P6 Professional 8.1
Forum TopicP6 Professional 8.1 the tool bar buttons are not clearly visible or subtle , is it like that or any thing can be done to make it visible clearly ??
May 23, 2011
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Contract versus programme
Forum TopicHi planners, I am not sure about something contractually. Lets say Week 1 - Task A- excavation delayed by information required from architect. 3 weeks EOT granted. Week 2 – Task B – Construct new foundation, ahead 1 week due to faster excavation com...
May 23, 2011
Is There A Template/Procedure For Sub Contractors Monthly/weekly Planning Requirements
Forum TopicHiWe have just started a massive energy project which will eventually take on board lots of subcontractors, who will obviously need to be managed accordingly.I have been asked to write a procedure/template outside of the generic standard contract req...
May 24, 2011
Is There A Template/Procedure For Sub Contractors Monthly/weekly Planning Requirements
Forum TopicHiWe have just started a massive energy project which will eventually take on board lots of subcontractors, who will obviously need to be managed accordingly.I have been asked to write a procedure/template outside of the generic standard contract req...
May 24, 2011
A few questions about starting a career in planning/scheduling
Forum TopicHey all,I've been lurking here for around 3 years and I recently finished school with a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Finance (I know it most likely won't be useful if I want to plan). I have a small amount of experience in construction/la...
May 24, 2011
Importing resources into a P6 resource library
Forum TopicHi All, I am new to using p6 and i have a long list of resources in excel. And i am wondering if it is possible to import them in to the resource library in P6. This would save me having to creat them in one by one. Thanks Denis
May 24, 2011
Importing resources into a P6 resource library
Forum TopicHi All, I am new to using p6 and i have a long list of resources in excel. And i am wondering if it is possible to import them in to the resource library in P6. This would save me having to creat them in one by one. Thanks Denis
May 24, 2011
Construction Consumables
Forum TopicMga Kabayan,Is there a cost impact to a project schedule if construction consumables is wrongly estimated?Would there be a standard formula/template for calculating construction consumables to achieve most realistic cost?Looking forward you share you...
May 24, 2011
AVAA Error when import a excel file to P6
Forum TopicDear all, I got a AVAA Error When I import a excel file to Primavera 6.1. I tried to do it several times again, just like import from both “my local computer” and “server disk”, the problem is still there.Please see the attached pictures for detail. ...
May 24, 2011
All the Ds
Forum TopicDear All,Had a chance to talk to Matthew recently and he introduced the Ds, all of them. Explaining 4D is okay, although 5D -in my opinion is part of the schedule, therefore integral part of the 4D, then 6D is more of a design concept, the 3D models ...
May 24, 2011
number of activities
Forum TopicHi all are there tips to get the number of the total activities and also per wbs level ? thanks
May 24, 2011
Logic link question
Forum TopicHi all, I wonder if someone could help me. I have several activities that start at the same time and one that starts later A 2-12-11 B 2-12-11 C 2-12-11 D 10-12-11 I want them all to link to activity E so that E starts on the 2-12-11 however when I u...
May 24, 2011
Force task to indentation
Forum TopicHi everyone, i have the follow cases in my project.1. I need to add a First Activity (Head or main activity), cause in the moment of the creation of the project that was missing or forgotten.2. I need to fix the indentation of some task. In this cas...
May 24, 2011
Showing Early and Late Cost curves in P6
Forum TopicI have a baseline cost loaded schedule that I want to see cost curve based upon the early and late dates. The profile can generate early, but not late. Is there a way to do this? Also is there a way to show in tabular form the cost by early and late ...
May 24, 2011
Help! Actual Durations are not Calculating Correctly
Forum TopicIn P6 I enter dates for the activity and the actual durations are not showing correctly. For example, my activity starts on a friday and ends on a monday and P6 actual duration is 1 day. Please help.
May 24, 2011
Primavera Intergration with Maximo
Forum TopicHas anyone had problems when syncing work orders from Maximo to P6, i am having diffcuties when syncing, i get Level Of Efforts (LOE) as a duplicate as well as the activities as a aeperate WBS, Tried deleting and creating a new Porject to elimate co...
May 25, 2011
Progress Update
Forum TopicI'am a new user for MS Project.(1) I created the custom column for calculate the weightage based on duration of each activities.(2) When updating the task, i calculate the % completion based on quantity achieved vs. total quantity. The % complete wil...
May 25, 2011
Locking a project in P6?
Forum TopicHi guys, I'm wondering if anyone has come across a method of locking a project in P6 to prevent users of the enterprise from making changes to it? I have admin superuser access and can change the permissions of the other users if necessary. I need th...
May 25, 2011
Primavera P 6 SQL database and P6 version 7 oracle database
Forum TopicCan anyone please describe the difference between P6( SQL)and P6 version 7 (oracale db) ?Are P6 v7 files readable in P6 or vice versa ? Are Files exchangeble easily ?
May 25, 2011
NEC Option C Risk : Research material
Forum TopicHi If anyone could send me acadmeic standard journals, reserach papers etc that examiones risk within Option C NEC contracts, client beneits, mechanisim of pain / gain I would be grateful. Currenty opreoaring a reserach paper on this topic and findin...
May 25, 2011