Standardizing CPM Schedule Review: A Guide for DOTs

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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