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Import-Export from P3 to P6 and Vice Versa

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Hi Guys!   need your urgent help please! I have my schedule prepared in P3. I prepared the detailed schedule in P6 by importing it. After completing the detailed schedule, I exported it back to P3 version. As I open the P3 file of my detailed schedul...

Jun 6, 2012

5 Reasons Why Change Initiatives Fail

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Hi Guys, Here are 5 reasons why change initiatives fail. 1. Unclear vision 2. Ineffective communication 3. Lack of cultural fit 4. Lack of ownership 5. Declaring success too soon Learn more here including how to mitigate them http://bit.ly/LzZArq Sha...

Jun 6, 2012

P6 Unable to configure SQL Database after Computer Crash

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HiMy hard drive crashed & I am having a hard time setting up my database again. It was backed up & successfully restored, however, when I open P6 I have to set up the database. I then try logging in with -  Host Name - PCNAME\PRIMAVERA Database name ...

Jun 6, 2012

P6 RL8.1 Challenges and Solutions for Discussion

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Dear Colleagues, Over past year, I have been involved in a mega rail project. I have been a member of program team and we have tried to settle P6 RL8.2 in a governmental organization. There are lots of requests from my client which I seek answers to ...

Jun 7, 2012

Issues with Baselines

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I am having problems with baselines. What labour units are being used to populate the labour units in the baseline. We have updated the baseline and have a copy of the project that we are using to copy into the project as a baseline. I can view the b...

Jun 7, 2012

Research Topics

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Hello there, i am a student currently undergoing an MSc in Project Management in Construction.I am currently undergoing my research phase and i would like to ask professionals on topic suggestion regarding current issuesfaced in the industry today. M...

Jun 8, 2012

central luxury model of hardcover model is officially open

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Haikou City central luxury model of hardcover model is officially open, hardcover , parking spaces and three courtesy Global the Juxian < / p >in terms of when and where the building have been the stalwart attitude on behalf of a high quality of life...

Jun 8, 2012

Rejection of Program

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Hi,Does the Engineer have rights to reject the Program submitted by the contractor as per clause 14, If yes, on what conditions and reasons?Cheers Tanveer

Jun 8, 2012

Level 1: How Much Details Should it Contain

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Dear Planning/Schedulers of the World: I am wondering to myself sitting in a foreign country next to foriegn engineers (Today been the Day of the Engineer), how much details should a Contractual Level One Schedule should it contain.  Please advise me...

Jun 8, 2012

Dates in P6

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Hello -     I am working on a schedule and I have some actuals, but then there are dates that don't have actuals and they are getting pushed out by the data date even though they have relationships that should push them out months after the data date...

Jun 8, 2012

Best way to plan travel costs in MS Project

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 Dear all,I would like everybody to comment on my approach for planning travel costs of the project. May be you can suggest something better.If say I have a project, which would last for a year (a critical path). I know that this project would occupy...

Jun 8, 2012

Please comment on my approach for overtime planning in MS Project

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 Dear all,I would like you to comment on my approach for overtime planning.Say I plan a project, and I know that to do certain activity I would need 2 engineers for 2 weeks.The type of business we are in, is that we work in weeks blocks, and I know i...

Jun 9, 2012

Man Hour Calculation - (Manhour Norms)

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HiDoes anyone has manhour calculation guidence in civil, mechanical, electrical & instrumentation, if so, please drop here Thanks in advance. 

Jun 12, 2012

additional work

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Hi ALL,Need your advise, as per the contract quantity there are some work scope not in the contract quantity and the client want to do without any variation order. please advise.RegardRon

Jun 12, 2012

WIndow Analysis ( Time Impact Analysis)

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I have gone thru the text of window analysis therotically , but still unbale to implement the same . If anybody who have tried window analysis and had the soft copy i request them to mail me at use private message service

Jun 12, 2012

bar chart view is none in p3

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<p>Dear all,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>i am using p3. i can't see my barchart but it is visible in print preview also i can take print with barchart. so pls any one can explain why the barchart is not displaying in normal view???????????????????</p><p>&nbsp...

May 13, 2012

Help me please in P6.8.1

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Dear all; i need your helpIam new Primavera user and need to make primavera 6.8.1 working in network environment ( i have a server run windows server 2008 R2 and Microsoft sql server 2005 sp3), we are 6 users need to install Primavera P6.8.1 as Clien...

May 13, 2012

CREATE A MASTER SCHEUDLE

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Hi,our company having 4 ongoing projects in diffrent locations. in p6, i organised my all projects under one EPS node. now our company wants to track the total availability of resources for all running projects. how i can generate reports by extracti...

May 14, 2012

B.o.Q Vs Specification

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I am referring to the Mike  part of reply  to my previous post  "..........This is based on the principle that if there is no BOQ item to price then the obligation is not included in the contract price....." . I have case where certain items are not ...

May 14, 2012