Construction Scheduling: Principles and Practices, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2022

  • Jay S. Newitt Brigham Young University

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Title overview

Construction Scheduling provides a comprehensive overview of project management scheduling — including the fundamentals, practical applications, and tutorials of the 4 most common scheduling software programs: Microsoft™ Project, Primavera Project Planner (P3), SureTrak, P6 Project Manager and Contractor.

Table of contents

1. Overview of Project Management Basics
2. Why Schedule?
3. Checklists, Daily To-Do Lists, & Magnetic Scheduling Boards
4. Bar Chart Schedules
5. Introduction to CPM Scheduling
6. Creating the Network Logic Diagram
7. Determining Durations
8. Calculating Start & Finish Dates
9. Calculating Total, Shared, Free, Independent Float, and Negative Float
10. Using Lags In Network Logic Diagrams
11. Reviewing and Analyzing the Schedule
12. Creating Bar Charts and Tabular Reports from Network Logic Diagrams
13. Linear or Line-of-Balance Schedules
14. Updating the Schedule
15. Using the Schedule to Forecast and Balance Resources
16. Cost Schedule Control System Criteria (C/SCSC)
17. Creating Teamwork and to Getting Subcontractors to Conform to the Schedule
18. Other Scheduling Techniques
19. Introduction to Computerized CPM Scheduling
20. Managing Projects Using Primavera Project Planner (P3)
21. Managing Projects Using SureTrak
22. Managing Projects Using Microsoft Project
23. Managing Projects Using P6 Project Manager or Contractor

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