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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

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Mastering Retrofit Construction Layout: Optimizing Axes Lines and Benchmarks

Retrofit construction layout is distinct from new construction in that new elements are dictated by existing program to remain or ‘ETR’ – such as structure supporting walls, floors, and ceilings. Existing program and finishes are stripped down to substrates which

Punch List Techniques and Strategies for General Contractors

Confusion and lack of consensus over what a construction project punch list or punch-out list is and what it isn’t, contribute mightily to project conflict in the close out stage of most any construction project – big or small. However,

01/02/2018 | By Derek Graham

Are Project Controls Professionals an Endangered Species?

Will Project Estimators & Schedulers be Supplanted by AI-centric Platforms? The short answer is – many project controls “professionals” will not be missed, but more talented professionals should see an increase in necessity and relevance to the merging of project controls into AI-centric project...

12/11/2017 | By Derek Graham

Are AEC Industries Ready for AI-centric Megaproject Delivery?

AI-centric Megaproject Delivery Traditional construction project delivery performance suffers from long and well publicized negative global productivity lags: negative compared to the industry 20 years ago, and negative compared to other industries. This negative productivity is associated with both budget shortfalls and turnaround delays....

12/02/2017 | By Derek Graham

Artificial Intelligence – CPM Scheduling Algorithmic Optimizations and Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence is nothing new. But in Construction Project Controls: Really? – really! Yet recent developments occupy front and center as the most cutting edge technology, and promise to be a permeating disruption to many industries. The architecture and engineering industries are riding the...

11/27/2017 | By Derek Graham

Construction Manager Agency Ripe for AI Disruption

A Non at-Risk Construction Manager Gets His Cake and Eats it too -often on the taxpayers’ dime, or for any given public megaproject. If that is the case, why then is there no facility for oversight? The answer to that question may not matter...

10/29/2017 | By Derek Graham

Deltek Insight & Celebration 2017: Focus on Acumen

NASHVILLE, MUSIC CITY, TN, October 23 – 26, 2017 If anyone knows how to throw an epic conference and celebration for cast of a few thousand constituents and client-base, it’s Deltek. So it’s no wonder they chose Nashville’s sprawling Grand Old Opry and Gaylord...

10/06/2017 | By Derek Graham

CPM NewsFlash: Critical Path Never Tells the Whole Story

Critical Path isn’t always the Longest Path Most CPM schedules use a critical path as the sole and chief determinant of a given construction project’s time performance and outcome. CPM scheduling software is developed to focus on the critical path as the most useful...

09/14/2017 | By Derek Graham

Artificial Intelligence and its Place in Construction CPM Project Controls

Artificial Intelligence has both unlimited potential and limitations in the process of developing complex CPM construction schedules “Good design has inspiration to it… if you have that vision you can encode it and parameterize it and explore it further. Now we have a rich...

07/15/2017 | By Derek Graham

What is Meant by “CPM Schedule Levels”

Which CPM Schedule Levels Have You Mastered? Or better yet: what CPM level scheduler are you? Perhaps like myself – you never considered this before. Do CPM schedules levels even matter? Many schedulers have heard of CPM schedule levels but not bothered to learn...

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Generating Effective Construction Schedule Oversight Reports

Delay and Disruption Cases: a Tale of Two Claims

Construction Schedule Acceleration: Optimizing for Success

Successful Shop Drawing and Submittal Strategies

Mastering Retrofit Construction Layout: Optimizing Axes Lines and Benchmarks

Punch List Techniques and Strategies for General Contractors

Are Project Controls Professionals an Endangered Species?

Are AEC Industries Ready for AI-centric Megaproject Delivery?

Artificial Intelligence – CPM Scheduling Algorithmic Optimizations and Machine Learning

Construction Manager Agency Ripe for AI Disruption

Deltek Insight & Celebration 2017: Focus on Acumen

CPM NewsFlash: Critical Path Never Tells the Whole Story

Artificial Intelligence and its Place in Construction CPM Project Controls

What is Meant by “CPM Schedule Levels”

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