Best Practice for construction Progress Measurement , based on cost or Mnahours and WHy?
Forum TopicHi Experts Please advise with your wide range of experience , caption subject. Thanks
Oct 22, 2010
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Assigning a wbs code to multiple tasks - Urgent reply request
Forum TopicCould someone tell me if there is a simple way of assigning a wbc to multiple tasks - I have to issue a contract programme by the end of the day and I have imported a programme without ant WBS codes in it!! Andrew
Oct 22, 2010
Article: An Overview of the Analysis of Construction Delays
Forum TopicHi, I work for Asta, one of the sponsors of Planning Planet. But don't worry, I won't be bombarding you with sales messages. Quite a number of our customers work in the area of forensic claims analysis and they have produced various articles and al...
Oct 22, 2010
without open p6 to connect p6 v7 database
Forum TopicHi, First of all, I thanks to administrators for this site . And I saw an excel worksheet that can be connect to P6 database when p6 is closed. And you can change the resourse, wbs, etc. i dont remember all.. Have ever seen or used it? I want to try...
Oct 22, 2010
Hard Dollar Estimater / Equipment as a Resource
Forum TopicGreeting all :) We have just implemented the new estimating software Hard Dollar - which downloads the estimate directly into Primavera P6 v7 (at least that's version we are using). Has anyone had any experience with this software -- I am extremely ...
Oct 23, 2010
S-Curve
Forum TopicHai to all, 1) If interviewer asks " what is S-Curve? " What should be our answer. I answered as weekly or monthly cash flow and he replies "it is cashflow !". 2) What is cum activity? ...
Oct 23, 2010
change for better or worst???
Forum TopicI have given good thought before writing this... Usually we change things for better... then why was the face & format of this beautiful site changed??This is my question to them who changed it.
Oct 23, 2010
Importing resource units for weekly updates
Forum TopicI have an issue when importing labour units to my schedule on a weekly basis via excel, I have collected the hours against activity IDs in the schedule and each week create a pivot table in excel. I then use the vlookup function in excel to populate ...
Oct 23, 2010
Cost Control using P6
Forum TopicHi Guys is it possible to carry out detailed cost control/monitoring on a project using P6 software alone? simply we need to know the budgeted cost (as per our estimate/bid) Vs Actual cost spent at any instant of time. Actually i tried it in the foll...
Oct 23, 2010
What are the advantages of using p6 in place of P3 to a Planner / Scheduler
Forum TopicHi This question is really quite primitive but i would like to know if there are any advantages to a professional planner / scheduler if he switches from P3 to P6.what are the additional features of P6 (other than having an enterprise Environment)?ho...
Oct 23, 2010
NEC Option B Contract
Forum TopicHi Everyone, I've just had job come up involving building some flats, the problem I have come accross is that during earthworks we found a underground bunkers, due to us not knowing this and the project manager not informing me. The client is now ref...
Oct 24, 2010
Predessor and sucessor Finishes and Start Same date
Forum TopicDear All,I have a problem, The predessor completion date and sucessor start date are the same. For Example if predessor finishes on 25th Aug - 10 , the sucessor start on 25th Aug-10 instead of 26th Aug-10 with 0 days lag.I know this problem is becaus...
Oct 24, 2010
Resource Leveling – Units
Forum TopicResource Leveling – UnitsI am facing a problem in Primavera 6.7, in resource usage profile. I create a resource called steel and gave its unit as tones. But when I click for resource usage profile , I am getting units in “days” , can u suggest any so...
Oct 24, 2010
Cost Control Thru P6
Forum TopicHi guys is it possible to have two unit rates for a resource in P6. So that one is budgeted as per our estimate/bid and the other one is actual unit rate as per actual purchase. This is just to run the report of Budgeted cost Vs actual spent cost at ...
Oct 24, 2010
Progress Measurement Gate
Forum TopicCan any one explain me what is "Progress Measurement Gate"... My Consultant sent me the comment as to "Provide Progress Measurement Gate for both Engineering & Construction".. Regards, G.Gokul
Oct 24, 2010
Vico Control
Forum TopicHi,I guess there is no forum for Vico Control, so I just posted this here.I am trying out Vico Control in demo mode and I am having this difficulty, I cannot modify/create a new dependency between locations within a task.I have created a new project ...
Oct 25, 2010
Steps for doing What if Analysis in P6
Forum TopicDear All,Pls do advice the various steps to do a what if analysis in P6.regards, Haresh Jayanth
Oct 25, 2010
Global Activity Code does not appear in Group/Sort
Forum TopicThe contractor exports (using P3e v.5) EPS level Activity Codes as Globals; We import, using P6.2.1, as .XER (code values to be updated) and although the Activity Code is in the dictionary and the assigned values are present (against each activity) t...
Oct 25, 2010
Actual Cost = Earned Value Cost
Forum TopicIn P6, i want actual cost to become equal to earned value cost, How to do it by global change.
Oct 26, 2010
TILOS Version 7 - now available
Forum TopicHi, I work for Asta and just wanted to say that version 7 of TILOS is now available. Click here to download a trial. To find what's new in version 7, visit the TILOS home page at www.astadev.com/tilos Regards Jo Kaptein
Oct 26, 2010