Help Me Plan a New Construction Planning and Scheduling Conference January 14, 2010 9 Comments The industry desires a CPM planning & scheduling conference targeted to the issues of construction. Let's plan one together.Read More
Two Books, Two Passions (CPM and Law) and Hope for a Better Year December 22, 2009 One Comment Both books concern subjects on which I'm passionate: CPM in Construction Managment and Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers & Architects.Read More
What GM and Boeing Can Learn from Fluor and Bechtel December 7, 2009 4 Comments Why have manufacturing industry titans failed at the control of independent subcontractors and vendors that is second nature to construction firms? Read More
Shotgun Weddings in the Design-Build Industry November 14, 2009 One Comment A/Es and GCs choosing to enter the Design-Build industry should choose their partners with care.Read More
USE IT OR LOSE IT – An Owner's Duty to Enforce Its CPM Specification October 22, 2009 One Comment What consequences may an owner face for accepting a flawed CPM submittal? More than may immediately appear obvious.Read More
Don't Leave the Heart of A/E/C CPM Scheduling in San Francisco October 18, 2009 2 Comments Project Management: "What to do, postpone, or drop.” Not in the world of A/E/C. Read More
Who Will Lead? Hint: Not Someone Who Makes All the Decisions September 29, 2009 3 Comments The superintendent is the person who will make or break the success of a project. Where will we get these leaders? A few ideasRead More
Into the Camp of the Enemy--Embracing Enterprise Scheduling at Oracle Open World September 18, 2009 8 Comments As this blog is posted, I am packing to go to Oracle Open World. I will be attending the Primavera Program to learn from and teach to attendees aspects of CPM and project management, and to generally learn more about other Oracle products. Read More
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want ...” PROBABILITY OF COMPLETION ON TIME September 14, 2009 10 Comments Please don’t ask me to tell you what I will be doing next week.Read More
When People Don't Get the Difference Between Technical and People Problems September 9, 2009 No Comments Issues with enterprise scheduling and web apps don’t only crop up with construction projects in remote locations of limited connectivity. Read More
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Great article!...
Fred,Just reading your column in Oct., 2015. Wow, I am happy to hear this. As a PM for over 30 years, who has an affinity for scheduling, I had given up on Primavera because...
Hi Fred,<br/>Another "integrative" software I have been very impressed with is Jean-Yves Moine's "CUBIX 360". <a href="http://3d-wbs.blogspot.com/" rel='nofollow'>http://3d-wbs.blogspo...
I was recently asked by a client to develop an equation to estimate the risk-related costs associated with implementing a recovery schedule. Using a ratio of the free floats for activit...
We love change orders as a drywall sub, just let us get our contract work done and pay us promptly on the change, not 6-9 months after we installed the work which often happens.