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Extension of time

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Dear Mr ZoltanI need some advice on below scenarioWe have project having milestonesOne of the Milestone is installation works, we have an extension of time earlier due to employer delays.Currently that work supposed to be finish in June, 2017 however...

Oct 19, 2017

Negative float applies to chain

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I am fairly new to Asta Project Planner, I am troubled that the contractor has submitted a schedule indicating activities with remining durations indicate finish dates prior to the data date.For example, one activity indicated a remaing duration of 1...

Oct 19, 2017

Project Control - Does it Include Technical

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Hello Everyone,Just a doubt as some people refer Project Control as the Person who can manage Planning, Scheduleing, Cost, Claim and Technical parts of a Project. I am in a doubt does a Project Control personnel should be Technically very knowlegable...

Oct 22, 2017

"Retain Logic" in ASTA

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Hi,I have to switch to ASTA from P6 due to my recent move and learning about ASTA everyday. I struggle to do the same thing in ASTA which I can do easily with P6 but I take it as a challange and happy to go for learning this new software.My questions...

Oct 24, 2017

Duration % Complete And Fixed Units & Duration (Guidance Required)

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Hi Professionals, (I want everybody input please)My Question Is Very Simple But, I Have A Confusion Please Help Me Out In It.Because Of It I Destroyed My Approved Baseline Programmed. Given Below Settings I Mostly Used in P6. Duration Type = Fixed Du...

Oct 25, 2017

Primavera P6 and Line Numbers

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Inserting a line numbers column in Primavera P6 helps better reference a schedules WBS elements and/or activities. Line numbers are also very helpful for comparing different versions of the same schedule. Learn More http://ed.gr/grb0

Oct 25, 2017

4D Planning Software

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Hi,hope you guys are doing well,I have a very normal question about 4D planning and Scheduling, which software is much better Asta, Synchro or any other maybe you know? And for these 4D do wee require BIM ?Can you please elucidate a lil bit about it?...

Oct 25, 2017

2 rescourses one budget on an activity

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Is it possible to have 2 resourses spending hours from the same budget on an activity?The case is like this:Activity 1 have a budget of 100 hoursResource department 1(own manning) have capacity of 30 hours.Resource department 1 (hired manning)  will ...

Oct 26, 2017

Primavera P6 Visualizer

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Hello planners,is it possible to install P6 Visualizer on a PC without Primavera P6, and connect to the database containing the projects?Thank you,Alexandre

Oct 26, 2017

Import codes from Excel to P6 activity codes directory

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Good day.I have desined model of activity codes in excel and now need to import it to P6 instead of add every code and value one by one (i have more than 600 values). The question is is there any way to import it?Thanks!

Oct 27, 2017

Fixed work and Effort driven

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I understand the fixed work, or fixed duration or fixed unit tasks and their differences. But how does the option of "Effort Driven" fit into these? It is there as an additional option to check. But as I understand effort driven is the same as fixed ...

Oct 28, 2017

Can not select task type

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I just started a new project and i entered two activities so far.I want to select task type.i am at task information > advanced tab, and i see the options there but they are disabled.I can not select task type . Effort driven checkbox is also disable...

Oct 28, 2017

Assigning resources to a condensed activity

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Is it possible to assign resources of a single activity in such a way that one will start after another and then another?For example, normally you would have activities as:Dig trenchPlace PipeBackfill trenchMake compactionAnd then you would assign pr...

Oct 29, 2017