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Free Float and Total Float in Primavera P6 EPPM

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Understanding Free Float and Total Float in Primavera P6 EPPM. Here's how to how to tabulate and display the total float and free float on the Gantt chart in Primavera P6 EPPM  http://ow.ly/TQozz

Oct 26, 2015

Actual units & EV did not update!!

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Dear All,     After updating my program i found the earned value and the actual units for "some" activities equal to zero ( didnot update), so i had to fix it manually on excel and import on p6, i'm usining duration %.Any idea what could be the reaso...

Oct 27, 2015

Work Experience Record for P.Eng

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Has anyone applied for P.Eng in Canada as a scheduler? what part of our work are classified as professioanl engineer level? Looking for help. 

Oct 28, 2015

Importing Microsoft Project into P6 V8.2

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Im attempting to import a MPP XML native file into P6 but unfortunaely I come across an error. The error log states that the "Field Name on Calendar may not be zero length" After reviewing the file several times I cannot find where the error originat...

Oct 28, 2015

delete

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delete

Oct 28, 2015

Line of balance

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I am particulally intrested in using LOB for house building, does anyone have any house building LOB programmes they could share with me? It would be grealty appreciated. 

Oct 29, 2015

Import budgeted units from Excel

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Hello PPlanners,I try to import budgeted labor / non labor units from an Excel spreadsheet. In this spreadsheet, the units are not correlated to the activity durations. For instance, Non-labor resource A assigned to a 2-day long activity will be budg...

Oct 30, 2015

Primavera EPPM 8.3

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I am pasting a set of activities and is not bringing my activity ID. In previous ersions P6 asked the intervals in between the numbers you wanted for the activity ID and then add a unique ID to each activity. Is there something I need to check, unche...

Oct 30, 2015

Saturday Giggle

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What do you call an evil association of Pigeons and chickens?The "Coo Clucks Clan"

Oct 31, 2015

how to claim the PC rates item

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Dear all,Now we have one building with FIDIC contract and we have one PC item which the qty is changed compared with the final drawing and tender drawing, my query have two: one is that can  the contractor cliam the different qty and the second is ca...

Oct 31, 2015

You are probably wrong about probability

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This is the first of four articles based on Leonard Mlodinow's book, The Drunkards Walk; looking at probability, in the next article we will look at randomness, and then how this affects everything in project controls and business.  For example, does...

Nov 1, 2015

Ressource assignement

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dear all ,Please  i want to remove a ressource assignement from tasks by global change (to be quiquely) wich formula suitable.thanks

Nov 1, 2015

Primavera V8.4 Out of Bounds error

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I am trying to link 2 simple activities together on a straight "FS" relationship, the problem I am getting is that the following error comes up. I have tried copying the program, Export / Import, and even delete / re-create the activities (which are ...

Nov 2, 2015

Project Delete error

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Dear everybody.When I delete the project in P6, event window pop up. An application event has been intercepted. Please note the event code for reference.Event code DELET-1606-3 Then, somehow I can't delete this project and even one activity in this p...

Nov 2, 2015

Claim / EOT Management Requirement

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Hello Everyone,Just a topic to know what will help Claim Management in a Project from which we (Contractor or Subcontractor) can calculate the delay charge.In most of the Contract Client would have already mentioned the amount which will be charged p...

Nov 2, 2015