Our Services

It is our goal to enhance the power of CPM Scheduling for our clients. From foundational strategies during design to post-project review, we aim to unlock the full range of multi-disciplinary advantages that a comprehensive, logic-bound schedule can provide to project managers.

 
 
 
 

CPM Construction Scheduling / Training

Standard CPM services include:

Gantt charts - Critical Path, Float Paths, 3-week Look Ahead, Period Curtain

SIPS

Finish Matrix

Beyond directly serving your scheduling needs, we enjoy training other teams in core and advanced concepts, methods, and professional practices. We can help your team better understand:

  • What is CPM and why is it important to my project?

  • Why is P6 the industry standard and how do I unlock its power?


Baseline Creation / Review

One of the most important aspects of project planning is to have a schedule. The baseline schedule is created at the outset of a project. This baseline will be used throughout the life of a project, in part to compare the pre-construction plan with what actually unfolds through time.

The baseline schedule is the framework upon which the life of the project is detailed; from entitlements and permits, to pre-construction activities like submittals, procurement, and on to fabrication/delivery and how that intertwines with the construction itself.

A baseline refers to the contractually approved and agreed to schedule of activities. It establishes the benchmarks of logical progress that all parties may look to for guidance.

It is comprised of the tasks that must be performed over the lifespan of the project in order to reach it’s final successful completion.

The baseline schedule consists of the tasks, Work Breakdown Structure, logic, dependencies, durations, historical knowledge of the team and stakeholders, and milestones.

The owner representative review of the baseline schedule identifies driving milestones, driving logic, and is exceedingly important to understanding the complete scope of work.


Monthly / Weekly Updates & Reports

Updates to the project schedule can be performed through many different methods. 

Information gathering

  • Hard copy (PDF)

  • Excel

  • G-sheet

  • Virtual meeting

    Document Review

  • Live File

  • Virtual Meeting

  • Hard copy (PDF)

Both Weekly and Monthly reports will consist of a Narrative and several PDF’s of the schedule. This can be added to your project submittal.

Delay Claim Support

Through the comparison of baseline, as-built, and contemporaneous project schedules, determining the following is assisted:

  • Parties responsible for the delay.

  • What caused a delay in completion of the contract?

Once contract time becomes impacted, the impact must be analyzed to determine:

  • Its cause

  • Whether the cause is within the “control” of either party

  • Whether the cause impacted the contract’s “critical path” for completion 

  • By how much

Types of Delay

  • Excusable and Compensable

    • Delay caused by the delaying party

    • Must prove that the completion date of the project has been extended

“Those resulting from circumstances beyond reasonable control and without the fault of negligence of the delayed party.”

  • Excusable Not Compensable

    • Third-party events

    • Force majeure

    • Severe Weather

    • Owner-caused 

  • Not Excusable

    • Act or neglect of the project or portion of project by:

      • Contractor

      • Subcontractor

      • Supplier

    • These delays may be caused by negligence or poor performance - they are controllable

    • Concrete pour scheduling

    • Ineffective site management

    • Incorrect methods of construction

    • Poor monitoring/control