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I have been away from my blog for too long. I don’t know if it is writer’s block or just being too busy. August was a couple of claims and trying to find time to catch a fish. September featured a presentation to the GAO on why they should consider my RDCPM protocol as part of a new metric to review CPM schedule. Let us continue the discussion on Schedule Risk, Measured Mile and Half Steps. Read on ...
Professional and technical association conference presentations are providing more detail in forensic analyses. This is a good thing. As to why, read on ...
Rarely will a practitioner live through a full swing of the pendulum of the expansion and retraction of a judicial doctrine. Read how the latest decision of the Florida Supreme Court again changes the legal landscape.
November has been a month away from home at conferences near and far. DBIA, AACE, and planning for January. Read on as to lessons learned and planning for 2013 ...
Hurricane Sandy has created a “need for speed” for recovery efforts. The mentality of CPM planners and schedulers is required for projects large and small – from restarting the subways of NYC to providing heat and hot water for my tenants in Ventnor NJ. Read on what we do to speed the process ...
Taming of the inflation and escalation of the 1970s reduced the "need for speed" and need for the original 1956 CPM time centric algorithm, which has been supplanted by a more manufacturing supporting productivity centric algorithm in predominant scheduling software products. The aftermath of Sandy may bring back this need. Read on ...
A recent issue of ENR Risk Review (20JUN12) was epublished with the subject line of “Low Bid Then Blizzard of Change Orders”. How can an owner avoid such a situation? How can a contractor avoid being branded as possibly less than reputable? Read on …
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Great article!...
Fred,Just reading your column in Oct., 2015. Wow, I am happy to hear this. As a PM for over 30 years, who has an affinity for scheduling, I had given up on Primavera because...
Hi Fred,<br/>Another "integrative" software I have been very impressed with is Jean-Yves Moine's "CUBIX 360". <a href="http://3d-wbs.blogspot.com/" rel='nofollow'>http://3d-wbs.blogspo...
I was recently asked by a client to develop an equation to estimate the risk-related costs associated with implementing a recovery schedule. Using a ratio of the free floats for activit...
We love change orders as a drywall sub, just let us get our contract work done and pay us promptly on the change, not 6-9 months after we installed the work which often happens.