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Challenges of a Cost Estimator’s Job

If anyone asks, ‘What do you like the most about being a cost estimating professional?”,   An owner’s cost estimator might say ‘the cost estimator plays an important role in an owner’s budgeting efforts for different projects.’  A cost estimator working for a consulting firm might say ‘In addition to supporting an owner’s budgeting efforts, the cost estimator is able to provide cost solutions to their clients’.  Cost estimators working for contractors might say ‘they play a key role in

Project Controls Plan Components

Have you ever been assigned to a project and were asked to develop a project related procedure, report, or presentation, but didn’t know exactly how?   Wouldn’t it be easier if you were given the structure and elements of your project report or procedure?  Watch the video below to learn the Project Controls Plan components, so next

What Kind of a Plan is a Project Controls Plan?

Have you ever been assigned to a project, where each member of a team had the same perspective of how Project Controls should be conducted in the project?  Have you ever experienced working in a project where there was a well-established Project Controls execution strategy in place?  Your answer is probably “No,” isn’t it?  The

How to Remove Actuals / Progress from Primavera P6 Schedule?

Assume that you have a Primavera schedule with actual data & progress. Now you want to remove actuals so you can develop an “As-Planned” schedule. In this post, I will show you how to do this. Consider a simple project with actual data as illustrated below: STEP 1: Change Calculation Settings To remove actuals, first, go

How to update the Baseline Schedule in Primavera P6?

The baseline Schedule is something we usually do not change. However, in some cases, schedule rebaselining might be required. In this post, I will show you how to update the baseline schedule in Primavera P6. Consider a simple project, which has a baseline assigned as illustrated below: After several update periods, the project is delayed quite