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Blog Posts: 2014 - 2024

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Basic Architectural Millwork Scheduling

The Devil is in the Details Architectural millwork scheduling is a process describing several moving parts throughout the course of the project lifecycle, beginning with the design intent and design development through construction drawings, the submittal sample and mock up

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Choosing CPM Scheduling Platforms to Meet Your Needs

CPM Scheduling Platforms as Models of Efficacy Choosing CPM scheduling platforms is a matter of integrity and scale. You want to have the right tool box for the needs of your organization and the projects it manages. That means you

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Generating Effective Construction Schedule Oversight Reports

Construction Schedule Oversight Success is Predicated on Having the Right Skill Sets There are both art and science at play in the business of preparing effective and productive CPM construction schedule oversight reports. That is to say, that technical knowhow

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Delay and Disruption Cases: a Tale of Two Claims

I recently had the pleasure of serving as an expert on two concurrent delay and disruption cases that proved to provide some interesting insights into the nuances of delay and disruptions experienced by the owner and the contractor. In one

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Construction Schedule Acceleration: Optimizing for Success

Schedule Acceleration: The Big Squeeze Construction schedule acceleration is a strategy designed and intended to either mitigate and stanch off float erosion (delay,) or to recover lost time – so to better control or advance completion dates. There are a

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Successful Shop Drawing and Submittal Strategies

There has always been a lot of confusion about what constitutes a ‘shop drawing,’ submittal,  and finally – coordination drawings. In order to optimize project management outcomes, it is necessary to not only know the difference, but to master the

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artificial intelligence disruption
05/16/2017 | By Derek Graham

The ‘Hows’ of AE Design Industry Artificial Intelligence Disruption: the Generative Process

Artificial Intelligence disruption of the AE (architecture and engineering) industries is closer than many of us think. When we talk about any kind of industry disruption, a lot of people become uneasy, for fear their services may no longer be required. And so it...

schedule disruption claims
05/10/2017 | By Derek Graham

Disruption Non-Claims: Losing Stakes for the Construction Industry

Delay:  Master of Schedule Disruption Claims According to the US Census, the 2016 US construction was estimated at USD$1.16T. If we also estimate that on average 30% of these projects finished on time, and 70% late by most measures, then we can estimate that...

AI disruption
05/06/2017 | By Derek Graham

10 AEC Professions AI Will Disrupt by 2027

AI Disruption Will Significantly Permeate the AEC Industries Historically, the construction and building industries tend to fall on the lower scale of tech-savvy, or digital-bandwidth, owing to a lack of skilled practitioners, and a paucity of training and investment in their constituency, but more...

AI Project controls
04/29/2017 | By Derek Graham

AI Project Controls: Building Industry Ripe for AI Disruption

“AI Project Controls mean estimators and planners will soon join th endangered species list The lagging performance of (negative) productivity in the US construction industry as compared with other industries makes it ripe for disruption by artificial intelligence, and that includes AI project controls....

Primavera xers
04/08/2017 | By Derek Graham

CPM Schedulers: Stop Giving Away Your Primavera XERs Away! Upvote Idea 17591

Primavera xers are a liability to CPM consultants bottom line Make Oracle develop the concept! with enough upvotes, it can happen! Upvote Idea 17591 at and protect your livelihood. It must be the weather or something that’s made me cranky this month – but...

artificial intelligence disruption
04/02/2017 | By Derek Graham

Contractors Who Blow-off CPM Schedule Updates Only Hurt Themselves

CPM schedule updates: contractors avoid at their own peril There are always a few ‘economy’ accounts I have on my book. ‘Economy accounts’ belong to contractors who want to skimp and save on scheduling services by planning for only what they feel they can...

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03/06/2017 | By Derek Graham

The Relative Symbolism and Impermanence of Megaprojects: Architectural Icons to “Megaflops”

Architectural Icon “Before the Big Dig, there were the pyramids … I’m just saying. A strong nominee for a megaproject that rates as far down the organizational ladder as possible, while at the same time scoring rock bottom as an architectural icon, was Boston’s...

megaprojects
02/25/2017 | By Derek Graham

The Relative Symbolism and Impermanence of Megaprojects: Olympic Budgets

Olympic budgets –  “the bigger the headache,  the bigger the pill Megaprojects and Olympic budgets, have a lot in common: they both come with dubious ethical connotations. Recent sport megaprojects – Sochi, South Africa, and the World Cup stadiums in Brazil, now have been assailed as being...

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