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Speed progress payments, reduce claims, and increase profitability using the Critical Path Method
Critical Path Method (CPM) Tutor for Construction Planning and Schedulingexplains the practical application of the CPM and guides you through each step of the processfrom planning and communication to deciding payment and/or claims. The book focuses on the Arrow Diagram Method and the Precedence Diagram Method, the two most widely used scheduling methods.
A sample project for planning a mid-rise building applies the concepts presented in the book. Hands-on exercises and discussions illustrate how to create schedules from activity lists. The effective and consistent use of the techniques introduced in this detailed guide will allow you to:
- Reduce progress payment disputes and speed progress payment
- Plan resources for maximum productivity
- Predict owner-caused and weather delays
- Develop get well plans for projects that fall behind
- Correctly update progress, including out-of-sequence activities
- Meet contracts requiring CPM schedules
- Evaluate change and claim impacts; develop admissible documentation
Ch 1 Preface
Ch 2 Why Scheduling
Ch 3 History of Project Planning
Ch 4 Arrow Diagram Method
Ch 5 Precedence Diagram Method
Ch 6 Effective Scheduling
Ch 7 Advanced Topics
Ch 8 A Worked Example
Ch 9 Glossary
Ch 10 Questions and Answers
William East, PhD, PE, F.ASCE,has worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the past three decades, first as a project engineer and then as a research program manager. His evaluation of the first PC-based scheduling systems resulted in the Standard Data Exchange Format, whl#i