Creating Schedules
9:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
10:00 am Analyzing Construction Delays and Mitigation using Forensic Schedule Analysis
Synopsis
• Understanding how to assess delay analysis
• Learn how to build robust schedules using forensic schedule analysis
• Avoid future delays through using forensic insights generated from past
projects
10:45 am Ensuring Your Firm Has Robust Documentation Processes in Place to Support Your Claims Management
Synopsis
- Understanding the documentation detail required in court so you can establish annappropriate expectation of your staff
- Improving the training of staff so that they have the motivation and skillset to document every important discussion, change and impact on schedule
- Outlining the most common flaws and weaknesses in documentation that have come to light in a claims process so you can avoid making the same mistakes
11:30 am Speed Networking & Morning Break
Integrating Lean Ideas with Traditional Scheduling Practices
Optimizing the Distribution of Resources & Tracking Materials to Keep Schedules on Track
12.20 9.20 CPM is Broken
- CPM, or Critical Path Method, is the engine behind our construction schedules. It’s been the chief cornerstone for so
long that its required in contracts and is exclusively
recognized in courts. - So why do most projects finish late? Why is the schedule
almost always ignored? - Why is scheduling outsourced?
- Gain new insight as we explore the reasons why CPM is broken
and what can we do to fix this broken system.
Daniel Soliman
Senior Scheduler
Robins & Morton
12.20 9.20 Optimizing People Resources to Balance the Needs of All Company Projects
- Developing a system to keep track of your workforce, to ensure staff have suitable workload and are not double booked
- Where labor shortages become inevitable, determining the consequences of delays and the ability to catch up quickly
- Hearing how technology can improve your visibility of workforce availability to identify issues further in advance
Chelsea Holte
Manager, Plat Development, Construction Scheduling
Snohomish County PUD
12.50 9.50 Takt Planning: Exploring the Data Requirements & Value of Adopting the Lean Method
- Outlining the principles of takt planning and top tips in implementing it
- Assessing your data requirements, including the need for standardization to enable early planning
- Highlighting the improvements in productivity that have been gained through takt planning on projects
Monserrat Vargas
PMO Cost Controller
Michelin North
12.50 9.50 Resource Driven Projects - A Contractor's Perspective on Challenges, Opportunities & Success
- •Build a high quality, a safe project by optimizing your
resources and cost - Optimally balancing cost and schedule without
compromising quality leads to success
Madhura Phadke
Planning Lead & Engineer
Fluor
1:20 pm Virtual Networking Lunch Break
2:20 pm Fundamentals for Improved Schedule Management Buy-In by Project Stakeholders
Synopsis
• Superintendent & Subcontractors’ Schedule Buy-In
• Schedule Communication Methods
• Schedule Culture/Process Between Supers and Schedulers
• Turnaround Actions for Schedule Management
2:50 pm Improving Collaboration with Subcontractors to Create Shared Expectations on the Schedule
Synopsis
- Highlighting the importance of setting shared expectations early and
gaining the commitment from subcontractors to respect and update the
schedule - Ensuring that subcontractors are informed about changes to the
schedule so that they can resource the job site with the necessary staff
at the optimal times - Improving visibility of your subcontractors’ state of play so you can
anticipate any delays caused by labor shortages or low productivity, and
inform your other project partners of knock-on delays
3:30 pm Hearing How to Reduce Risk & Optimize Schedules When Working on a Design-Build Project
Synopsis
- Understanding how the responsibilities of the scheduling department and the wider contracting firm change when you’re responsible for managing the design process
- Leveraging the greater visibility, you have over the conceptual design to develop more accurate schedules and keep them aligned with the design in real-time
- Exploring your options for reducing risk when a construction delay is caused by a design issue that your firm is partly or wholly responsible for