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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

08/27/2016 | By Derek Graham

Non-Disclosure-Agreement (NDAs): How Secure Are Our Backbone Infrastructures?

When it comes to a non-Disclosure-Agreement, Cyber-security policy in the Construction Industry Is High-Risk for Backbone Infrastructures I recently was issued an RFP from a government agency that included a non-disclosure-agreement (NDA), as well as a confidentiality agreement, for a public transportation project. Upon...

08/11/2016 | By Derek Graham

The “Whys” of Project Failure

Project failure is inevitable for at least 70% -of all construction works Statistics cite chronic and epidemic delay and overspend project failure in the building industry is only getting worse over time. Naturally, the bigger the headache, the bigger the pill, and the Olympic Games...

07/30/2016 | By Derek Graham

Construction Schedule CPM Baselines

Construction Schedule CPM Baselines – are ephemeral documents is sans-baseline becoming de riguer ? – a rhetorical question.CPM baselines are snarky by nature. Many project teams regard them as ends in themselves: issued preliminarily, and then discarded, as opposed to “that to which all...

03/27/2016 | By Derek Graham

10 Reasons Construction Project Managers Fail

Construction project managers and unecessarily challenging projects Construction project managers fail when they don’t achieve either of the twin objectives of on-time, or within-budget. We know this rate to be alarmingly high, and the degree seems to increase with the cost of the work:...

03/20/2016 | By Derek Graham

CPM Schedulers: Executives Should Listen to the Experts

CPM Schedulers are feared by – executives and officers who wouldn’t recognize a critical path from a critical mass CPM schedulers hate it when decisions resequencing their project timelines are made for us. We argue that CPM is best left to the CPM schedulers. Yet,...

03/13/2016 | By Derek Graham

CPM Recovery Schedules: What’s in a Name?

Recovery schedules, mitigation schedules inevitably dissapoint Save time?! Recovery schedules don’t even save face Stakeholders struggle mightily with the definition of the terms CPM baselines, recovery schedules, & mitigation, schedules, and how they differ from one another. That is most unfortunate for CPM schedulers who invariably...

02/24/2016 | By Derek Graham

Space Carving, SLAMming AR-VR Construction Technology Update

AR-VR construction technology disruption is inevitable AR-VR construction technology may very soon no longer be the exclusive pastime of gamers and designers: it may be put to much more practical uses. Last weekend, I had the opportunity to road-test a Google Tango tablet with Lucas Stephane,...

02/10/2016 | By Derek Graham

How Google Tango VR/AR Apps Could Level the BIM Playing Field

Google Tango: will it be useful to builders, or just an expensive designer toy? “Designers will forced to begrudgingly collaborate with builders in program coordination: they will sink or swim in these unchartered waters. Google Tango might just be the device to do it.....

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