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Resources Assignment

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for a certain activity, I assigned 2 different resources 'labor' categories (Skilled, unskilled Electritions). when I updated my CCS and inserted an actual start date and a 90% duration completion for that activity, it showed actual hours only for th...

Jun 27, 2013

Printing Gantt Chart Legend

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I know this may be a dumb question,But how can I print the Gantt Chart legend so that people used to read MS project knows what each bar is talking about? Saludos cordiales, -Carlos

Jun 28, 2013

Engineer Not Responds EoT Claim Until the Revised Finish Date

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Dear All1-      The Revised Finish date is 02-02-YYYY2-      An EoT claim submitted by the contractor on 01-01-YYYY3-      Engineer’s letter to submit Recovery Program (FIDIC 1999) clause 8.3 & 8.6 on 03-01-YYYY (after the submission of EoT and 30 da...

Jun 29, 2013

Status of Finish Date

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Dear All1-      Once the Contractor has submitted an Interim EoT Claim2-      The Engineer has accepted that to review3-      Responds to the contractor that the claim is being reviewedThe contractual / revised finish date is considered withhold / nu...

Jun 29, 2013

Common Scheduling Mistakes

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What is Scheduling? Now-a-days, in construction industry, the parameters that define the success of a project are delivering the required facility, at the required standard (quality), within the agreed Time and Budget. A commercial construction compa...

Jun 29, 2013

replace resources

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Dear AllI have inherited a P7 schedule plan with 2 different resources (one Material and one labor) in common with another project. As for enterprise’s policies I need to separate the resources from other project. (both resources have actuals)I made ...

Jun 29, 2013

daily target

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Dear All Due to project delay the client have prepare their own schedule as per the remaining work divided to duration of 14 weeks. therefore client come out the daily target however I have concern on the other activity if the activity 1 example cann...

Jun 30, 2013

recovery plan

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Dear All Need you help our ongoing project was delay and need to prepare Extension of time any sample please for my reference. Regards Ron

Jun 30, 2013

Look Ahead Programme Not from the Baseline programme

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Dear AllWe have been sending the three weeks look ahead programme to the Engineer based on our internal recovery program that was sent to the Engineer “for his information & reference” since mid of February 2013. This look ahead programme have been m...

Jul 1, 2013

Comparing project schedules and schedule updates with Acumen Fuse

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Acumen’s project forensics capability captures all changes between any two (or more) versions of your schedule. These versions can be monthly copies, baseline vs current, and anything in between. In fact, the different versions of your schedule can c...

Jul 1, 2013

Guild, Alive or Dead?

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Planners, I did the self assessment and then emailed the Guild Team requesting membership last week and I have not had a response yet. Does anyone know the latest on where the Guild has progressed to?

Jul 2, 2013

FIDIC Clause 20.1

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 Hi AllI have doubt in FIDIC 1999 clause No. 20.1 “Within 42 days after receiving a claim or any further particulars supporting a previous claim or within such other period as may be proposed by the Engineer and approved by the Contractor.”The clause...

Jul 3, 2013

Primavera Import XER Problem

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Hi to All ;I want to import xer file to P6 with all dates but ORGINAL DURATION , REMANING DURATION , SCHEDULE % COMPLETE , START and FINISH fields become empty . How can I import xer files with full information and updated status . Thank you .

Jul 3, 2013

Float Burn Index

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In response to a question in a Discussion group on LinkedIn, I posted some stuff about the Float Burn Index (FBI) that it dawned on me some people here might also find interesting. It's a little like the required run rate in a cricket chase -- a meas...

Jul 3, 2013

Struggling to get to grips with BIM?

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Are you comfortable working with BIM tools, or does it seem a bit daunting? Interested to know how many are actively engaged in BIM and who still see it as a challenge. For those who do see it as a challenge, what are the biggest concerns?Asta and BI...

Jul 4, 2013

Kindle Publication

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Hi AllI am pleased to announce that my new novel is open for review on Kindle."Double Cross Roads" is set in the 1970's with no email and no mobiles.Bruce owns a road building company and is married to Sandra a glamorous ex model.Someone is stealing ...

Jul 5, 2013