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Oracle support - less than it was

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HiI have my own licence as an independent contractor, I was really miffed today to find that Oracle now no longer support an upgrade to P6 8.3.1 like they used to. All they do is point you to the files to download. They used to log on to your compute...

Dec 30, 2015

Working on a Letter of Award - When do you sign the Contract?

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It happens regularly that a Contractor starts work on a letter of award and some time later he signs the contract.It also happens that in the mean time things have changed in respect of changes to both time and money.The Top Man signing has not been ...

Jan 1, 2016

beginner as a planner

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I am a new planner , i'l like to ask expert planner how I start my carrer as a planner , thanks in advence 

Jan 3, 2016

Is Construction Stuck in the 1960s?

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This article was put up on reddit and brought up a really neat debate (all mature points from both sides). Thought I would post it on here since people have insightful thoughts as I've seen and get people's perspective on it. http://www.fieldwire.com...

Jan 3, 2016

Different Working Hours

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I have a schedule in which I am using 2 different calendars. One for Design activity which is 6DX8hrs working and the other is construction whihc is 7X22hrs working. Since, construction activities domiated design, I have considered default working hr...

Jan 4, 2016

Junior Primavera P6 Planner looking to get started in the industry

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Hello,I am a junior planner with very little experience on site but I am very well versed in the Oracle Primavera P6 software. I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on getting into the industry as I am aware that many positions are...

Jan 4, 2016

MS project - converting from P6 and opening in MS project.

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Hi all,I've hit a brick wall with this one and just want to check with you to see if there's a solutionto it.I'm currently using Primavera P6 v8.3.2 and want to export a file into a MS Project format.The options are '.MPX, XML' formats, both of which...

Jan 4, 2016

Original Duration

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Good evening everybody,I want to filter only those activities having EVEN (Multiple of 2) original duration throughout the schedule. Can someone give me the trick for that kind of filter or grouping?

Jan 5, 2016

Claims for Design and Approval Issues

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Hi All!We are trying to prepare a claim for Design Issues. Our Project is a government project wherein we as a Consultant are preparing the Infrastructure Design and submit to the Government for Approval. Below Details is our scenario.StartFinishActi...

Jan 6, 2016

Trouble MSP XML import to 8.3.2

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Hi all! Me and my team are running into some trouble when trying to import a XML file from MSP 2010, into P6 8.3.2 professional. Somehow, it looks like primavera is doing it's job, but when ready, the schedule is nowhere to be found in the EPS overvi...

Jan 6, 2016

Primavera P6 Reports edit/format

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Hi,I can produce a report I need as a CSV file using the Reports in P6 but I am looking to edit/format it further. I produce the report every month but I am wondering if I can implement these edits within P6.My report contains 10 columns of data each...

Jan 6, 2016

Deltek Releases Acumen 7.0

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Great news for Deltek Acumen users and those considering buying Acumen. Deltek has released Acumen version 7.0 and it is available to all customers, both existing and new! Here's what's in it http://ow.ly/WG3mq

Jan 6, 2016

Total Float Variance Between Current and Baseline Schedules

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P3 had the ability to include a report column that provided the Total Float Variance between two schedules (typically the current update and its baseline).  However, I've not been able to recreate this variance report in P6 v8.2.  My intuitioin tells...

Jan 7, 2016

PMO Trends To Watch In 2016

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that the PMO world moves quite slowly, given that the focus of many corporate PMOs is on delivering services in a standard way, over and over again and with a strong eye on governance http://ow.ly/WNjFu

Jan 8, 2016

Planner required - Costain, Dover

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Dear All, My name is Nahum Evans and I am responsible for the recruitment for our Rail Sector here at Costain. We are a Tier 1 contractor and leading engineering solutions provider operating within the Transportation, Water and Energy sectors in the ...

Jan 8, 2016

Converting P3e 4.1 To P6

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I'm looking for a way to convert P3e 4.1 data to P6, between Oracle databases. Exporting/ importing XER files is not an option because of the number and size of projects and other important features, such as number of Users, Layouts and Filters which...

Jan 8, 2016