Hi All, I would be most appreciative for any help with the following. I am a planner working for Building Construction Company. We are branching out into new territory and consequently i have been tasked with producing a programme for the Rail aspect...
Hi Guys I am looking for two junior - intermediate planners, looking for a career change. Its a perfect learning position but one, which you will be expected to be dynamic and proactive. You will be guided but not micro managed! Projects are in the m...
I would like to receive feedback from the experts in regards the following question: Is it proper to put mandatory finish constraint on the end of contract date (Milestone)? In my view, the date will not change if you put a constraint on it unless th...
I am relatively new to NEC and am working on a large project. My main question is how should equipment be paid? The contract allows for CECA (-15%) Issues like night shifts (full shifts or not), working days (full days or not) and standing time (disa...
Hello All,If we have a group of activities that are not shown in critical path,is there a technique to bring them in the Critical path.What My Experience so far is that primavera chooses the critical path itself when you schedule your plan.But if aft...
Hi all , I just created a Baseline , submitted to my client ... which he did replied with comment ... One of the comment sounds confusing to me.. SAT which order wise is know as Materials delivery at site was place under the Procuremnt WBS in my Schd...
HI, ALL I am very greatfull to all of you who have supported me throughout this very challenging period. It my first time working as a lone planner. And the client wants 100% allignment to NEC3. I have made changes where necessary but they still fi...
How can I assign the same baseline schedule to my current schedule every month? Right now I make a copy of the baseline schedule and assign it as a baseline to my current schedule which means I have a copy of one baseline for each month. I want to av...
How can I assign the same baseline schedule to my current schedule every month? Right now I make a copy of the baseline schedule and assign it as a baseline to my current schedule which means I have a copy of one baseline for each month. I want to av...
Hi, Does anyone know of a legitimate shareware P3 to XER converter? I have been sent a P3 file from a contractor and need to import it to a stand alone P6 R8 database. Please only respond if the shareware is from a reputable source. Alternatively,...
Hi, Our Middle East Project and Cost Management Division (Gulf) is looking to recruit a Planning Engineer to work for a key client for an ongoing water treatment works development in Qatar. It is essential that the Planner has significant planning...
Hi All,I thought I understood pretty well how P6.2 calculated/ranked Multiple Float Paths using Total Float after reading this old POINT article http://primavera.zxlm.cn/kb/prim36502 (despite the article referring to P5) however I have run into an od...
Hi All,My querry is related to the Resource Types in MSP. Is it technically correct to describe Manpower (carpenters, bar benders,plumbers,masons,etc) as Material types in MSP.As per me, any resource available after consumption should be defined as W...
Hello, I do not speak English I use primavera P6. I have problems with the amounts "Store Period Performance". important in view of the columns in several months, these do not coincide with the histograms. Why? Starting in the histograms display Actu...
Hello All,if you have Planned a project and after starting updating it,you find that you have entered a couple of activities that are not happening actually and Need to be deleted.What do you do??Will you have to make another schedule?? Because if yo...
What is a reverse logic event (or activity) as per Microplanner? Please clarify if an event or an activity or both.Look on the following link as a reference: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/WhitePapers/WP1035_RD-CPM.pdfI am not sure about the need o...
Is it possible within P3 to create an activity which uses x amount of resources to complete ? In my industry of furniture building... 1 desk takes a fitter 15 minutes to complete. What I want to do is have an activity where P3 uses this information t...
Hi Everyone, Is there anyone here have any idea how to make the the Data Date calculate the progress update from the end of the day the data date is set rather than from the start. Hope someone can give some info. Thanks in advance and Happy Planning...
Hi Everybody,My name is Dipesh Karan. I am newly migrated to Western Australia. I had worked in Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Algeria for different projects as Planning Engineer with both Primavera Ver 3.1 & Primavera Ver 6.2.I have granted Skille...
Hey, Ive just set up a new project. For that project i have set up a calender where the working hours are 11hrs a day, 7 days a week. I have made this calender the activity and project default calender. I have also gone into user preferences and chan...