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Construction Scheduling Practices and Techniques

Ignoring the time management portion of projects leads to delays, busts budgets, and kills profits.

Just as a bid is an estimate of the costs needed to construct a project, the schedule is an estimate of the time needed to construct a project. The first step of properly managing your project time is planning your project and then working your plan. In order to manage your project using the project schedule, you will need to ensure that the project schedule represents your construction plan. Properly managing your project time also includes managing project risks, added work, changes to the project, and dealing with unanticipated events. The benefits of this timely topic include an experienced instructor who can provide the perspective of both the contractor, who is typically responsible for developing and updating the project schedule and the owner, who is typically responsible for reviewing and accepting the project schedule and evaluating requests for additional time. We will also discuss how project schedules are used and misused to support a party's position.

Learning Objectives

  • You will be able to explain why a construction schedule is an essential project management tool.
  • You will be able to describe how a baseline schedule is developed.
  • You will be able to discuss how to use the project sample to demonstrate entitlement to additional time.
  • You will be able to identify construction scheduling best practices, tips, and abuses.

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Agenda

Construction Scheduling Basics

  • What Is a Schedule?
  • Why Are Schedules Necessary?
  • Who Is the Scheduler?
  • Different Scheduling Techniques
  • Critical Path Method (CPM) Scheduling

Essential CPM Scheduling Information

  • Data Date; Durations
  • Logic Relationships
  • Calendars; Activity Dates
  • Forward and Backward Pass
  • Float - Total Float, Free Float, and Negative Float
  • What Is the Critical Path?
  • Constraints; Cost and Resource Loading

How to Build a Project Schedule

  • What Is the Baseline Schedule?
  • Planning vs. Scheduling
  • Development: Top-Down or Bottom-up
  • Sequencing; Durations
  • Coordination; Recommendations

Updating the Project Schedule

  • Why Is the Project Schedule Updated?
  • How to Update the Schedule?
  • Progress vs. Revisions; Making Changes
  • Revised Schedules; Recovery Schedules
  • Recommendations

Time Extension Requests

  • Using the Project Schedule to Demonstrate Entitlement to Additional Time
  • Time Impact Analysis
  • Preparing and Evaluating a Request for Additional Time

Scheduling Best Practices and Abuses

  • The Project Schedule Is Project Management Tool
  • As-Built Logic Changes
  • Misused Scheduling Software Features
  • Gaming the Schedule
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This course was last revised on December 19, 2022.

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  • AIA 1.0
     
  • Lorman Education Services is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number J2016. This course is approved for 1.0 Learning Unit hour(s). Prerequisite: None, Program Level: Intermediate: Advanced Preparation: None All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES ([email protected] or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3). This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product. AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.
     
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  • This program is applicable for 1.3 PDHs for engineers through the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists.* *Please check the rules and requirements in your state for compliance.
     
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Faculty

Bill Haydt, Esq.

Bill Haydt, Esq.

Trauner Consulting Services, Inc.

William Haydt

  • Director, Shareholder at Trauner Consulting Services, Inc.
  • Qualified expert witness who has provided expert testimony in construction scheduling, delay analysis, and construction damages
  • Expertise lies in the areas of construction claims preparation and evaluation, development, and review of critical path method (CPM) schedules, delay analysis, training, and dispute resolution
  • Certified and award-winning instructor for Federal Highway Administration’s National Highway Institute courses, including Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance, and has provided CPM scheduling services to contractors and owners on a variety of projects, including bridge, highway, educational, and hotel projects
  • Presented seminars, webinars, and construction claims-related presentations for private firms and public agencies across the country
  • Member of the Pennsylvania Bar
  • J.D. degree, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law; B.A. in civil engineering and architectural engineering, Drexel University
  • Can be contacted at 215-814-6400 or [email protected]
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Product ID: 410315
Published 2022
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