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9 Common Project Controls Mistakes Companies Make That Cost Them Millions In...
WRENCH-TIME [average hours/shift that a craftsperson spends directly working to execute construction, maintenance or shutdown activities]. It’s estimated that a worker spends on average only 3.5 hours...
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Create a P6 Project Dashboard in Excel
Tutorial Files Excel Spreadsheet (Excel 2007+): PTuts_Project_Dashboard.xlsm - 1.5Mb One of our previous site manager told us (the project control team), that if we bring to him another report that...
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20 Must-See TED talks for Planning Professionals
TED.com is one of our favourite sources for inspiration and awe. If you've never visited TED.com or watched some of the amazing speakers showcased there, then you are missing out. I wanted to share...
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What is Primavera P6 Visualizer?
The new version of Primavera P6, r8.3, has been released recently, and one of the new features is a stand-alone software, called the Primavera P6 Visualizer. This software provides you with a visual,...
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Here’s A Quick Way To Keep Your Milestones in Focus in Primavera P6
Milestone Activities in any schedule usually represent the most important deadlines, deliveries, start ups or drop-dead dates for a project. These are undeniably dates that you’ll want to stay on top...
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7 Ways to Grow Your Project Management Smarts
Nov 7th is the 9th annual International Project Management Day. International Project Management Day is a day to be proud of working in project management and to recognize what project managers...
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4 Reasons Users Might Refuse to Use Your Integrated Primavera P6 System
I remember a gift I bought my parents once - a motorized corkscrew that promised to make opening a bottle of Chardonnay a cinch. When visiting once, I noticed it was tucked away at the back of a...
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6 Interview Must-Dos To Nail That Project Controls Job
So you’ve spent a few weeks filling out applications and making phone calls, and finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for - you’ve just received a call for the job opportunity that you’ve had your...
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A Go-To Guide to Building a Cringe-Worthy Primavera P6 Schedule
The meeting had gone well. I was going to win some business and they were going to get complete Primavera P6 training for 10 schedulers. The day was looking up, until he asked me, as I was just about...
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How to Motivate and Inspire Others with Your Project Story
I want to hear your story. I want to hear about how your schedule was a nightmare from the start - but you pulled through in the end; about how this one trick saved your butt in a crunch or even about...
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8 Steps Project Controls Professionals Must Take for a Killer LinkedIn Profile
For years, LinkedIn was the ugly stepchild of Facebook … a little more professional, a little harder to use, a little less fun. In the last several years, however, LinkedIn has earned widespread...
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3 Up-and-Coming Project Scheduling Tools You May Not Know About
Last week's Construction CPM Conference in San Diego was a big success! It was my first time attending (and presenting at, for that matter) the Construction CPM Conference, and boy am I glad I did....
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A Basic Overview Of Construction Submittals
Strolled into your office today to a desk buried under a stack of reports? Chances are they’re Construction submittals – samples of designs, shop drawings, diagrams, schedules, and material data that...
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4 Tactics To Understand A Schedule You Didn’t Build
You stepped into work today and were suddenly whisked away to a meeting, only to hear that you will be taking over full responsibility for someone else’s project plan and schedule. Whether you like it...
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11 Killer Interview Questions For Hiring A Project Controller
Hiring for any position is always risky business. There are no guarantees once the interview is over that the winning candidate can actually walk the talk and perform up to your needs. From a project...
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4 Steps To Get Your Team Up And Running With Primavera P6
Are you about to roll out Primavera P6 to a large number of users? Getting Primavera P6 up and running is not always an easy task, especially from a people perspective. In order to seamlessly move to a...
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Measuring Project Progress : 6 Methods You Should Know
Accurately measuring the progress of a project is always a challenge. There are many factors to account for in a progress update - type of measurement, accuracy of the data, and the system of record...
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How To Prepare For Your Next Project Controls Job Interview
You have made it past the initial grouping of applicants into the interview pool. However, preparing for a project management or project controls job interview does not have to be a nightmare. To help...
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Top 6 Reasons How PMP Certification Will Advance Your Career
Working in project management requires careful attention to detail, inexplicable hands-on training, and credibility. However, planners and schedulers in project management roles often find themselves...
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Construction Project Acceleration Won Them Millions: How They Did It
341,000 vehicles a day traveled that section of the Santa Monica Freeway, making it amongst the busiest stretches of freeway in the Unites States of 1994. When the Northridge earthquake struck in...
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