HOW COMPUTERIZED SCHEDULING ANSWERS "WHAT IF...?"

Computerized project scheduling is seen as the only way to provide answers to "what-if" questions--those that arise when small variations create large changes. For example, a common problem in construction occurs when prefabricated materials arrive at the jobsite that are close to, but not quite consistent with, the specifications. Does the project manager re-order the materials, delaying the project? Or does he rework them in the field or redraw the original plans? Updating constantly changing schedules and asking "what-if" questions can be achieved effectively through the extensive features in today's microcomputer project-scheduling software. This article discusses a successful project-scheduling program at Jensen Construction Company, a Des Moines, Iowa-based bridge and highway contractor. Jensen is supplementing its Primavera central scheduling system with updates from the field via the Microsoft system.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Fusco, J C
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 54-55
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction scheduling; Cost effectiveness; Measures of effectiveness; Microcomputers; Software
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476853
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM