If you are involved in the delivery of capital projects, there is a good chance that you may have heard, or even used, expressions such as, “We have a resource-loaded schedule,” “We are behind schedule, so let’s add more resources,” or “We need to increase our capacity.”Know ... More
Global trends require a transformation in how major capital projects are managed PPI Executive Director Gary Fischer recently had an article publ ... More
PPI Executive Director Gary Fischer recently wrote an article featured in the print and online versions of Engineering News-Record. In this Viewp ... More
COVID 19, the war in Ukraine, industrial action at ports and several other factors, are causing supply chain challenges across all industries inc ... More
The short answer is no, they are not. But let’s elaborate further. About a hundred years have passed since the construction industry started expl ... More
Looking out from the mezzanine, I had a bird’s eye view of the factory floor. This tends to be my habit when visiting a worksite: find a high pla ... More
Mick Fischer is the Project Manager for building a new research center at a university. To meet donor requirements, it is critical the project be ... More
Many professionals in the engineering and construction industry operate under the illusion of being in control of their capital projects, until i ... More
Advanced work packaging (AWP) has gained a considerable following, particularly from the owner’s side. Heck, what could be wrong with planning th ... More
The stage (or phase) gate project development approach, as adopted by the engineering and construction industry, was designed as a business proce ... More
Key Points Despite the mandating of shelter-in-place rules as of 07 January 2021, the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Ensemble Forecast indica ... More
PPI’s recent web conference addressed the effectiveness of Critical Path Management (CPM) as a scheduling method for achieving project delivery s ... More
