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Simply put, a Gantt Chart is a visual display of tasks over time.Gantt Charts are used for planning projects of all sizes and they are a useful way of seeing what work is scheduled and when. They also help with viewing the start and end dates of a project in one simple view.Some of the common things you might include in a Gantt Chart are: • The project start date, • The different project tasks, • Who is assigned to each task, • Task Start and Finish Dates, • How long is each task is planned for
May 21, 2021 · 4 min read
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A single mistake in construction scheduling might cost millions upon millions of dollars.We have to pay attention to detail with our scheduling, before during and after creating them. And by after - I don’t mean when acting upon them! There is an often-overlooked stage that should come write before that. It’s called: Schedule Analysis. It is a necessary task to find facts and issues that may exist within a schedule. We want to do this to make sure that we are complying with the client’s specific
May 21, 2021 · 3 min read
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How do you spend less on contractors? There are many stages of the contracting process, from shopping around to estimating, hiring, managing, (maybe firing!), and then close-out. Here is a list of a few things you should do to protect yourself, client, or business: Shop, Shop Around Never go with the first estimate. This may seem like a no-brainer, but when you're eager to get started on it may be tempting to just hire the first contractor you talk to. It may take about 5 quotes to find a more r
May 21, 2021 · 9 min read
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When working with contractors, there are a number of stages to go through!Let's start right from the start in looking for you to avoid losing money to contractors:- Finding a good contractor. If we choose the wrong contractor or a bad contractor from the start, how can we look to receive good service?When hiring a contractor for residential, commercial construction, or renovation project, there are maybe many contractors from which to choose. However, there is the risk of hiring someone who wil
May 21, 2021 · 4 min read
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It's been shown that in the US, for every $1 billion spent on construction projects - $122 million was wasted through bad project performance. If you’re spending hard-earned money on a project, doesn't it make sense to employ someone to manage how your money is being used!?Some form of Project Management is vital to keep projects on track, use budgets effectively and ensure jobs are completed correctly. What is the Role of a Construction Project Manager?The Project Manager (PM) is responsible fo
May 21, 2021 · 3 min read
Schedule Cracker
To avoid Delay Claims, there are two main strategies, make sure you get these written down! 1. Avoid Delays 2. Avoid Claims. As simple as this sounds, you want to use both in avoiding delay claims, and just focusing on one or the other is not enough, as we hope you'll see shortly. Let's start with how you might avoid delays altogether:How to Avoid DelaysYou can often trace out-of-control construction project costs back to one thing: an inability to finish on time.If you want to avoid delay claim
May 21, 2021 · 7 min read
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Relative to banking, finance, and healthcare the construction AI (artificial intelligence) market is still relatively small - however! It might be very costly to overlook these advancements as with any field of business we should be looking to automate and outsource as much as possible in our pursuit of providing as much value as possible to customers. Construction may be fertile ground for AI Advancements as the United States Department of Labour considers construction sites to be one of the mo
May 21, 2021 · 5 min read
Schedule Cracker
A CPM (Critical Path Method) review in construction is when a project schedule is reviewed using the Critical Path Method. This is where the tasks in a given project are reviewed to find the shortest possible time to completion. The way this is done - and a hint at the reason for the name of this technique - is to find the longest chain of dependent tasks throughout a project. This means tasks that must be finished before others are started. A simple example is building a house. Before we constr
May 21, 2021 · 4 min read
Schedule Cracker
Schedule Review is a Construction Scheduling procedure focusing on the items the Construction Scheduling Engineer should examine, performing a detailed review of the schedule Submission. An example of schedule review is verifying compliance with the contract specifications and maintaining a logical sequence between activities. Schedule review should be performed on at least two levels and possibly on a third level for deeper analysis of change over time.The levels of Schedule ReviewThe FIRST lev
May 21, 2021 · 4 min read
Schedule Cracker
In the construction industry, there’s always a focus on meeting deadlines and maximizing profit margins. In order to keep everything on schedule and within budget (and maximizing returns), we have to put in the effort to create and control a good schedule. Hence, the importance of Schedule Analysis!What is Schedule Analysis?Schedule analysis is a deep look into the details of a project schedule at the beginning of the project and at each schedule update. What we are looking for in schedule anal
May 21, 2021 · 6 min read
