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Early/Act/Late S-curves possible without resources?

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Just started a new project. Actually taking the place of the previous scheduler.i have now been asked to produce early/act/late s-curve. However the schedule that i am taking over has NO resources.is this possible? How? Any help is greatly appreciate...

Aug 14, 2012

Construction crew size and mix

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I am developing a construction schedule for a power plant project. Project is in early stage and we do not have any construction manager to assist with the planning effort. I have man hours for all major activities and now I need to convert those man...

Aug 14, 2012

Project Control Procedures

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  Dear All, I am looking for references on tried and tested Project Control Procedures for Small - Midsized companies. Mostly for Oil and Gas and General Construction Industry. Would appreciate any assistance given.RegardsGeorge A.

Aug 15, 2012

Primavera P6 Web Access Release 8.2 Video Traning DVD Now on Amazon

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hi there fellow plannersI have just found out some thing useful and want to share with you guyshttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B008X7QHBS/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=newPrimavera P6 Web Access Rel 8.1 & 8.2 Video Training on DVD at only...

Aug 15, 2012

Primavera P6 8.1 randomly not responding

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Hi guys, I am using the 8.1 version of P6 and recently it is randomly not responding. Does this version has a hotfix or service pack? I don't seem to find one. I do not know the reason why it is randomly not responding. I have tried repairing the ins...

Aug 15, 2012

Negative (?) terminal float

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At contract award, contractor's programme shows planned completion date = completion date. The works starts as planned but there is then a contractor's incurred delay of 3 weeks, of which 2 weeks will be absorbed by the TRA, should the 1st progressed...

Aug 16, 2012

BIM Forum

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Could we have a new forum for BIM, please?

Aug 16, 2012

Future Plans for Primavera P6 EPPM (R8.3 and beyond)

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Hi Guys, Want to learn what's coming up in the next version of Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM? Here's a summary of what new things we can expect in Primavera P6 over the next year http://ow.ly/d0BSh Emily

Aug 16, 2012

Resource Name on Resource Usage Profile

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Hello,I'm new here and need help.I want to print resource profiles for each of the named resources in my P6 v7 schedule but the resource names are not appearing on the resource profiles and I can't figure out how to do.In P3, resource names are displ...

Aug 16, 2012

Updating status using Iphone?

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Has anyone experienced updating schedules using Iphone App?During Shutdowns we need to keep our guys out in the field rather than having to come into the office to provide status, an app that would allow this would be ideal.Thanks in advance for your...

Aug 17, 2012

Job services in R8 – No export funcion anymore?

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Hi all, Im my organization we have recently migrate to R8.2 frpm P6v7sp3. In  P6v7 we had the possibility trough job services, to enable the automatic export  on a dily basis for a number of schedules in order to have a daily back up (.xer files). In...

Aug 17, 2012

Imported file showing constraint that does not exist

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Hello, I think I may have the answer, but I will still ask the question.  My co-worker has imported a file (.xer) into his master project.  There is one activity showing that it has a constraint, but has none.  Is this perhaps a bug in the program?  ...

Aug 17, 2012

Two Weeks Lookahead

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Hi all Please assist in creating a Two week Lookahead on MSP. Date range does not work properly.   Regards,   Sizwe 

Aug 18, 2012

P6 R8.2 Import Activity Code Values from xls

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I was wondering if there is a way to import activity code values from xls into p6 database rather than manually add them. I have a long list (around 200 items) of values to add. Apparantly in R8.2 there are no SDK excel files.

Aug 20, 2012

HOW TO ASSIGN 1 CALENDAR FOR THE SAME PROJECT

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Dear All,   I have kept the standard default calendar as 8hrs and 5 days wroking for the project.However for some activites i need to assign a calnedar of 24hrs working per day and 7 days a week.Can i do this and how to do it.I found it very easy in ...

Aug 21, 2012

MS Project 2007 prof file error.

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Just recently I have produced updated programmes with no problem. Now when I save the current programme with a different name (i.e. Rev 09, save as Rev 10). When I close MSP and try and open the Rev 10 it says there is an error and cannot open. I hav...

Aug 21, 2012