Standardizing CPM Schedule Review: A Guide for DOTs

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.

The future of construction scheduling is now. The future is a collaboration between different groups that are making it easier for the construction industry to collaborate.

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

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.