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CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY |
| Download this on-demand webinar to learn how innovative organizations are tracking total embedded carbon at the lowest component level from inception through decommissioning. This webinar also covers the relevance of emerging standards and government regulations that are changing the landscape of the construction industry and how ARES PRISM Cost & Carbon In-A-Box can help mitigate a projects carbon impact. |
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3 KEY QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING YOUR STO (TURNAROUND, SHUTDOWN, OUTAGE) SOLUTION |
| | Choosing the right turnaround software can be a daunting task. The right choice is critical for ensuring maximum return on investment can be achieved. In this blog we look at the key questions you should ask, to help you select a solution that is most suited to your business. Read the blog... |
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HOW TECHNIP ENERGIES USES ECOSYS FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF PROJECT CONTROL PROCESSES |
| The Technip Energies management team envisioned a future where they could create a single, data-driven enterprise solution across different departments. Such a solution would handle the company’s complex processes, including project execution and data management across engineering, estimating, cost control, procurement, construction subcontracting, planning, and contract management. See how they did it. Read More... |
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NEW BOOK BY PAUL E. HARRIS 99 TRICKS AND TRAPS FOR MICROSOFT PROJECT 365 AND 2021 |
Paul E. Harris has just released his new 99 Tricks and Traps for Microsoft Project 365 and 2021, this is a Casual User Guide Including 2019, 2016 and 2013 and may be ordered from links here>>>. The book is available in a pocket sized paperback and as an eBook from Kindle, Kobo, Apple iBook and Google. Microsoft Project 2021 has a couple of new significant functions including: - Text direction options which allow the direction of text in some forms to be displayed Left-to-right (LTR) as in most European languages or Right-to-left (RTL) as in some Middle Eastern and Asian languages like Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu.
- Toolbar formatting the Ribbon toolbar Format tab now is prefixed with the window name, thus if you are in a Gantt Chart view then the Formatting tab is now labeled Gant Chart Formatting as per the picture below:
| | Accelerate your understanding of scheduling software to advance your scheduling career and be able to prepare better schedules with Eastwood Harris books, training courses and online videos on the following software packages: - Microsoft Project,
- Oracle Primavera P6 and
- Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject
Please follow these links:
- Eastwood Harris books and training materials are available here Eastwood Harris Website
- Online videos available through Udemy, click on this link and search for Paul E Harris, and
- Eastwood Harris inhouse, one-to-one and public training courses are offered through Primaskills Pty Ltd, more details here>>>>
Paul E Harris Director Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd |
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COST ENGINEERING TEAM HAS DEVELOPED THE MINING EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGEBASE IN CESK DATA! |
Cost Engineering is proud to share that their team has developed cost data to cover the mining industry within CESK (The Cost Engineering Standard Knowledgebase)! Adding parameterized cost models was an important milestone for the CESK team as it will provide experts in the mining industry with much more accurate cost estimations. Read the blog on how the mining equipment knowledgebase has been developed... | |
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A CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATING APPROACH TO SUCCESSFULLY ESTIMATE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OF OFFSHORE WIND PARKS |
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PERT VS CPM – SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT & CONTROL |
| PERT and CPM are two techniques we can employ to reduce the schedule risk. Learn more about these techniques, how they differ between each other and how the project manager can use these techniques to plan and control the schedule. Read more... |
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HOW TO CONVERT EPS ACTIVITY CODE TO PROJECT CODE |
| Activity codes are an important tool for any scheduler in Primavera P6. Activity codes allow the planner to assign codes that can be used for several purposes such as: - Filtering a large number of activities.
- Grouping of activities sharing the same activity code.
- Sorting of activities.
Learn all about activity codes and how to convert EPS Activity Code to Project level Code. Read the Article... |
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CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE ("CCC") |
- Construction CPM Conference ("CCC") is now supporting both Virtual and LIVE sharing of knowledge. Please consider sharing yours NOW with your Voice-over-PowerPoint or Voice-over-Screen of live demonstration, save as an MP4, and send to us to post. You may then share as a Speaker on our Live Zoom Q&A Days, next to be September 17th, see HERE for more information.
- Construction CPM Conference ("CCC") is now supporting both Virtual and LIVE sharing of knowledge. Please consider sharing yours at our next LIVE event, January 15-18, 2023, at DisneyWorld Florida USA. See HERE for more information.
- CPM in Construction Management, Addendum to 8th - Interim 9th Edition - is now out and available for $30, see HERE for more information or HERE to buy.
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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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