Something that can easily be overlooked when producing a programme is the type of contract and how that should influence the way the programme is put together. Firstly lets have a look at the options: Option A – Priced contract with activity schedule Option B – Priced contract with bill of quantities Option C –…
Reactive planning is waiting for something to happen before planning around it. If the majority of your activities are reactive planned then they are probably incredibly inefficient. Projects often get stuck in the Reactive Planning Rut part what through a project with large amounts of change or where there is really no clear direction on…
Generally speaking site offices have a bland decor but in every site office around the country you can put your money on a gantt chart being stuck to the wall. Programmes are a plan, they are a tool to assist in the operational delivery of a project. If they aren’t briefed and understood then you…
Tier 1 contractors have the ability to have specialist resources spread across multiple contracts if they are not needed full time on the project. They have whole departments dedicated to specialist functions. Some Tier 2 contractors are still able to do this but on a scaled down version with much smaller departments of only a…
Getting the level of detail right in a programme is critical. Not enough and you don’t have the necessary information to plan the works. Too much and they simply don’t get read. I will give you an example. Earlier in the year I was brought in to help a contractor. Their programme was 18 pages…
Are you one of these people that likes to throw the instructions to one side and work it out for yourself? Well if you do this with an NEC contract you could be in for some problems. The contract is very clear about what a programme should contain so why is it that so many…
The temptation of that little red button to feel the rush would be far too tempting for me. Its also too tempting for many contractors to push on subcontractors often without them knowing they are effectively accelerating or if they do know they are forfeiting entitlement. Under an unamended form of NEC the Project Manager…
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