Do I need a proposal schedule, a preliminary schedule, and a baseline schedule? My specifications are asking for an initial schedule. Is this the same as a baseline schedule? My specifications are asking for the first 90-day schedule. What is this? Awaiting Award – Project Bidding Found a new project that suits you and our… Read more »
Construction Claims – Mediation vs. Arbitration: A Practical Guide for Construction Contractors and Project Owners
Even the most well-planned projects can encounter construction claims. Misunderstandings, delays, design issues, or contract disagreements can quickly lead to costly disputes. When things go wrong, resolving conflicts quickly and effectively is critical to keeping the job—and your business—moving forward. Two commonly used methods to settle these disputes without heading to court are mediation and… Read more »
Delay Claims: Frivolous Construction Management Techniques – In the Crosshairs: Electrical Contractors
From start to finish, construction rarely goes as originally planned for a myriad of reasons, resulting in delay claims. There are no perfect designs or execution plans. Global supply chain issues can lead to delays in procurement times. Natural disasters or unusual weather can delay or damage projects. Unforeseen site conditions can lead to additional… Read more »
Best Practices for Developing and Maintaining Daily Logs—Documenting Progress and Issues
When daily logs are executed properly, these entries can transform from simple records into powerful tools that streamline communication, enhance transparency, and safeguard against potential disputes. Here, we delve into the best practices for developing and maintaining effective daily logs, highlighting the significance of accurately documenting key information and the implications of delays. 1. Keep… Read more »
Construction Forensic Analysis: Uncovering the Root Cause of Disputes and Reaching Amicable Resolutions
The construction industry is a beacon of ambition and innovation. Yet disputes can often lead to significant delays, increased costs, and deteriorating relationships among stakeholders. As a forensic scheduling expert, my role transcends mere number crunching; it involves unraveling complex narratives behind project timelines. It also involves identifying root causes of disputes and facilitating amicable… Read more »
The Role of Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling in Dispute Resolution
Construction Disputes often arise over scheduling delays, cost overruns, and resource allocation. One effective tool that can significantly mitigate these issues is the Critical Path Method (CPM) for scheduling. CPM helps in planning and executing projects efficiently. It also plays a pivotal role in dispute resolution. In this article, we’ll explore how effective CPM scheduling… Read more »
The Evolving Construction Industry: Optimizing Data Management and Technology Integration Challenges
Technology integration has ushered in a new era of project management and scheduling. The transformative effects of digital tools on project efficiency have had a profound impact on the industry. However, with this evolution comes a host of challenges, particularly in data management and forensic analysis. The Growing Dependence on Digital Tools A generally slow-to-adapt… Read more »
Best Practices for Mitigating Disputes: The Impact of Change Orders
Change orders are often inevitable due to unforeseen conditions, design modifications, or client-initiated modifications; they can dramatically shift project scope, timelines, and budgets. While these changes are generally necessary to meet evolving project demands, they can lead to disputes among stakeholders if not managed properly. Understanding the potential impacts of change orders and implementing best… Read more »
5 Tips for Hiring a Good Consulting Firm
Consultants are beneficial and plentiful across every field and industry. However, no two, three, or four consulting firms are equal. Firms may offer competitive prices or project knowledge, but no firms provide the same team dynamic and experience. Consultants possess the possibility of business growth but can hinder goals if not properly orchestrating their services…. Read more »
Construction Daily Logs: Your First Line of Defense for Claims Avoidance
One of the most important documents that is maintained during the construction process is the daily log. Unfortunately, this is often one of the most overlooked and incomplete records of documents. Daily Logs can act as a contemporaneous historical record of the entire project. This is very important for all projects since it can be… Read more »
Deadly Sins of Construction Scheduling – Part 2: Changes to Original Duration and Duplicated Activity Names
The Deadly Sins of Construction Scheduling series of articles, outline some of the most common errors that I have seen throughout my career as a Scheduler, Schedule Analyst / Reviewer, and Claims Expert. These errors can have a major impact on credibility of the schedule and the overall success of the project. Changes to… Read more »
Deadly Sins of Construction Scheduling – Part 1: Level of Detail and Incomplete Logic
There are many rules, requirements, guidelines, and legal precedents for Construction Scheduling practice. This article summarizes some of the most common errors that I have seen throughout my career as a Scheduler, Schedule Analyst / Reviewer, and Claims Expert. 1) Level of Detail: a schedule that is not detailed enough offers limited usefulness in tracking… Read more »
Understanding the Basics of Project Scheduling
Let’s make the word “basics” in the title of this post as prominent as possible. “Project Scheduling” – the term includes two words. If you don’t know what a project is, then you don’t really have a reason to know about project scheduling. If you do know and have a project, then the scheduling part… Read more »
Principles to apply from the Presidential Debate to Construction Management
While you may not see last night’s Presidential Debate as a learning experience for construction managers, you can actually apply a few principles to CPM scheduling. So, no matter where you stand on the political spectrum, here are some takeaways from last night: prioritize and plan for setbacks. In prioritization, you’ll see that both candidates… Read more »
Important CPM Scheduling Considerations
In CPM scheduling, every task has a relationship with every other task. Understanding this interconnectedness is crucial for efficient project management. One effective way to identify a task’s relationship with another is by using the “Start/Finish” label. There are four primary variations of this relationship, and they go as follows: Finish to Start—In this scenario,… Read more »
What if Something Happens that You Don’t Plan For?
Good question. The answer… plan for it. You probably wouldn’t immediately think of The Art of War as a guide to construction scheduling, but take a look at this quote: “Victory belongs to the side That scores most In the temple of calculations before battle.” Another way of translating that is: “Success belongs to the… Read more »
3 Things to Keep in Mind during Construction
You could be in a plethora of situations: you own a business and are building a new location for operations, you took out a loan on a new business opportunity and are constructing a base of operations, your adding onto your current building for more room—but what do you do in the meantime? Sadly, along… Read more »
Effectiveness of Overtime in Construction Scheduling
The use of overtime as an effective construction schedule acceleration strategy is often looked at as a simple means to add hours to the workweek and shorten activity durations. To achieve the desired results, the long-term effects of overtime must be identified and analyzed before implementing an overtime acceleration plan. Productivity can dramatically drop after… Read more »
Heuristics in Construction Scheduling
Plenty of industries and areas of study develop and implement heuristics in order to optimize work flow, scheduling, etc. In construction scheduling, we employ the critical path method of scheduling, which is basically a heuristic method to predicting the punctual success of various projects. But, if you do even a very limited amount of reading… Read more »
Easy CPM – Understanding the Basics of the Critical Path Method
To understand anything complex, one must first understand something simple. That’s a basic fact. After all, if you can’t understand the sentence “Dogs bark,” how can you understand the past several sentences, this entire post or a novel? The “Dogs bark” example offers a great lens to understanding the easiest way to form a sentence,… Read more »
Construction Scheduling Services: Fuels/ Energy
Precision Scheduling Consultants has added a new construction scheduling service: Fuels / Energy project scheduling.
Announcement: Energy / Fuels Scheduling Capabilities
Precision Scheduling Consultant is pleased to announce that we now have officially opened our Energy / Fuels Scheduling Capability. We offer construction scheduling services and construction schedule analysis / reviews for a wide variety of Energy / Fuels projects.
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