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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

11/22/2015 | By Derek Graham

Top 10 Misconceptions of CPM Scheduling

CPM scheduling is intended to facilitate the design and construction of a given project. It does this in a number of ways that are often misunderstood. The misunderstanding lies in the expectations of the schedule – what it does, and doesn’t do. Being aware of...

11/08/2015 | By Derek Graham

An Argument for CPM Schedules for Sub-Contractors

CPM Schedules are not just for GCs and CMs CPM Subcontractor Schedules Gaining Popularity Sub-Contractors who aren’t CPM savvy are understandably squeamish of CMP subcontractor schedules. They may think of them as superfluous, or only a means to an end: to fulfill contract requirements,...

11/01/2015 | By Derek Graham

Construction Project Controls: the Industry Plays Catch-up Ball

Means and methods of construction project controls and project management have changed little over the years, in terms of their objectives and criteria – meeting minutes, budgets, estimates, and schedules. Only the way in which various building industry professionals go about achieving these ends has changed....

10/24/2015 | By Derek Graham

Recognizing the Value of a CPM Scheduler

By and large, there is a cut-off point where a CPM construction scheduler is neither mandated, nor prepared, for projects below the line. Privatized projects are not regulated in the same way public and governmental work is, and tend to have more passive scheduling...

10/10/2015 | By Derek Graham

Ten Best CPM Construction Schedule Updating Practices

There are any number of different ways a scheduler gathers progress status with which to update his CPM Construction schedule. The accuracy and dependability of the data set will determine the veracity of his critical path. Different updating practices are implemented for different reasons,...

10/04/2015 | By Derek Graham

10 Signs Your CPM Construction Scheduling Project Has Gone South

Construction Schedule Delays: Chasing Float The bane of a CPM construction scheduler’s existence are his high maintenance accounts, or those that require extra resources to achieve the same results as a properly coordinated effort. Constrction schedule delays are rampant (over 70% of all projects). When...

09/25/2015 | By Derek Graham

Project Drag-Down, & Construction CPM Schedule Decay

When Critical Paths Become Endangered CPM Schedule Decay: It’s ugly – watching a contractor’s best laid plans slowly disintegrate into chaos over the course of months – even years. The degree of this disintegration is commensurate with the baseline schedule level of aggressivity,...

06/20/2015 | By Derek Graham

Recent Pop-Ups in the Semi-Automated Robotics Industry for the Construction Market

What are we to make of recent advances in semi-automated robotic construction technology, like the example below, of a bricklaying Semi-Automated Masonry rig? or this robotic crane, that can erect structural steel framework all by itself, while a project manager looks on, over a live feed,...

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