Planning engineering
107 reference pages on construction planning and project controls — float, logic, durations, calendars, updating, reporting, delay and claims. Written for people who have to defend a programme, not pass an exam.
Everything here is free to read, with no paywall. Each page says what the standards require, how it actually works on site, where people get it wrong, and what to say when you are challenged.
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Three ways in, depending on why you turned up
Learn the shape of the job
What a planner actually does all week, how people get in, and the theory worth knowing properly before anything else.
How to become a planning engineer →Fix the programme in front of you
Negative float, open ends, dates that moved without explanation, a review comment you can't answer. Start with the health check and work back.
DCMA 14-point assessment →Delay, disruption and the contract
Choosing a method, proving concurrency, the notice that protects the claim, and quantifying lost productivity.
Choosing a delay method →All 107 pages
Twelve sections. Open what you need.
01Foundations4 pages
02P6 mechanics18 pages
- Activity Coding Structure
- Importing and Exporting XER
- P6 Activity Types Explained
- P6 Baselines: Assign and Maintain
- P6 Duration Types Explained
- P6 EPS, OBS and Enterprise Data
- P6 Global Change
- P6 Global vs Project Data
- P6 Keyboard and Speed
- P6 Layouts and Filters
- P6 Multiple Float Paths
- P6 Professional vs EPPM
- P6 Reflections and What-If
- P6 Schedule Comparison
- P6 Settings That Change Your Dates
- Percent Complete Types
- Setting Up a P6 Project
- WBS Structure Design
03Building the schedule18 pages
- Activity Duration Limits
- Baseline Approval and Control
- Commissioning and Handover Planning
- Construction Sequencing and Method
- Crew and Manhour Formulas
- Engineering and Design Schedule
- Justify a Duration
- Milestones and Key Dates
- Overtime and Shift Arithmetic
- Procurement and Long-Lead Items
- Productivity Adjustment Factors
- Rolling Wave Planning
- Schedule Basis Memorandum
- Schedule Levels 1 to 5
- Schedule Narrative
- Site Logistics in the Schedule
- Subcontractor and Interface Integration
- Tender Programme
04Logic and the network11 pages
05Float and the critical path9 pages
06Calendars and constraints5 pages
07Updating and progress15 pages
- Building a Recovery Plan
- Change Control in a Live Schedule
- Data date
- Forecasting honestly
- Monthly update checklist
- Progress measurement and rules of credit
- Quantity tracking and physical progress
- Retained logic vs progress override
- Revised Baseline vs Recovery Schedule
- Scheduling options
- Slippage and Trend Analysis
- Splitting In-Progress Activities
- Statusing a schedule
- Verifying subcontractor progress
- Weekly vs monthly cycles
08Resources, cost and earned value7 pages
09Reporting and visuals5 pages
10Contract, delay and claims8 pages
11Standards and review4 pages
12Files, data and troubleshooting3 pages
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