P6 R20 access mode buttons not appear
Forum TopicHi When I open new project I get this screenAccess mode dissapeeared How to solve this issue [[wysiwyg_imageupload:8097:]][[wysiwyg_imageupload::]]
Feb 28, 2022
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Assistance Required - Units% doesn't actually update the actual units - SOLVED
Forum TopicMorning all, This may be normal but it strikes me as odd. The first time I update my resources using the Units% complete column (resources tab) it updates as I'd expect. So someone with 100 units I update 10% actual becomes 10 units. However as th...
Mar 1, 2022
Intro to and Learning Synchro
Forum TopicHaving been a Planner for 12 years on P6, MSP and Pertmaster I feel that the future of Planning is the move towards 4D Planning and its incorporation into Gantt and Site Planning. Having no prior experience of 4D Planning as within the UK from trying...
Mar 3, 2022
4D Planning / BIM
Forum TopicHaving been a Planner for 12 years on P6, MSP and Pertmaster I have an interest in and feel that the future of Planning is the move towards 4D Planning and its incorporation into Gantt and Site Planning.Having no prior experience of 4D Planning as wi...
Mar 3, 2022
BIM/EIM Model D&E Information Schematic
Forum TopicHi, has anybody got a pretty schematic showing the D&E interfaces between the 3D BIM Model LOD's as BS 19650, the Vendor information requirements (as set out in the PO's, we used to have Stages A - G designations) and the 30% / 60% / 95% Design Revi...
Mar 3, 2022
Primavera P6 version 18.8.0 Standalone - WBS
Forum TopicAnyone knows why the move arrows are greyed out and I cannot use the P6 WBS functionalilty.
Mar 7, 2022
Schedule % Complete in P6 is Duration based.
Forum TopicDear ExpertsI have a question on Primavera P6. As far as i know, duration is not an appropriate unit to determine the plan or actual percentage of a project at a particular time given. The more accurate is manhours. Now, the schedule % complete ...
Mar 8, 2022
Non Labor Units Changes
Forum TopicDear Members, I am updating my project,on a specific activity i have non labor unit assigned 30h when i am progressing the activity to 80% i am updating my actual units to 24h and remaining to 6h but when i run the schedule after updating the units i...
Mar 11, 2022
The Origins of Cost Engineering
Forum TopicThe latest paper in our series on the origins of project controls has been published in the March edition of Project Management World Journal.This paper traces the origins of accounting, through cost accounting, to cost engineering. Download the full...
Mar 12, 2022
Are material and equipment costs included in PV, CV, SV?
Forum TopicAre material and equipment costs included in PV, SV, CV or we include just the labor?
Mar 13, 2022
Is there a way to adjust display of successor , predecessor column?
Forum TopicHello,For example if I enter a link such as 4SS+2, the successor colun shows it as 4SS+2 days. I do not want it to write "days" there. Because I have limited print space and just because of word "days" I am losing horizontal print area. Is there a wa...
Mar 14, 2022
Activity Code Description values rather than Code Value in Exporting Data
Forum TopicI would like to have Activity Code Description values rather than Code Value when I export data to Excel. For Example for an Activity Code: Code Value is Ph1 : Code Description is Phase 1I would like to get the description Phase 1, rath...
Mar 15, 2022
Capacity Planning Challenges
Forum TopicManaging capacity planning bottlenecks has been a challenge sometimes for even experienced managers. What are the effective ways to deal with these bottlenecks and streamline capacity planning?
Mar 15, 2022
EVM Queries - What would you do to help?
Forum TopicYou are 15 months into a 4 year JV process plant project,(FIDIC Type Contract, Seperate OoC / IC) and the EVM data is just pushing your project into the RED status. Your Project Director is putting pressure on you, as PCM, to make the numbers look b...
Mar 15, 2022
P6 removes remaining labour units and costs when actualising finish.
Forum TopicHi all, I'm just after some clarification rather than help for a change. it's something we've not noticed before and it could just be us but when we actualise the finish date of an activity has P6 always removed remaining costs and units automaticall...
Mar 16, 2022
Peace needs dialogue
Forum TopicWhich part of the peace process is helped by removing Vladimir's email from Plannng Planet?
Mar 17, 2022
Delay compensation or not when baseline had float?
Forum Topicjust would like a general opinion on this issue. In short on DT3, the Contractor Submitted a Baseline that had 3 months float. The work was dependent on the big contract moving a sewer first, which they are now moving that 3 months later. One opin...
Mar 22, 2022
Creation of Exclusion Period
Forum TopicHi, I have a project where I have split the fit out of a floor area into a number of different sections call them area 1,2,3 & 4. Area 1 has UFH and so whilst this is being layed and screeded will restrict access to the other areas which come off i...
Mar 22, 2022
Russia & the Ukraine War a force majeure event?
Forum TopicOn March 8, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued an Executive Order on Prohibiting Certain Imports and New Investments with Respect to Russia & the Ukraine War (“March 8, 2022, Executive Order”). Some specs may consider this Change in Law can...
Mar 23, 2022
How to schedule un -splittable tasks
Forum TopicHello Planners,one customer of mine is asking the fommowing question, I have to admit that I am not able to answer it; does anybody have an idea?**************My project takes place during Scheduled Machine Shutdowns (SMS).Today when the different Ta...
Mar 25, 2022