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Steps in Construction Scheduling

Planning: Process of choosing the method and order of work Scheduling: Process of determining the interrelationship of associated timings of operations. Steps in Construction Scheduling Splitting of the project into work activities Determining logic relationships/interrelationships between activities. Construction of Network Diagrams.

Start to Start Vs Finish to Finish Relations in P6

In this relation, two activities start together i.e. the start dates of the two activities, linked through Start to Start relation, will be same although the said activities may end on different dates. This relation is denoted by SS. This relation is used where we need two or more activities to start on same date. This will help us to speed up the project and we will attain more progress

Resource Levelling Allocation Management Techniques

Means to complete project activities are called RESOURCES. Examples are People, Machinery, Material, Capital, Time, etc. Peak demands of resources over short periods is undesirable. Resources may be limited or unlimited in nature from project to project.

Civil Construction Project Planning and Management

A Project is a job that has a beginning and an end (time), a specified outcome ( scope) at a stated level of quality (performance), and a budget (cost). A project is a temporary effort to create a unique product or service. Projects usually include constraints and risks

Project Control Schedule Control Value Engineering

Cost control Cash Flow Analysis Schedule Control Material Management

Free Primavera Training Course Learn P3 and/or P6

Primavera free training course is meant to provide awareness about the software application to project management and develop skills to handle projects using Primavera Project Planner. Though, the newest version of Primavera nowadays, is P6 but one may feel very difficult to learn P6 if one has not learned to use P3. So, we, here at UET have undertaken the task to

Writing Small Dam Project Inception Report

Introduction: This is the foremost part of the report and hence a summary of the whole project, its clients, funding and the team working on it should be provided here very briefly. This intro may also contain background of the inception report, who created it, using what tools, information and sources and the limitations (if any) of this report. Project Background: It is the

Characteristics of Planning

There are six characteristics of planning which are of prime importance: The use of available resources as economical as possible, so as to achieve the greater possible measures of improvement within limited resources. Sustainability means that there should be a balance between people and resources. Use of resources in such a way that the environment should not

Hydropower Projects Planning and Implementation

Hydropower (from hydro, meaning water) is energy that comes from the force of moving water. The fall and movement of water is part of a continuous natural cycle called the “water cycle”. Energy from the sun evaporates water in the Earth’s oceans and rivers and draws it upward as water vapor. When the water vapor reaches the cooler air in the atmosphere, it condenses

How to Get a Project Contract

Contract has got a key role in any kind of project i.e. construction, Procurement, Demolishing etc and even in most of the firms there are special persons for it who solely deals in Project contract means how to. There are three ways in which construction contracts are awarded: Competitive awards Negotiated awards, Combination competitive - negotiated awards

Scope of GIS Project Management & Planning

determine who are the stakeholders/users help the client to understand the capabilities of GIS determine what the client’s goals or what they “need to know” begin to identify background resources and data sources. Many functions are shared between different department, thus implementing GIS projects across multiple departments make sense (MPLIS chapter 16 describes the Enterprise GIS project)

The 5 Golden Rules of Project Management

To deliver your project on time, you need to manage time carefully. To do this, make sure every task is listed in a Project Plan and that they are scheduled to occur precisely when they need to. Every week, update your plan with the time spent completing tasks and identify whether each task is ahead or behind schedule. Track the % complete of each task and if it's behind

How to Write Project Progress Reports

Progress reports inform management about the status of the project. It is submitted at regular intervals throughout the life of the project. It lets the reader know whether work is progressing satisfactorily, that is within the project’s budget and time limitations. Most readers are not fully informed about all aspects of the project. To understand the progress made to date

Role of Civil Engineers in Hydropower Projects

Hydropower planning covers a wide range of topics. Professionals from many disciplines take part in the planning and implementation of hydropower projects.

Construction Project Quality Management

Total quality is an approach to doing business that attempts to maximize the competitiveness of an organization through the continual improvement of the quality of its products, services, people, processes and environments. Characteristics of the Total Quality: Strategically based Customer focus (internal and external) Obsession with quality Scientific approach to decision making and problem solving

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