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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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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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06/10/2018 | By Derek Graham

The Fallacy of the Construction Recovery Schedule: 10 Best Practices

Recovery; “like from a migraine headache?” Was there ever a time when a CPM ‘recovery schedule’ didn’t mean ‘recovery – from laughter at the implausibility of it all? To be sure, the quality and veracity among various recovery schedules has wide disparities that would...

cpm schedulers
06/04/2018 | By Derek Graham

Does Construction Really Need CPM Schedulers?

How Important (really) are CPM Schedulers to Builders? Over the years, I have noticed some interesting attitudes toward CPM schedulers generate and how their work is perceived and manifested. Some of these are based on experience, and others on assumptions. This post discusses the...

Can AI Save the Building Industry?
05/23/2018 | By Derek Graham

Can AI Save the Building Industry?

There is no simple measure of the impact of digital technology on the building industry. Some impacts are more profound than others. For example, project management platforms have evolved leaps and bounds over the past 20 years, whereas practicum means and methods have –...

construction schedule disruption
04/28/2018 | By Derek Graham

The Anatomy of Construction Schedule Disruption

You can throw all the technology in the world at it but still nothing seems to stem the inevitable flow of construction schedule disruption. Despite the best of project management platforms, drones, virtual reality, and IoT, construction projects continue to founder and degenerate as...

construction project controls
03/30/2018 | By Derek Graham

Hierarchies of Construction Project Controls

Construction project controls – or ‘estimating and CPM scheduling,’ are seldom served up the same way between industries. Rather, they are variously interpolated into something that is representative of a contractor’s level of service, standard of care, and integrity. The difference in approaches to...

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03/23/2018 | By Derek Graham

The Construction Project Schedule: How Builders Plan to Fail

It might not surprise many project executives, project managers, and superintendents, that most baseline or initial Construction Project Schedule is chronically inaccurate, often fictive documents. It is for this reason that they often don’t invest or participate in coordinating in their project schedules, not...

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03/04/2018 | By Derek Graham

CPM Benchmark Scheduling for High Rise Construction

benchmarking; a subtle and frequently overlooked sequence rarely represented in CPM timelines When I post about ‘benchmarking,’ I’m usually talking about Deltek Acumen Fuse, and its Logic and Schedule modules and indices. But this post is a natural continuum of the previous posts pertaining to...

core and shell
02/16/2018 | By Derek Graham

CPM Scheduling for Core and Shell

Modern urban core and shell high-rises are traditionally fitted out with glazed curtainwall systems. Advancements in panel technology and engineering enable cutting-edge installations with maximum visibility and minimum heat gain. When units are panelized the speed and ease of contiguous installation is enhanced. The...

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