18 Sep 2020 Project Controls News

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You will also (if in the UK) have the opportunity to attend a dinner currently planned for the evening of Monday 2 November at the Armourers Hall Moorgate, which has been the home of EVA for many years.  We hope you will be able to come along and converse as we have done over the last two years; there are a limited number of seats so be quick to get in touch and try to secure a seat.

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Understanding Primavera P6 Date Fields

By Paul E Harris

Primavera P6 has many more date fields than any competitor and the descriptions of these fields are sometimes misleading.

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I think we are doing something extrodinary with our "Virtual" conference. 

We are doing live streaming of Speakers BUT we are adding - only because we considered all that may be in a Virtual world - pre-lecture Attendee discussion. 

During the presentation, Attendees may post Queries to the CHAT function. A Speaker may respond as recieved or more likely at the end of prepared presentation. But since all Queries are written (and with attribution) the Speaker may also respond beyond the end of the 15 minute Q&A session to individuals via email, or to be posted to our post-conference Q&A button, see At a Glance [11]  

This is really worth a look.

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