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where did top-Down Estimation go in P6 Rel. 8.1 ??

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Hi All,i checked P6 Rel 8.1, i did not find the top-down estimation tool that was in P6 rel.7. that was a good tool to develop a quick cash flow.did oracle replace this option with any other way to do the same thing!!!thanks

Oct 30, 2012

Productivity and Norms

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Hi,Need some assistance in buildig up the as built productivity.I was thinking of classifying under such category as belowExcavationBored pilePilecapRaft SlabGround beamColumnSlabAny idea what unit should I use if I were to build this in relation to ...

Oct 31, 2012

Delay due to increase in rebar size and qty

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Hi,Can I have advice on the impact to installation for increase in rebar density? Can I argue that it will increase in construction time?Also kindly advice if I can use productivity of rebar which is tonnes/day to fight for EOT if the overall weight ...

Oct 31, 2012

Actual and base version. Add new info?

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 Sorry for bad language. As update baseline project with  new information?  Baseline project was placed with docs old, in process of construction, amount may be changed, new information is recieved . Plus new construction documents is going out. Chan...

Oct 31, 2012

Total number of activities

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Hello friends, I need a favour, please guide me how to calculate the total number of activities in a Project. Regards, Sivaganesh  

Nov 1, 2012

Updating of Milestone Activities

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When updating a job usually things happen different to as planned so even milestone activities must be updated correctly.Sometimes the actual date of a Milestone is not clear and errors do happen so I wonder if there is a way to model Milestones that...

Nov 2, 2012

MS Project Resource Allocation

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Dear ExpertsPlease can you guide me:1. I had a PLANNED number of hours as 10 but the developer finished it in 5 hours ACTUAL. He is not overloaded If I put in MPP, as task completed, I get overloaded figure to it's name. How can I resolve it.Without ...

Nov 2, 2012

Resource loading for multi-level structure with non-typical floors

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Hi Guys,How do you usually do this.We will build a 3 levels podium RC structure with 2 basement, so over all 5 levels. Each level has a different wall layout plan & floor framing plan, so there will be no levels with the same quantity of material res...

Nov 2, 2012

Is there any impediment to run a Risk analysis using a PDM schedule?

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Hello All:   I had a brief discussion with one of our collegues about running pertmaster with a PDM schedule some equipment setting are not logically tied at this moment because the P&IDs are not finished, is there any restiction or misscalculation d...

Nov 3, 2012

Problem in P6 Resource Usage Spreadsheet and Profile

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Hi Guys, I'm having a problem regarding the resource usage speadsheet and histogram (profile). I'm experiencing this in my construction program, so i tried it in a one activity program and see if it still exists. I have an activity with 7 days durati...

Nov 5, 2012

Running SQL 2005 database and Primavera P6 on Laptop with Windows 7

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Hi,I have both SQL and the P6 installed on one computer.  But it seems that the database gets corrupted and it is not letting me to log in to the application or the database.  Does anyone have any idea of having these two installed on one laptop will...

Mar 7, 2012

P6 V8.2 Manual

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Hi All,Can anybody have the P6 V8.2 manual?. I am looking for the guide on how to use the P6 8.2 program professionally.regards,KK

Mar 7, 2012

Repeated milestone/ activity

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Hey, Anyone could help me how to incorporate the milestone or activity repeating only for 4 hours in a week on the same time and on the same day.?Lets suppose if the project is of 10 weeks, and i have a project meeting of 2 hours on each monday, then...

Mar 8, 2012

Contraint Star Shown on Start Date but no Constraint was mad

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I have two activities in my P6 schedule that have a star next to the start date but when you look at the activity details under the status tab, it shows no constraint. I scheduled and the star remains to be there. Any ideas of how to fix this?

Mar 8, 2012

Quick Tour of Primavera P6 R8.2 Team Member Web Application

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Hi Guys, Here's a quick tour of the new P6 Team Member web application complete with high-res screen grabs  http://bit.ly/AFh71W At the bottom of the article, there's a link to a 2 1/2 minute video showing a walk-through of Team Member in action. I h...

Mar 8, 2012

Budgeted Cost

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In my Project Schedule i have addded only Material and Non Labor resources. I am able to manually edit the Budgeted Cost field in the Activity Deatils tab. However since this is a entity that is calculated by multiplying the Budgeted Units with the P...

Mar 8, 2012