ConstructionCPM, Qatar Meet, Guild President & Experts News

Dear Planning Planet & Guild of Project Controls Members,

With the festive season now almost upon us - as usual our American colleagues kick things off with Thanksgiving - conference season approaches..... our Guild Group in Qatar launched their first meeting.....and our favourite conference is seeking participation from colleagues on the other side of a cold pond....

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Guild President, Managers, Speakers and Subject Experts & Learners...

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Our administrator will be loading the names of those already involved over the next few days, so watch this space and . or get yourself on there if you want to join the best thing in global project controls recognition....

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ADDITIONALLY...

SO Let's start with the CONSTRUCTION CPM CONFERENCE

WHERE - NEW ORLEANS located at The Sheraton Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

WHEN - January 31st to February 5th 2016

THE ORGANISER our friend FRED PLOTNICK has held these events for some years now AND HE KNOWS HIS STUFF.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING AT ANY LEVEL ABOUT CPM SCHEDULING MEET AND ADD TO YOUR CONTACTS THE VERY BEST IN THE WORLD

This is a must attend event - very cleverly structured to ensure you get the maximum from it

There is a reason why so many in the US put this event in their diary year after year... Construction CPM Conference [3]

MEANWHILE...

Our GUILD GROUP QATAR held its' first meeting on the 18th November at the Intercontinental Hotel, Doha - QATAR GROUP [4]

Antoine Jalkh – Project Payment Application Assessment

Overview::

Invoicing methodology shall be agreed and cleared between all parties at the Project initial stage.
IPA assessment shall always be fairly associated with the Contractor or Consultant progress performance.
Interim payment applications might be assessed in different methods.
Progress measurement system has been recognized as best practice in construction industry.
High level weightage factor having a combined scale of project characteristics (cost, man-hour and duration) is a best recommended practice approach.
Activity level weightage factor with one single dimension approach is the fast practical manipulation process.
Progress activity scale has different method for measurement: Design and Engineering as well as Procurement is based on incremental milestone method whereas the Construction and Testing & Commissioning is based on physical progress.

Terry Dawson – Time Impact Analysis with brief explanation:

Overview:

Initial introduction to the concept of the TIA methodology and review of the associated factors that contribute to a delay analysis that is representative of the actual events and their critical impact on the project.

Pierre Snyman –P6 Team Member Interfaces (P6 Mobility):

Overview:

P6 Team Member is a suits of interfaces designed for individual contributors or team members, to record status on their tasks without the need to learn an enterprise project management application.
Team Member interfaces include: P6 Team Member Web, P6 Team Member for iPhone app and P6 Team Member for Android app

Benefits:

Timely and accurate project information to identify problems faster.
Facilitates communication between Team Members and project controls group.
Unite project teams and stakeholders with a host of collaboration and feedback capabilities.
Easy interface and deployment which saves time, money, and reduces risk of change resistance.
Empower users with more autonomy and a greater contribution to value added work.
Senior Management – Immediate visibility of any project status by using the view on their mobile.

THE GUILD EXTENDS ITS THANKS TO PIERRE SNYMAN AND ASTAD PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR A GREAT FIRST EVENT - PIERRE HAS SOME EXCITING PLANS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.....WATCH THIS SPACE.....

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