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Blog Posts: 2014 - 2024

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

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

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

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

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

02/12/2024 | By Derek Graham

CPM Schedule Specifications & Requirements: are they a waste of paper?

CPM Schedule Specifications & Requirements are generally found in CSI division 01 32 00 Construction Progress Documentation of a project manual or specifications, where they are routinely ignored or not even contemplated. Countless permutations of these requirements makes it difficult to establish standards in...

01/27/2024 | By Derek Graham

Construction Completion Schedules for Accurate Closeout

Nothing quite resembles the mad scramble contractors do to close out the final segments of their projects. By this time, the project schedule has likely been deprecated into a chaotic parallel universe that serves no practical purpose other than to mollify clueless stakeholders....

12/05/2023 | By Derek Graham

Construction Bid Schedules: What They Are and Why Contractors Should Use Them

In requests for pricing (RFPs) or invitations for bids (ITBs) there are a number of requests or requirements that typically fall under the radar. One such is a seldom observed request generally known as bid schedules. Not to be confused with preliminary schedules –...

12/04/2023 | By Derek Graham

AI Generative-Design Poised to Displace 90% of all Architects and Why That May Be Good News

AI generative-design may prove to have unexpected benefits to the building industry. By improving the quality and developmental integrity of construction drawings, error and omissions will be minimized, as will their impact on project lifecycles – especially the level of architect underperformance and the...

11/29/2023 | By Derek Graham

Submittal-Review Representation and Tracking in CPM Schedules

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve reviewed a construction schedule with 50% or more of the activities carried under a WBS for submittal-review. My response is invariably to indicate that a construction schedule is not a shop drawing or submittal log,...

11/19/2023 | By Derek Graham

Is the Building Industry Ready for AI Generative Scheduling Platforms?

In my 2017 post Artificial Intelligence – CPM Scheduling Algorithmic Optimizations and Machine Learning, I stated “By every indication, Artificial Intelligence project controls would appear to be for the use of planning architects and engineers, as opposed to building estimators and schedulers. This is...

11/06/2023 | By Derek Graham

Resource Fragmentation Impacts on CPM Construction Schedule

Fragmentation of resources on a construction site is a commonplace phenomenon that deprecates even the most diligent CPM scheduling efforts. Fragmentation happens when typical sequences – such as floor-to-floor/area-to-area – become disrupted, and the baseline schedule sequence becomes broken, leaving an abundance of...

03/10/2023 | By Derek Graham

Post Pandemic CPM Construction Scheduling

The past three years of pandemic and its knock on effect has dramatically changed the complexion of the construction industry and the way builders develop and maintain CPM schedules. This is both a factor of supply chain issues, and chronic resource shortfalls of...

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