In today’s digital world, every piece of information is stored on a remote system and it’s the service provider’s responsibility to take appropriate measures to protect client data.

Analyzing schedule data has revolutionized how construction risks are identified and managed. By scrutinizing the schedule, you can pinpoint micro (project) and macro (organizational) risks.

Integrating planning and scheduling is not just a theoretical advantage but a practical solution to common industry challenges.

By looking at float and criticality, a well-built CPM schedule paints the picture of what actually happens on-site.

Similar to a report card gauging a student’s progress during the school year, project health gauges how well a project is doing against set standards. 

By plotting the earned value curves in the schedule versus what is actually happening, you can reflect on durations with levels of risk, over-optimism bias, and planning fallacy.

Collaboration, transparency, and AI integration are guiding the future of construction scheduling.

The majority of construction project claims result from impacts and delays over time, many of them being hidden for months after the fact.

Tradespeople are not your average laborers. A tradesperson, by definition, is someone who has acquired their skills through an apprenticeship of vocational training or education.

Insurance’s role in construction projects goes beyond financial protection; it’s a mechanism for ensuring smooth operations, mitigating risks, and resolving disputes.

SPI is invaluable for honing predictability. At its core, SPI represents the productivity rate of a project.

In the inevitable event of delays or discrepancies in delivery, it’s essential for companies to trace these challenges back to their origin.

By embracing more regular updates, project teams have gained the advantage of spotting issues earlier in the building process and accessing critical information more quickly.

Basically, my job as the delay consultant was to know how accurate the project’s perceived story was and make the proper adjustments based on the universe of project data available.

In the ever-changing environment of commercial construction, it can be hard to effectively manage projects due to their dynamic nature.

Let’s start off this blog with a sobering truth: While worker safety is always a concern in the construction industry, it may get–shall we say–downplayed on occasion.

In the dynamic world of construction, efficient scheduling is crucial for project success.

Any construction company worth its salt develops a comprehensive schedule before embarking on a project.

The current economic environment requires construction businesses to take proactive measures to safeguard their profit margins.

Artificial Intelligence–AI–has taken the world by storm this year. Its reference has increased by over 77% from 2022.

The construction industry has long been threatened by time and budget overruns, with poor job site coordination being a significant contributor.

Construction projects are a multifaceted endeavor, requiring checks and balances for successful completion.

Forensic delay analysis is commonly used in construction to investigate the causes and impacts of delays during the project lifecycle.

Successful project management requires an earnest personal commitment, especially for those with multiple, ongoing, multi-million-dollar construction projects.

Managing complex construction projects is daunting due to the overwhelming number of moving parts to track and coordinate.

Using a Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule involves more than creating a high-quality baseline schedule.

A construction project is a complex, multifaceted endeavor that requires careful planning and execution.

Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling has been around for over half a century. However, it’s often not utilized to its full potential or its original promise.

Delays push out projected end dates and contribute to budget increases in more ways than one.

Atomic habits require that instead of focusing on goals, focus on the process of achieving those goals.

Crew logic is a form of “soft logic” that assigns relationships to activities that are reflective of where a crew is going to move next–based on means, methods, & crew constraints.

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Schedule data shows how all parts and pieces are interrelated to transform a pile of dirt into a state-of-the-art project deliverable.

Forecasting gives companies an early warning sign for potential end-date slippage.

Studying critical path delay and recovery across your project portfolio monthly minimizes the risk of delays and disputes.

Project control systems within the world of construction aim to ensure project goals are achieved.

Schedule quality analysis is a constant cycle of planning, scheduling, optimizing, and repeating.

Project controls are analytical processes and outputs that are used to understand and communicate project information.

Construction change management facilitates coordinating and controlling the transition from the original to the updated design.

When a project’s end date moves forward, the project’s schedule is overrun.

The DCMA guidelines are by no means perfect nor without controversy. But they help create quality schedules worthy of managing a job.

MS Project is a project management software program that has become a construction industry standard for creating and managing construction schedules.

When it comes to construction scheduling, it’s impossible to have two identical projects that produce identical results.

Schedules are a roadmap or a timetable with clear start and end dates as well as a list of tasks, activities, and their duration.

Construction delays are now so prevalent in the industry that they’ve risen to the level of an inside joke.

Much like blueprints show you structural details, the construction schedule shows how and when your project will be completed.

It’s evident: the construction industry faces a profound crisis. So, where do we go from here?

A construction schedule is vital for planning, managing, and leveraging data analytics to make informed decisions.

Many contractors cringe at the thought of sharing the construction schedule with owners.

The world has become gravely litigious, particularly in the commercial construction and real estate industries.