

Oct 17, 2017

Material Resource - Applying an additional fixed cost

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Hi All,I'm in the process of building a fully resource loaded schedule and have recently been advised that I need to apply a 6% internal inventory charge to all materials to recoup internal stores costs.The obvious answer is to adjust the price / uni...

Aug 4, 2020

Monthly Mitigation Meetings

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Hi all, I am setting up monthly mitigation meetings with our Subcontractor and was wondering if anyone had a typical agenda they use? Our Subcontractor is very difficult so want to make sure im not missing anything that would come in handy Thanks for...

Aug 10, 2020

Filter Conditions For Activity Codes Not Copying With File

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Hi All, Do you know why it is that when I copy a project within the database and paste it within the database, the filters in the new file have lost the conditions that relate to activity codes?They are user defined filters.The activity codes are pro...

Aug 11, 2020

Formula editor shows error with correct formula

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Formula editor shows error with correct formula Greetings. I am writing for the following reason, my copy of MS Project fails when trying to add a formula in a numeric custom field specifically the "Number 2". I tried several times without achieving ...

Aug 11, 2020

P6 Revision History Summary

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We recently moved to P6 R18 from R8. Does anyone know of an available revision summary document that would list the significant changes with each rev ... from an end user standpoint?Much thanks for any help.

Aug 16, 2020

Shortcut key changes in R18

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We recently moved to P6 R18 from R8. In R8, the combination of Alt + V + F + Enter would open the filter list. It no longer does. Alt + V + F will show the filter option in the left side menu but hitting Enter no longer opens the filter list.Does any...

Aug 16, 2020

Manpower Loading on a ongoing Project Schedule

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Hi Guys,A good and a blessed day to all and it's been a while that i post.Question:We would to know if any of you have experienced to add manpower resources to an on-going project, wherein it is around 82% complete (and a lot of activities are 100% c...

Aug 18, 2020

Non Labour Resource - Default Units of Time

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Hi All,I have a question regarding a non-labour resource as per the screenshot below:Resource ID: WAGON BAL 1 represents the ballast wagons that are used to freight the ballast to the rail project site. The price unit for this resource is set at a da...

Aug 19, 2020

Newbie question on a Forensic Claims Analysis

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Dear all, it has long been on my to do list to learn about Forensic schedule Claims / Delays Analysis. So, I have the following questions: 1) Is there  any broadly accepted and well documentd methodology on the  Forensic schedule Claims / Delays Anal...

Aug 24, 2020

P6 Project Notebook creation date?

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Hello All,I am using the Project level Notebook feature to record Monthly Progress Statements which are then exported in a csv file for use in other reporting systems. My challenge is:How can the Notebook entry "creation date" be found in the backend...

Aug 26, 2020

Rate of Placement

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Hi All,I'm looking for a table that gives the rates of placement for industrial construction - example how many hours does it take to put in a cubic meter of concrete (generally).  I looked through the forum and found a couple of links that don't wor...

Aug 26, 2020

Delay due to advance payment

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Hi All ,I'm working on a project started on 22-Mar-20 , as per the agreed contract ; an advance payment must be paid by the client at the begining of the project . until now the payment still not processed , the contractor is facing a lot of delay du...

Aug 26, 2020

FOR SALE -- A! EOT

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Unique UK number plate currently on retainer.For sale by remote auction - highest bid to [email protected] on or before mid day 5th September 2020 secures.Happy Bidding.

Aug 29, 2020

Manpower , Manhour & Productivity

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I have a big problem when I making the baseline Schedule  , Every Submittal for Approval the client make a new Comment ,To Summarize the problem ,The client need the schedule with Resource loading ( by Category And Manhour ) according to BOQ and Also...

Aug 30, 2020

Project List in Primavera

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Hi,I am trying to import activities and resources from excel (.xlsx) to primavera. After selection of excel file when a popup appear to select the project, where should I want to import the data, that project list window appear blank, without any lis...

Aug 31, 2020