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8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 am - 10:30 am Overview
- Robert B. McCullough, P.E., CCE, CFCC, CDT
CPM 101
- What Is CPM? How Is a CPM Schedule Constructed?
- What Does CPM Do? What Do You Do With a CPM Schedule?
Practical Application of CPM Schedules
- How to Create a Legitimate CPM That Can Be Utilized as an Effective Management Tool
- How to Use CPM to Analyze Progress and Events That Occurred
Using CPM as a Claims Analysis Tool
- CPM Methodologies Used in Claims Analysis
- How the Methodologies Work and Applications of the Various Methodologies
Using CPM as a Management Tool
- How to Read a CPM Schedule and What to Do With Changes
- Schedule Reporting (Who, What, Where, When, Why, How)
Practical Advice on Creating and Updating a CPM
- Build a CPM Schedule in Class
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:10 pm CPM Scheduling
- William Dendy
- All Schedules Are Not CPM Schedules (No Matter What the Software Box Says)
- Bar Chart vs. Critical Path Method vs. Critical Chain Method Scheduling
- A Realistic, Well-Thought-Out Schedule Benefits Everyone
Fundamentals of CPM Scheduling
- Characteristics of a Useful Schedule
- Milestones, Dates and Contractual Obligations
- Role of Superintendents and Subcontractors in Creating the Baseline Schedule
Manipulating the Baseline Schedule
- Flawed and Hidden Logic, and Variance to Specifications
- Lead and Lag Problems, and Imposed Dates
- Submittal Review Activities
Manipulating Schedule Updates
- Lack of Updates, Inaccurate Updates and Early Completion on Updates
- Modification of Project History, Change Order Activities and Fragnets
12:10 pm - 1:10 pm Lunch (On Your Own)
1:10 pm - 2:25 pm Problems Resulting From Ineffective Scheduling Management
- Robert B. McCullough, P.E., CCE, CFCC, CDT
- Legal Problems Related to CPM Schedules
- Tricks, Traps and Ploys
End of Job Delay Claim Methodologies
- Total Time and Impacted As-Planned
- But-For or Collapsed As-Built
2:25 pm - 2:40 pm Break
2:40 pm - 4:30 pm Interpreting Standard Contract Provisions
- Vernon C. Howerton Jr.
- Contact Duration and Liquidated Damages
- Responsibility for Coordination
Overview of CPM Construction Schedule and Delay Claims
- Types of Schedule Delay and Analysis of Delay
- Schedule Delay Analysis Methodologies
Legal Issues Relevant to Scheduling and Recovery of Delay Damages
- Implied Duties
- Who Owns the Float?
- Early Completion Schedules
