Hello & Welcome to March News... Please enjoy it and as usual send us your feedback and ideas. Regards... The PP Team :) | | |
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Guild Update... We are very happy with the responses from you with The Guild format and content. We do though like to keep EVERYBODY happy as much as possible! Contact: admin@guildofprojectcontrols.com - we very much appreciate your response! | | We continue to offer chosen individuals access to the very first BETA Guild test at Foundation Level in either Planning and Scheduling, Cost Management or Forensic Analysis FREE of CHARGE! WE JUST SEEK YOUR OPINION! If you are seeking to implement Guild Standards within your Organisation we would like to hear from you! Contact: admin@guildofprojectcontrols.com - we very with your enquiry and we will respond as quickly as we can! OR YOU CAN MEET US IN PERSON AT PROJECT CHALLENGE BIRMINGHAM - see below.... |
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Guild of Project Controls at Project Challenge Spring 2015 What: The UK's Leading Independent Show for Projects, Programmes, Process and Resource When: 25 – 26 March 2015 and it's free to attend Where: National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, United Kingdom (Just off the M42 near the NEC it could not be more convenient!) | |
ONCE AGAIN WE ARE ATTENDING PROJECT CHALLENGE NOW IN BIRMINGHAM! COME AND SEE US! WHY? 50% reduction on Guild membership at the event! Meet us and register! Talk to us about COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE for your Project Controls Team OR for yourself! Hear our plans for CORPORATE involvement! SUPPORT THE REVOLUTION IN YOUR INDUSTRY.... | | Would you like to supply HELP or TRAINING to Guild Members? Promote your BUSINESS, SERVICE or PRODUCT on Planning Planet, the WORLD'S LARGEST PROJECT CONTROLS COMMUNITY Go to the Organisers Website to REGISTER and we will see you there! IT'S FREE to attend! |
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Want to tell people your opinions - tell them how great you are!? Planning Planet - we are open to BLOGGERS ! Email ppadmin@planningplanet.com with the subject matter and an introductory paragraph and we will get back to you - if you feel you can inform our community let us know! Please be mindful - you need to answer your respondents and put some time into your efforts! | |
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Synchro Software News Synchro Introduces the NEW PRO 5 Update By Greg DEMCHAK I am really excited by our recent release of Synchro PRO 5. Since joining Synchro in April of last year, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many of you to help guide the development priorities and brainstorm new ideas. | | Synchro PRO 5 Update: your feedback, sample models, and constant input truly drives our passion for building some great new apps. Keep it up Synchronians! There are a lot of improvements in PRO 5. For the highlights, visit our site here | | One thing I do want to point out is our expanded 3D synchronization options that include a new plug-in for Navisworks Manage, a direct import of Bentley i-model files, and improvements to our Revit plug-in. These new tools open the door for greater interoperability with key industry platforms. I am really excited by our recent release of Synchro PRO 5. Since joining Synchro in April of last year, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many of you to help guide the development priorities and brainstorm new ideas. Your feedback, sample models, and constant input truly drives our passion for building some great new apps. Keep it up Synchronians! There are a lot of improvements in PRO 5. For the highlights, visit our site here One thing I do want to point out is our expanded 3D synchronization options that include a new plug-in for Navisworks Manage, a direct import of Bentley i-model files, and improvements to our Revit plug-in. These new tools open the door for greater interoperability with key industry platforms. For example, the i-model import is especially powerful when coupled with Bentley’s SmartPlant database extraction tools. You can now tap into a SP3D database directly and generate i-model files that contain all the geometry and metadata. This can then be imported into Synchro where user fields can be used for filtering, auto-matching, and synchronization. Find out more. I invite your feedback and suggestions at any time. If you have a moment, please take the customer satisfaction survey. |
Synchro Mobile App - coming soon: the mobile app for pro Synchro is hard at work on its first mobile app, due for release with Synchro Pro 5.1. Among our roadmap’s features for this release are: extensions to Synchro Pro that support workflows and their assignment to resources; and extension of a project’s user and role capabilities to control field access privileges. In the field app, expect: wireless 4D model and task fragnet visualization; geometry based workflow status reporting; property updates; photo and text note taking; and full synchronization of field observation with Synchro Pro and Synchro Server. | | Demonstrations, alpha and beta testing, customer wish lists, and customer feedback, are already in process. We look forward to your involvement. Please contact jack.gray@synchroltd. |
Synchro Virtual Design and Construction Services Team: The intrinsic relationship between people, process and technology creates the foundation for successful project delivery, and is becoming more commonly known throughout our industry as “Virtual Design and Construction” or VDC. At Synchro we have created a team lead by Jon Berkoe, to focus on helping our clients achieve optimum performance with Synchro technology in the context of the entire project lifecycle, from design to construction to delivery. VDC revolves around guidance, partnering and delivery. For further information, check out our website or reach us via email at vdc@synchroltd.com |
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PM tec, Inc. People - Processes - Tools | | PM tec represents the Guild of Project Controls for the Southwest region of the United States and is a certified training resource for the Guild. We invite you to contact us if you’re interested in joining the guild and/or attending a local meeting. | | Please reach out directly to Kelli Guerriero, Dir. International Relationships kguerriero@pmtec.com About PM tec... PM tec, Inc. is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned small-business with over 20 years of experience providing project management solutions to clients world-wide. We service all types and sizes of projects implementing cost-effective solutions to project planning, execution and integration and control. PM tec is an Authorized Oracle Primavera reseller and is certified through the Oracle University to provide Primavera training. Our software solutions include Oracle's Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, Oracle's Primavera P6 Professional Project Management, Oracle's Primavera Contractor, Oracle's Primavera Risk Analysis and Oracle's Primavera Contract Management. As an approved GSA contractor (GS-10F-0445R), we can offer our services and tools at reduced GSA approved rates to organizations performing work on ARRA funded projects. Please visit our website for a additional information and a list of our software and theory-based training courses. |
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ANONYMOUSE JOB HUNTING? Hello. Since the start of 2015 we have been receiving multiple emails from members asking us to help them find a better job. As we are simply a group of Project Controls people running this fine website and are not recruiters or a job board all we have been able to do is to point them to our jobs pages. What is interesting is that 70% of people have come back to us asking if we can help them find a better job BUT in such a way that their friends, colleagues, boss and / or Mr. LinkedIn doesn't find out that they might be looking. How the heck do we do that? SOLUTION - we think we might be able to work a means for us to be able to anonymously advertise ourselves as being available for work but in such a way that our friends, colleagues and boss do not know about it. | | | Such a system would allow us to see WHO WANTS TO APPROACH US without them getting hold of our CV and 'doing the usual with it' - pushing it around everywhere. If you think this might be of interest to you then email PPadmin@planningplanet.com and if there are enough people who want a solution then we will make it happen. |
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Prepare for 2016 with a hands-on BIM workshop. With 2016 on the horizon, it’s now critical to ensure that you will be able to work at Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level 2 for the planning and control of your major construction projects in the public sector. | | Asta Development, together with the BIM Academy and Northumbria University, are offering a 2-day workshop - BIM for Optimising the Planning and Control of Construction Projects - which will provide delegates with an understanding of the potential of BIM tools as well as giving practical insights into ways of working with BIM. The workshop will run in London on June 30th to July 1st 2015 find out more here. Interested but can’t make this date? Please email Denise Garricks on events@astadev.com or call +44 (0) 1844 261700. |
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The Truth about CPM Risk Models |
| | | Let’s work through this together paragraph by paragraph and see if we agree. If you are involved in project management then you are familiar with critical path schedules. If you are not involved in project management and you are reading this then, hi Mom. OK, so we all know that critical path schedules are set on early dates. This means that each activity is scheduled to start on the earliest possible date, based on the logic in predecessor activities. We also know that in actual projects it is NEVER the case that each activity actually starts on the early date. Read More... |
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Planning Planet Welcomes Viewpoint The Viewpoint team is excited to partner with Planning Planet and join the world’s largest and most vibrant community of construction Planners, Schedulers, Project Controllers and Project Delivery teams. | | Get to know Viewpoint at our Partner Profile and download our free whitepaper titled “Are You Ready for BIM?” Viewpoint Acquires Priority Enhances On-site Project Management Capabilities Project Managers are passionate about safely delivering great construction projects that are defect free, on time and on budget – and in order to do that they need to know exactly what is happening on-site at all times. Viewpoint acquired UK-based Mobile Computing Systems (MCS) to offer Viewpoint Field View (formerly Priority1), a tablet-based application that provides Project Managers with everything needed at the site – essentially replacing pens, clipboards and paper. By using Field View, you can quickly and easily complete permits, raise snags, manage your safety walk, and track the progress on your projects. Your Project Team will spend more time out on the site, less time at their desks and will focus on delivering the project instead of paperwork. This will provide: Complete project site visibility at your fingertips | Effective project quality, safety & environmental audits and inspections | Easily check, commission and ensure compliance with assets | Monitor and control project delivery and check-sheet operations | Reduce time site team spends recording data and managing paperwork | Accelerates the speed of information to office | Increases transparency with stakeholders | Improves project quality and safety See Viewpoint in Your World Viewpoint will showcase BIM and collaboration solutions LIVE at these upcoming events and more: |
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ELEARNING FOR ORACLE PRIMAVERA P6 | | Primaskills is hosting Primavera P6 eLearning courses and all prices have been amended to make them more accessible to EVERYONE... Check out below to learn more about the P6 training videos: You can check out a sample video for free by clicking on this link. Or you can sign up for free to view 2 x entire chapters to see if the training suits your needs. |
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