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Deletion of Provisional Sum ITem and giving it to another contractor

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Dear Friendsi am working in UAE on a construction project , our contract is lump sump project . There are some items in the BOQ under the heading of provisional sum , there are simple concrete jobs whose rate can be taken from main BOQ , however the ...

Apr 4, 2011

p6v7 - help reporting progress against resources

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i have just moved from using p3 to p6v7, its pretty different and i'm really missing the way p3 would calculate in reports!  anyway, thats irrelevant now and I need to report daily progress against my schedule, based on resources.    my schedule is s...

Apr 4, 2011

How can i refelect the no of deliverable in Primavera

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Hi all   I am preparing an engineering Schedule. in which suppose any activty such Detail drawing of Compressor will contain 20 A1 size drawing. How can i refelect this in schedule. ACTIVITY      Duration            Resource                    No Of ...

Apr 5, 2011

How to start as a planner

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Dear all ,                Iam Nadeem I hve total 3 yrs experience as a Civil Engineer i hve decided to concentrate my future in planning , can anyone suggest me as hw 2 proceed to become a successful Planning Engineer. Pl if anyone of u folks have  o...

Apr 5, 2011

Recources loading report CSV

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Dear friends,When I try to exoprt recources loading report on CSV format, I can aopen it on Excel but all infomation on only one culumn, so I can't generate ressources histograme! Is there any solution for this probleme? Thank you in advance.

Apr 5, 2011

Steel Construction

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Hi guys! can I ask your helpfull hands & minds? I'll be dealing with a schedule for a steel structure, can anyone advise me on the sequence of acitivities for such project? What about for aircraft hangars program? Its my first time to make a schedule...

Apr 5, 2011

Railway Station Planning

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Hello Everyone. I would like to post a topic Regarding Railway Station Planning. Please shed light on this topic, like the various Civil, MEP and Structural Planning involved in Railway Station Planning.Regards Jithin

Apr 6, 2011

P6 Update

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Hi,I am facing difficulty while updating the schedulei am updating the progress in activty% column and same progress was appearing in the Unit % column too and that it is what my requirement too but in some activities it is not happening. when i sche...

Apr 6, 2011

As Much Use as a Chocolate Tea Pot

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Hi Gang I think you know this category of As Much Use as ...... One of my favourites is As Much Use As a one legged man in an arse Kicking contest.  And another very recent one - As constructive as a nude model at a Limbo Dance Contest. Any more out ...

Apr 6, 2011

Hiding Default Program

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Dear All, i am creating a project in p6 and would like to hide the default projects (it must not show) in the Program. Any suggestions are highly welcome. With Regards, Mangesh Khuspe

Apr 6, 2011

Insertion of comments in P6

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Hi All, Could you throw some light on whether I can insert comments in any cells in P6 like we do in Excel? Thanks in advance for your replies.

Apr 6, 2011

activity duration

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What is the maximum accepted time duration for the activity, some ppl say 2 weeks some say 20 days and is there is any cod determine this period.   Thank you

Apr 7, 2011

critical path and loop

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Hi, I'm beginner in primavera; I just want to know how can I discover if there is any loop on the Critical path   Thank you

Apr 7, 2011

Synchro Issue

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Dear All,Good Day,I have encounter problem in importing IFC file to synchro stating (Error: cannot add 3D Entities to the Synchro project.)Please tell me how to solve or what is the cause of this error.Hoping for your help regarding this matter.Thank...

Apr 7, 2011

Totals in Original Duration Column giving wrong figure

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Myself and a colleague are using PM6 and have access to exactly the same programme schedule. However, on his system, the WBS totals for Original Duration are much higher than on my system. The activities within each WBS section show the correct durat...

Apr 7, 2011

How to stop automatic roll up of Activities

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Hi there, Does anyone know how to stop P5 from automatically rolling up my whole programme when I change the colour of a bar in the bars options?  Every time I expand the programme to show what I want and then alter something in the bars options and ...

Apr 7, 2011

NEC CONTRACTS CALLING ALL PLANNERS

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I would appreciate it if all planners Could share their experience in applying NEC contracts in dispute. MEPBuilding sevicesRail

Apr 7, 2011