Construction projects require meticulous planning as they involve numerous tasks and resources that need to be coordinated effectively to ensure timely completion. However, according to a new study, ...

We've covered work load management, estimating, inventory control and labor. The next basic is job scheduling. So, you were either invited to bid a job, awarded a street bid job through the Blue Book ...

The amount of effort spent scheduling the work on today’s construction projects is staggering. In addition to critical-path method schedules, contractors use sketches, Visio graphics, Excel sheets and ...

The key to the timely completion of a construction project is the preparation and maintenance of a comprehensive project schedule utilizing the critical path method (CPM) of scheduling. Preparation of ...

Project management generally requires directing a series of time-limited activities and tasks to meet project objectives. Proper scheduling, resource management and monitoring is critical. One of the ...

Your cover story, Critics Can't Find the Logic in Many of Today's CPM Schedules, paints a disheartening picture of the current state of CPM schedules (ENR 5/26 p. 30). It's only 46 years since Morgan ...

Planning a large-scale project can intimidate even veteran managers. Juggling multiple team members' schedules, setting achievable deadlines and identifying which tasks have to be done and which can ...

Every job has a schedule. Some schedules are formal, some are informal, some schedules are pulled out of the air, but all jobs have a day on which they start and a day they finish. In between are a ...