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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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artificial intelligence
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...

CPM schedule level
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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07/09/2017 | By Derek Graham

Building Industry Negative Productivity Rates: Don’t Blame the Builders

Building Industry Negative Productivity Rates: Bane of the Industry Constant reminders of building industry negative productivity rates don’t tell the whole story, in fact, they don’t tell any story, forcing anyone outside the industry to use their imagination. The industry  – an easy mark,...

out-of-sequence
06/24/2017 | By Derek Graham

Out-of-Sequence CPM Schedules Require Outside the Box Solutions: My Top Ten Fav’s

Out-of-Sequence need not be the bane of the CPM scheduler’s existence The jump from theory to practice in CPM scheduling is fraught with pitfalls that invariably trap all but those schedulers with a track-record of solid field experience and software usability or acumen. Yet...

lag
06/11/2017 | By Derek Graham

CPM Schedulers: Don’t Mess with Lag: it is not your friend

Lag leaves CPM Timelines in the Lurch Bad habits are hard to break – especially within the rigid confines of P6 – if you find a good trick you stick with it. One of the hapless scheduler’s favorite trick is the use of lag....

4D BIM CPM Scheduling is a waste of time: here’s why.
06/04/2017 | By Derek Graham

4D BIM CPM Scheduling is a waste of time: here’s why.

4D BIM CPM Scheduling: not ready for prime-time “The short answer is that there simply aren’t any extant Level III-IV 4D BIM risk-optimized or resource-loaded, apt CPM scheduling models with which to establish global parameters. 4D BIM CPM schedules can be generated from BIM...

no damage for delay
05/23/2017 | By Derek Graham

Get Rid of No Damage for Delay Clauses and ad hoc Riders

No Damage for Delay clauses are a pre-emptive, cut-throat business, -No Damage for Delay clauses never originate from a contractor. Besides; what kind of response do stakeholders expect from contractors they squeeze? No Damage for Delay clauses are notorious in the construction industry, where –...

CPM schedule level
05/20/2017 | By Derek Graham

Executive Project Controls: Clueless Emperors are the Oxymorons of Oversight

Executive Project Controls, or uber-controllers are that in name only Executive project controls – project estimation and project scheduling, are perpetually misinterpreted disciplines. Laypeople simply don’t make the connection between ‘estimating and scheduling,’ with ‘executive project controls,’ while self-anointed organizations go around hawking fancy certifications...

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