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Vol. XII Issue VIII - August 2010

Project Management eJournal
MONTHLY COLUMN:
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SCHEDULING TODAY: ISSUES & CONTROVERSIES
Activity Data Records & Daily Field Reports
By Earl Glenwright, PSP, PE
Colorado, USA
Editor’s note: This is the 8th article in a series on construction project scheduling that was introduced in a Guest Editorial by Earl Glenwright in the January edition of PM World Today. Please read that introduction at http://www.pmworldtoday.net/archives/2010/Jan.html, where Earl sets the stage for articles on this important aspect of managing construction projects.
Data, Information, Records! Always more, never enough!
You would think that as many times that Contractors have been smitten because they did not have the data to prevail in their claims, that they would be aggressive in acquiring the data needed. All too often they go to the well and it is dry. What is so difficult about recording data as you go, now today not next week or next month? The financial risk can be very large and yet the recording effort is a small chore.
Construction time and resource data are used in all 3 scheduling phases. In the Framework process when the activities are determined, all of the estimates and assumptions must be recorded. In developing the baseline Schedule and work plan additional information is created about milestones, control dates or start/finish constraints, activity network analysis criteria, and assumptions such as the planned and maximum levels of resource availabilities. And as the schedule is developed there is feedback to the Framework Preparation records. During the Schedule Management phase the actual performance information should be recorded as part of the daily Job Site report.
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![]() About the Author Author Earl Glenwright, PSP, has a career spanning 40+ years in construction project scheduling. Earl is certified as a Planning and Scheduling Professional [PSP] by the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International [AACEi]. He frequently gives presentations at their annual conferences. Earl has both a BS in Civil Engineering and MBA degree and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Earl’s career has included multi-year positions in several countries including Brasil, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. He currently lives in Colorado and Bulgaria. Prior to 1988 he was employed by the [US] Bureau of Reclamation and the [US] Army Corps of Engineers. After retiring in 1988 he has been a free-lance consultant for both contractor’s construction scheduling and small business Enterprise Project Management. His experience includes large and very large [super-mega] construction projects, very small projects such as construction planning, and scheduling for home construction by his Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Through his extensive scheduling experience he has been recognized as a Subject Matter Expert [SME], a Master Scheduler, and an Expert Advisor. Earl has been active in the Project Management Institute (PMI) for 30+ years. He has presented “Time & Cost” training at PMI’s annual seminar-symposia, and was a member of the initial PMBoK Guide Project Team, the 2000 update team, and the project team that prepared the 3rd edition. Earl has recently presented ‘workshop/seminars’ for Bulgarian project scheduling and controls persons which cover the 3 phases of scheduling: framework preparation/planning, schedule development, and schedule management and control. The workbooks are dual language English and Bulgarian. Earl can be contacted at earl_csss@yahoo.com. |
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