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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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CPM scheduling platforms

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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Reinforced Concrete Building
02/12/2018 | By Derek Graham

CPM Timelines: Scheduling Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Reinforced Concrete Building CPM Scheduling for Success Reinforced Concrete Building – if you’re a construction person living or working in most any metropolitan area in the US northeast, than you can’t help but notice the impressive volume of reinforced concrete (RC) towers popping up....

project controls
01/21/2018 | By Derek Graham

25 Years a CPM Scheduler: How ‘Project Controls’ means more than just estimating or scheduling

Project Controls v. Estimating & Scheduling – Different Animals When I took up project controls – I mean CPM scheduling, in 1993, I was superintendent of a bank cut-and-fill parking lot, for a business school property. At that time, I had 8 years experience...

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...

ai-centric project delivery
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....

Artificial Intelligence
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...

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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...

Deltek Insight
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...

critical path
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...

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