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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

Lets Build

The term construction project management can be used to describe a vast number of tasks, roles and responsibilities. In-depth technical insight, tools, software, techniques , and knowledge are required to deliver today’s complex and quality building projects. Construction Management 101. But one thing is always sure.

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Meet the New Cassell Consulting: Your Partner in Construction Technology

Cassell Construction Estimating

After more than 25 years of continued success providing our clients with Construction Technology Consulting Services, Cassell Consulting is expanding our capabilities to offer even more value to our Construction clientele. Workflow analysis, are you utilizing your current solutions to leverage your workflows and processes?

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Digital Dryshack # 68: Scheduling Best Practices

Cassell Construction Estimating

15 Tips for Best-Practices Scheduling. While discussing scheduling with a client in Hawaii recently, I found myself repeating over and over, a variation of “…scheduling best practices include…” Hearing these words repeatedly set me to thinking that I hadn’t recently seen scheduling guidelines set out in a concise, straightforward document.

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Top 5 Challenges for Construction Project Managers

Fieldwire

In this guest blog post for Fieldwire, Patrick Hogan explains five common challenges project managers face on construction projects. Each construction project poses unique challenges — this is why construction project managers have distinct roles and responsibilities to fulfill from project to project.

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Digital Dryshack #59, P6 Tech Tip: Conform Activity Description to 30-character USACE Scheduling Spec

Cassell Construction Estimating

Here’s a method I’ve used in the past to identify and fix this problem: Build the schedule, being mindful of the limit, but otherwise as you would normally do. When all activities are entered, export the schedule to XL. Happy scheduling! P6 Project Manager Tip Primavera Scheduling'

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Job Order Contract Performance Measurement

Job Order Contracting

JOC can consistently delivery quality projects, on-time, and on-budget. First and foremost, using consultants as project managers is problematic, as is paying a % of construction volume for “JOC consulting services” This approach, as highlighted in independent JOC audits sets a stage for mismanagement, waste, and potential fraud.

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Digital Dryshack #87: 10 Reasons D.O.D. Schedules get Rejected

Cassell Construction Estimating

firm providing scheduling training in Honolulu last week reminded me of the struggles most midsize contractors face when submitting an Initial Project Schedule (IPS) to NAVFAC or the Army Corps of Engineers. Most contractors produce a simple bar chart in MS Project for their typical jobs and aren’t familiar with P6.

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