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Cost Overruns on Early Canal & Railway Projects

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Cost Overruns on Early Canal & Railway Projects is our latest paper looking at the evolution of cost engineering, published in the May edition of PM World Journal: https://pmworldjournal.com/#in-this-issueCost Overruns on Early Canal & Railway Projec...

May 7, 2022

Event Code: CNFFZ\-0464-A (Could not find \bin\java.exe)

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Hi,I have currently been trying to import Microsoft Project XML Programmes into Primavera P6 Professional R16.2. Every Time i attempt to this, i get a EInOutError with the event code CNFF\-0464-A and the description 'Could not find file\bin\java.exeW...

May 10, 2022

Event Code: CNFFZ\-0464-A (Could not find \bin\java.exe)

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Hi,I have currently been trying to import Microsoft Project XML Programmes into Primavera P6 Professional R16.2. Every Time i attempt to this, i get a EInOutError with the event code CNFF\-0464-A and the description 'Could not find file\bin\java.exeW...

May 10, 2022

How to have comprehensive knowledge of other disciplines?

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Hi everyone. As a civil engineer I'm currently working in a industrial project as a site rough works engineer. I want to pursue my career as a planning or cost control engineer. How can I have comprehensive knowledge of other disciplines (mechanical,...

Jan 7, 2022

New Task ID's when entering progress

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Hi All,I've just noticed that when entering progress into PowerProject v16, it's adding new Task ID's, so for example, a task id would go from "1013" to "1227, 1013".  This is when I have 'live' data as the option for the field.  Does anyone know why...

Jan 10, 2022

P6 CPM vs SOV vs 99% vs Punchlist Items...

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For those of you that deal with the Schedule of Values vs CPM schedule connection: I have been on project where the CM/owners leave items at 99% to make sure punchlist items are corrected...- that skews the schedule when items are essentially 100% co...

Jan 11, 2022

I am coming back

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Some of the old hands will remember me as the lead poster and mentor om PP about 8 years ago.I left this site to join LinkedIn but have now cancelled my membership because it has morfed into a peurile version of Facebook.I have suggested that circa 1...

Jan 11, 2022

Peer Review of EOT Claims

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I am Mike Testro and I am a Consultant Delay Analyst. I am a builder with 60 years experience including 40 years on EOT. I know what I am talking about on this subject.I am offering a one day Peer Review of your Delay Analysis EOT claim.Have you cove...

Jan 12, 2022

Nebulous Specification interpretation arguments

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"The Contractor mus provide a preliminary schedule reflecting the Contractor's planned activities during the first 45 calendar days after NTP0.  This preliminary schedule must be submitted within five (5) calendar days after NTP0."  - this is broad, ...

Jan 13, 2022

Combining 6 projects = combine or make subprojects - what is a must?

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Combining 6 projects = combine or make subprojects - what is a must?  In a perfect world they all use thesame WBS and Code Structure.  But they won't, can you use different activity codes if you use sub-projects?  Can the id's be the same?  A mandato...

Jan 16, 2022

Finding Baselines attached to projects within an EPS

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When you make a project a baseline to another project it disappears from the EPS until it is restored. Is it possible to view all of the project that are currently baselines (and so not in the EPS), without going into every project to find them.

Jan 20, 2022

Integrating PM6 Schedule with a Claims Management Studio App -CMS

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HiAnyone here uses a bespoke solution for CMS that integrateswith PM6 for monitoring Forensic Delay events and utilzing the dashboards in the CMS.As Delay Events can be addressed in PM6 a couple of vendors selling a CMS have reached out to us with a ...

Jan 25, 2022

A Baseline Critical Path can have float! best way to show it?

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A Baseline Critical Path can have float! best way to show it?  Example, I worked on project where half the scope was removed before it started but the completion date did not change.  There is a school of thought you just stretch to fit to get 0 Floa...

Jan 25, 2022

Opinion of 2 to 3 planners in a project

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Hi all, I have been in planning for about 15 years. I had bad experience in my previous company where the project had 2 to 3 planners all reporting to the project director. my current company, my new project also in a situation we have 2 planners. me...

Jan 25, 2022

NOAA weather spec - always mentioned, how often really used?

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If a contractor asks for an interpretation of this, what do you say?  (other than - just do it) Contractor must calculate the number of weather days using NOAA data set for the most recent 10 year period.  Put on your lawyer hat and answer them when ...

Jan 26, 2022

activity duration 4.4d instead of 5d

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Hi,When I add a new activity, duration is not 5 but 4.4days. This issue is obviously coming from the calendar because it has been modify to 8h/day instead of 7h.This is not a global but a project Calendar. I checked my Project settings calendar for n...

Jan 28, 2022