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"PROVEN PRACTITIONER" A PLANNING PLANET PRODUCT |
| PROVEN PRACTITIONER... Do you seek PROMOTION or do you want to better UNDERSTAND YOUR Stengths and SKILLS (in private) or do you seek that NEW ROLE? Proven Practitioner provides... ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED Go to Premium and sign up! |
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XER SCHEDULE TOOLKIT |
| Need to reduce time spent producing reports and PDFs? XER Schedule Toolkit’s cloud-based software allows the whole project team access to view and analyse the schedule online, considerably reducing the amount of time spent producing reports and scheduling PDFs. Allowing the planner to spend more time concentrating on ‘planning’. In addition to the time saved for the planner, the wider benefits for the project are also tangible, with increased awareness of individual’s responsibilities within the schedule and planning process. Find out more... |
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EVA CONFERENCE |
| | #EVA25 - PLAN C | Following the unique circumstances that we are currently going through; we have had to re-schedule once again our 25th anniversary event that was due to take place in July to the following new dates: Wednesday 16th & Thursday 17th September 2020 In our aim to keep you all informed of any further developments, we will continue to monitor the situation and will review these new dates again on Wednesday 12th August 2020. In the meantime, keep safe. |
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MICROSOFT PROJECT TEMPLATES ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS |
It is natural to create a new project with Microsoft Project using the File, New, Blank Project command which will create a project with the Global.mpt file, but this template has a lot of short comings. It is far better to use a Personal Microsoft Project Template with these issues resolved such as the Eastwood Harris template that may be downloaded from the Eastwood Harris website. Click here>>> to download an article which is an extract from the authors book 99 Tricks and Traps for Microsoft Project 201,2016 & 2019 that explains how to use Microsoft Project Personal Templates to produce better schedules. Accelerate you understanding of scheduling software and advance your career with Eastwood Harris books and training material on: - Microsoft Project,
- Oracle Primavera P6 and
- Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject
More information and links to sellers at our website>>> Paul E Harris, Director, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd | |
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COST MANAGEMENT MATTERS |
| Live Webcast Digital Turnaround Benchmarking: Challenges and Strategies to Improve STO Performance Today, many industry players strive to improve the performance of their shutdowns and turnarounds to meet the challenges from increasing complexities and extended impact of STOs on businesses. Simply meeting the past turnaround performance does not help them remain competitive. COVID-19 is making transformation even more urgent. This webcast will provide insights into digital turnaround benchmarking that can enhance the overall quality of a turnaround while allowing you to apply the best practices of cost-efficiency. We will also discuss how an integrated digital system can increase the future cost estimating accuracy, minimize manual efforts, and continuously improve the turnaround performance. Join Jos van der Stelt and Bas Druijf, Cleopatra turnaround management experts, to benefit from the proven approach behind the successful turnarounds. | | Location Factors: The important ingredient in Project Cost Estimation Before starting a Cost Estimation for a technical project, it is important to have the knowledge of both the content and the circumstances of the project. One should be aware of the specific details during project execution along with an overview of the required equipment and labour activities. These particular conditions are captured by location factors, which is essential for a reliable cost estimate. Read more. | | How to structure Cost Data using Breakdown Structures Working as a project controller, you will very likely encounter long lists of commitments, actuals, and other cost data that need to be reported on a frequent basis. To ease the job of structuring the project data, breakdown structures prove to be the answer. They allow otherwise flat data to be viewed from many angles, serving the needs of the various stakeholders in the project. Read more. |
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CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE 2021 WILL BE IN GALVESTON ISLAND TEXAS JANUARY 17-20 2021 |
| | Dear Members of Planning Planet: The AACE Association for Advancement of Cost Engineers International has just concluded its first totally virtual online Annual meeting and demonstrated how to provide both education and some networking for members of our industry. We at Construction CPM Conference www.constructioncpm.com will be building on this experiment as we plan for our LIVE event in January 17-20 2021 in Galveston Texas. But we are both planning backup if conditions require, AND WE ARE PLANNING TO MAKE OUR EVENT BETTER by adding virtual to our live event. Taking a lemon and making lemonade. ALL SESSIONS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED so that those who cannot travel to Texas or are leery of travel, or have important business interfering with travel, or simply a tight budget can join our hopefully live but certainly happening event. Hopefully Q&A both from the audience and from Zoom CHAT. SIX Concurrent Sessions for THREE full days. All Sessions also RECORDED for viewing the "other" concurrent sessions you wanted or the one you missed while "taking care of business." We will also be including for our virtual audience addition of a fully interactive virtual Exhibit Hall to test drive the latest software, and "live" networking done the Construction CPM Conference way. Visit our website for more detail as we see how conditions progress. We are NOW collecting offers for Practitioners of Project Controls to share knowledge, either live (subject to conditons) or virtually or both. Send your ideas and abstracts to info@constructioncpm.com. Do you market software or services? Visit our page for Exhibitors and Sponsors at . See how we learn, party and network. |
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CREATIVE DISRUPTION: THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD |
| Download this webinar to learn how the Coronavirus pandemic could be the disruptive event that transforms the construction industry. The industry is in desperate need of change, but this change has been slow in coming. The constraints imposed by the pandemic may be the trigger that causes the change in thinking needed for a profound change. Three forces, which have already been broadly recognized as transformative may now emerge to drive the industry into new levels of productivity, and in the process, deliver significant benefits for society as a whole. Read more... |
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ALTERNATIVE TO PRIMAVERA AND ASTA? |
| A superior alternative to the "most popular" software for us as planners? Spider Project Spider Project offers numerous unique functional features and is the only PM software that optimizes resource, cost, and material constrained schedules and budgets for projects and portfolios. Check it out here... Ask questions here... |
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PROJECT CONTROLS GLOBAL & PARTNERS |
Company: Project Controls Global & Partners: Talent Management
Expertise: Planning, Project Controls & Dispute Resolution.
Services: Recruitment, Assessments & Advertising using associate companies. Leading from the front, we have been chosen by you to be the best Recruiters for planning & project controls staff, so thank you. Project Controls Global are very keen to support clients & candidates for all the recruitment process within Planning, Claims & Project Controls Internationally. Allowing us to work together gives you access to technical assessments of anyone we qualify before introduction (in line with GDPR). We work in partnership & use the excellent work produced by the Guild of Project Controls “exclusively” to PCGlobal. Project Controls Global offers technical report received once the self-assessment has been completed by the candidate. When working with us, gives you assurances that the candidates we introduce & work with are technically competent before you even meet them, saving you valuable time and money. Project Controls Global can offer our clients the Guild of Project Controls Mentor program, should you want to level up from just recruitment & introduce an assessment scheme. Guild Of Project Controls Mentor: This amazing tool will help you set a visual standard of ability across the business for all planning & project controls staff. Assisting you to keep track of a true level of competency within the planning & project controls department. Using this helps you add value to your company & help your staff retention begin to help your planning & controllers on any weaknesses in their knowledge of project controls, this will make you a better employer, developing your inhouse staff. Project Controls Global: An established talent management business, the only certified supplier of Planning & Scheduling, Commercial, Cost Estimating / Cost Management, Claims (forensic planning, delay analysis & quantum), Risk and Project Controls candidates in the worldwide. | - Highways & Infrastructure
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We offer assessed and competent candidates within all of the above. Please contact us for a confidential conversation around your needs or if you are a candidate looking for work, register with us, we do not scatter gun CVs we work with you intelligently and TRUST US, TRY US. David Logie | Director & Principle Consultant, Project Controls Global
M: +44(0) 7549 651 736 E: david.logie@projectcontrols.com |
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