The Contractor Says the Project Is On Track. How Can the Owner Verify It?
An Owner can verify whether a construction project is on track by comparing the contractor's update against objective project information, including the...
Portfolio-Level Visibility for Construction Owners: How to See Risk, Performance, and Completion Outlook Across Projects
Owners are managing larger, more complex capital programs across increasingly active construction markets. many Owners are not managing isolated projects. They...
Scaling Project Controls for Growing Capital Programs: When Owners Need More Headcount vs. Better Intelligence
A capital program can move from a few active projects to dozens across departments, facilities, contractors, and regions faster than the controls model can...
The ROI of Project Intelligence: What 5,000 Projects Tell Us
What is the ROI of construction project controls and why does it matter?
SmartPM analyzed approximately 5,000 construction projects and found that forecast...
Your RFIs, Submittals, and Schedule Are Already in Procore. Now Connect the Dots.
SmartPM now reads your Forma Build RFIs and submittals against the schedule, so the ones that matter don’t hide in a flat list.
How to Calculate ROI of Construction Project Controls
What is the ROI of construction project controls and why does it matter?
The ROI of construction project controls is the financial return you gain by using...
Know Which RFIs and Submittals Will Actually Delay Your Project — and How Many Days You Have Left
SmartPM now reads your Forma Build RFIs and submittals against the schedule, so the ones that matter don’t hide in a flat list.
Baseline Schedule vs. Updated Schedule: What's the Difference?
A baseline schedule is the approved version of the project schedule, frozen before work starts. An updated schedule is that same project schedule after actual...
3-Week Look-Ahead Schedule: Template and Best Practices
A 3-week look-ahead is a short-interval plan that pulls the next three weeks of tasks out of the master schedule so crews, subcontractors, and suppliers know...
Fragnet Schedule in Construction
A fragnet schedule is a small network of related tasks, built with its own durations and logical relationships, that gets inserted into a larger project...
What Is Schedule Variance in Construction
Schedule variance measures the gap between where a construction project's schedule says work should be and where the project schedule data shows it actually is.
Total Float vs. Free Float in Construction Scheduling: What's the Difference?
Free float vs total float comes down to one question: does the delay affect the next task, or the whole project's finish date? Total float is the amount of...