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PDF format problem

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Hi, I need to produce my schedule in PDF format but the start and finish columns are showing part of the time after the date on my printout (i only require the date and not the start / finish time) I have used the column sliders to just show the date...

Mar 3, 2012

Estimating Expected Finish Dates

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Dear PP Members,In planning and scheduling practice, I would like to ask who is making the decision or estimation for expected finish dates?Can a planning engineer decide or construction manager ?Thanks in advance

Mar 3, 2012

AS BUILT PROGRAM

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Hi, I need advice from experts. PROBLEM: Get an Approval of As Built Program SITUATION: Theres an Approved Program, however, the Client requested for As Built Program. My Managers gave the duration for each activity. The Client are not happy and cont...

Mar 4, 2012

testing with the schedule

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Hi everyone:I am new in the schedule world.  I would like to know if i can make a test with a subcontractor schedule and re-organize the activities and productions as i think that its gonna be the really subcontactor´s performance taking in considera...

Mar 4, 2012

Resources

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According to our contract with our client, We should not exceed 200 (men) resources at any given time. However when i extract information from Primavera to do my resource Histogram I get more than 200 (men) resources. If i get more than 200 (men) res...

Mar 5, 2012

Wembley Stadium Failure

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Hi All, Just a quick query - can anyone point to some literature or journals which discuss the nature of the project management of the Wembley National Stadium development?Regards,DC

Mar 5, 2012

Power Generation - Civil Construction of a Steam Turbine Table

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I recently told that there is a International Construction Norm for the Civil Construction of a Steam Turbine Table but I find that almost impossble to believe since the designs and constructability vary based on the size of the proposed Stator Unit....

Mar 5, 2012

P6 R8.2 EPPM Web Client - cannot Schedule or Summarize Project Data

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We have an installation of P6 R8.2 EPPM (for Web client) server on Microsoft Server 2008 with WebLogic 11g.  The Database installed is MS SQL Express 2005.  Java JDK 6 update 27 was selected during P6 setup.P6 installed and configured without errors ...

Mar 5, 2012

P6 R8.2 EPPM Web Client - cannot Schedule or Summarize Project Data

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We have an installation of P6 R8.2 EPPM (for Web client) server on Microsoft Server 2008 with WebLogic 11g.  The Database installed is MS SQL Express 2005.  Java JDK 6 update 27 was selected during P6 setup.P6 installed and configured without errors ...

Mar 5, 2012

Assigning a Material Resource in P6

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Hello All Planners.Please have a look at following example;I added a Material Resource Named "Crushed Aggregates" in my schedule.I have changed resource type to "Material" and adjusted the price per unit.No the unit of measure that i want to keep is ...

Mar 6, 2012

Updating in progress activities in Primavera Contractor.

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Updating in progress activities in Primavera Contractor.   is there an easy way to update in progress activities without having to trial and error a % complete. I just want to progress the works as planned.   I know there is the update progress optio...

Mar 6, 2012

Meeting calendar is causing negative total float

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I have milestones within my programmes which represent capital approvals meetings. These meetings are monthly so I have created a calendar for these milestones with only 1 working day per month. If the activities preceeding these milestones are late,...

Mar 6, 2012

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT EXPEDATION V "13"

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Dear all; kindly not that I face an error in expedition it come into view only when importing to excel the module of Corr. Sent; a window appeared as follows:   [[wysiwyg_imageupload:957:height=182,width=350]] load_error.png   Please feedback with th...

Mar 6, 2012

Reduce the negative total float

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Dear Scheduler...I have project 4000 activities and with TF = -117 in the current schedule NOT baseline, because we already late and behaind the schedule. My PM he want me to reduce the -ve TF before we submit it to the owner. So, any suggestions?Tha...

Mar 6, 2012

Volume of work lag in Forensic Analysis

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The AACEI RP 29R-03 2011 on the modeled substractive methods provide for extraction of entire activities or a portion of the as-built durations representing delays or changes from a network analysis model representing the as-built condition of the sc...

Mar 7, 2012

Different between Oil and Construction WBS parents......

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Dear Schedulers,As you know for the Construction project the WBS parents (level 2) should be as below then (level 3)...1-Milestones2- Pre-Construction 3- Design4- Procurement5- Construction6- Contract CloseoutSo, how it's going to be for the Oil and ...

Mar 7, 2012