CPM in Construction Management: Preventing and Measuring Delays

• Overview
• OnDemand Credit

Overview
This OnDemand Webinar will discuss how to use today’s project management tools effectively to identify project delays before they are insurmountable. You’ll learn how to use the schedules persuasively and reliably to measure and quantify project delays. The discussion will also provide the technical and legal foundation for the techniques presented. You will be brought up to date on the very latest scheduling tools and concepts relevant to recognizing and quantifying delays on a construction project. The presenter will introduce the concept of the longest path, present a simple way to understand float ownership and tackle the conundrum of concurrent delay. Upon the completion of the program, you’ll be able to use the project schedule as a more effective management tool.

Learning Objectives
• You will be able to analyze a schedule to identify and measure delay.
• You will be able to discuss the importance of the contemporaneous schedule.
• You will be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to measure delay.
• You will be able to review key best practices essential to early identification and quantification delay.

Authors
Brian J. Furniss, Trauner Consulting Services, Inc.

Self Study Credit - OnDemand Webinar

Agenda

1. Brief Overview of CPM Schedules and Delays
1. Why Have the Risks of Delay Increased?
2. Description of the Enhanced Project Management Tools Available to Address This Increased Risk
3. Review of Basic Schedule Terminology, Focusing on the Longest Path and Float
4. Identification of the Key Best Practices That Guarantee the Earliest Possible Identification of Delays
2. Analyzing a Schedule to Identify and Measure Delay
1. The Importance of the Contemporaneous Schedule
2. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Approaches to Measure Delay
1. Total Time
2. Impacted As-Planned
3. Collapsed As-Built or Built-For
4. As-Built Analysis
5. Windows
6. Analysis Based on Contemporaneous Schedules
3. The Basic Rules of Schedule Analysis
4. Key Terminology Related to Schedule Analysis
3. Schedule Analysis Example - The Instructor Will Take Participants Through a Step-by-Step Analysis of a CPM Schedule to Identify and Quantify a Delay
4. Wrap-Up
1. Key Best Practices Essential to Early Identification and Quantification of Delay
2. Suggestions for Using These Key Best Practices to Avoid or Minimize Delay