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Conference Paper Scheduling, Construction 22 October 2011

How construction type schedulers can assist non-construction project managers

By Plotnick, Fredric L. For many members of the Project Management Institute, the primary purpose of scheduling is to allocate scarce resources among a group of activities in a project, or projects in a portfolio. In…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Estimating, Construction 19 October 2008

BIM

By Lee, Chad Technological innovation continues to change the process of implementing construction projects. First, it was computer-aided design (CAD) replacing hand drawings. Now, building information modeling…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Teams, Resource Management, Construction 3 March 2008

The application of SPDM, critical chain and portfolio project management principles to the construction of the 670 km Urucu/Manaus (Petrobras) Pipeline

By Archibald, Russell D. | Mello, Peter Berndt de Souza | Guimarães, Jefferson The effort to build the Urucu/Manaus Gas Pipeline--an effort implemented by Petrobras within Brazil's Amazon region--has required the project team to overcome numerous severe problems and setbacks.…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Scheduling, Construction 14 November 2007

The application of SDPM, critical chain and portfolio project management principles to the construction of the 670 km Urucu/Manaus (Petrobras) pipeline

By Archibald, Russell D | Mello, Peter Berndt de Souza | Guimarães, Jefferson The effort to build the Urucu/Manaus Gas Pipeline--an effort implemented by Petrobras within Brazil's Amazon region--has required the project team to overcome numerous severe problems and setbacks.…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Benefits Realization, Earned Value Management, Construction 31 January 2007

Application of earned value management system for Hong Kong Science Park phase 2 development

By Dissanayake, Pujitha B. G. By using earned value management (EVM), project managers can effectively track a project's progress and efficiently generate project reports that accurately show to stakeholders a project's current…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Cost Management, Technical Skills, Construction 19 July 2006

Modeling project behavior

By De Marco, Alberto Project cost overruns and project schedule delays are common to all industries. Such performance demonstrates that the traditional approach to managing projects is not enough. Today, researchers and…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Cost Management, Scope Management, Spanish Articles, Construction, Manufacturing 3 November 2005

Aplicación de la teoría de restricciones en la planificación y la programación de proyectos en el Perú

By Rodriguez Castillejo, Walter | Valdez Cáceres, Doris OLos autores del presente trabajo, vienen aplicando la Teoría de Restricciones en la Planificación y Programación de Obras. TOC fue desarrollada por el físico israelí Eliyahu Goldratt, quien aplica…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Quality Management, Cost Management, Construction 26 October 2004

Denver's new international runway, runway 16L/34L

By Allshouse, Brooks B. | Smith, Russell P. | See, Robert E. | Hodgkins, Elizabeth Developing a facility requires a team to manage cost, schedule and achieve quality required by the stakeholders. Runways are an essential component to the safety of the air travelers. Construction…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Construction 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

CPM payment schedule on the Atlantic City/Brigantine connector project

By Delaney, Joseph W. As part of the contract requirements for the $330 mil Atlantic City/Brigantine Connector, the design/build Contractor developed, and then monitored, a revenue and resource loaded CPM schedule. This…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Decision Making, Cost Management, Resource Management, Construction 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

PSEG experience in "just-in-time construction" – an effective way to minimize project expenses

By Shvartsberg, Boris Every Project has a time constraint (a scheduled service date), which should be met satisfying a cost constraint (budgeted funds). Sometimes, there is an incentive in completing the project ahead of…