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This blog discusses CPM scheduling, engineering law and other aspects of project management.

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Fred,Just reading your column in Oct., 2015. Wow, I am happy to hear this. As a PM for over 30 years, who has an affinity for scheduling, I had given up on Primavera because...

Hi Fred,<br/>Another "integrative" software I have been very impressed with is Jean-Yves Moine's "CUBIX 360". <a href="http://3d-wbs.blogspot.com/" rel='nofollow'>http://3d-wbs.blogspo...

I was recently asked by a client to develop an equation to estimate the risk-related costs associated with implementing a recovery schedule. Using a ratio of the free floats for activit...

We love change orders as a drywall sub, just let us get our contract work done and pay us promptly on the change, not 6-9 months after we installed the work which often happens.

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Moving an Office Requires Time to Reflect on the Past

Fredricplotnick
Fredric L. Plotnick
August 4, 2014
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After over 25 years at one office location, I am moving. And so I must review documents from predecessor firms of both paternal and maternal families leading to my current practice, some dating back to early 1900s and even back to late 1800s. Read on for an amazing adventure to the past and perhaps insights to the future.
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GAME CHANGER – New software releases again support construction professionals

Fredricplotnick
Fredric L. Plotnick
July 3, 2014
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Both startup niche and established CPM scheduling software developers are beginning to consider the needs of the less-than-enterprise sized end users once again. This is good. Read on as to how and why ...
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Construction Professional and Left Handed Golfers

May 27, 2014
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“Fred, if you could re-write P6 (to be more like P3) what is so important to require that enormous level of program development and would any but a slim minority care?” “Joel, you have to understand, construction users are like left handed golfers. We need our left handed golf clubs.”As to why, read on ...
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One Professional v. Governance by Many: The Industrial Exemption in Light of the GM Recall

March 26, 2014
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A recent news headline states "GM Data Now Shows Switch Problem Dates Back to 2001.” How may this story be considered in a discussion of the Industrial Exemption to the general requirement of licensure for a Professional Engineer? Read on..
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Importance of Art to Students of Engineering

March 13, 2014
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What ties our celebration of Engineers' Week and Mardi Gras? Read on ...
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Construction Contractors: The bigger get bigger, the smaller become vassals.

February 8, 2014
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A persistent theme of this blog has been the struggle between large and centralized control versus smaller and more nimble and innovative entities. This is equally applicable to software vendors and DOT supersizing of projects to programs. For more, read on...
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Lessons Learned at Construction CPM Conference 2014

January 25, 2014
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Construction CPM Conference 2014 is over and planning begins for 2015, January 13-17, San Diego. For lessons we learned read on ...
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Appeals Court Rules Against FCC on Net Neutrality Rules

January 14, 2014
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The Wall Street Journal reports that “A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission's open Internet rules, in a ruling that could give broadband providers more room to charge content companies for faster speeds.” Will this reverse the trend to “cloud” and return us to “personal” computing? Read on...
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What obligations come with a contract?

December 13, 2013
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Many of my students, all graduate engineers and having real world experience, appear to incorrectly believe that a contract is meant to be less than the law and more akin to being a mere guide. What are your observations of your younger (and quite a few older) colleagues?
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Five Weeks Out to our Fourth Construction CPM Conference

December 12, 2013
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We are now five weeks out from our fourth annual Construction CPM Conference. Much has happened in the past year with mergers and acquisitions and with new startups in the CPM software world. Read on about the upcoming conference ...
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