Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management: Email Communications

Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management: Email Communications

The growing use of emails as a means of formal and ad-hoc communications methods on construction projects has many advantages...
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Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management: Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence

Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management: Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence

No construction project can be executed without exchanging letters between the project stakeholders. Those letters are considered to be formal communication...
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Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management: Site Communications

Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management: Site Communications

The delivery of construction projects requires the parties involved in delivering the project to have options to communicate information while...
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Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management: Transmittals

Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management: Transmittals

The transmittal process is one of the many communication management processes that must be monitored, evaluated, and reported on in...
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Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management Module: Meetings

Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management Module: Meetings

Another communication management process that is common to construction projects and for which the project team needs to report is...
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Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management Module: Request for Information (RFI)

Setting the Project Control System (PCS) Communication Management Module: Request for Information (RFI)

The request for information (RFI) also known as requests for clarifications (RFC) and requests for interpretation (RFI) is the communication...
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Setting the Project Control System Communication Management Module

Setting the Project Control System Communication Management Module

Communication management is an integral component of any project control system (PCS) regardless of the construction project type or size...
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Using Kanban Activity Boards to Create the “Questions Wall” for Critical Questions Raised by Executive Stakeholders on Capital Construction Projects

Using Kanban Activity Boards to Create the “Questions Wall” for Critical Questions Raised by Executive Stakeholders on Capital Construction Projects

Executive stakeholders at organizations that are involved in delivering capital construction projects always need to get correct and timely answers...
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Why It is so Critical to Manage Formal and Ad-Hoc Email Communications on Capital Construction Projects

Why It is so Critical to Manage Formal and Ad-Hoc Email Communications on Capital Construction Projects

Regardless of the extent of digital transformation that is being implemented and adopted on a capital construction project, individuals will...
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Can Machine Learning Help Project Executives to Focus and Prioritize Actions on the Most Urgent Communications, Tasks, and Events on Capital Construction Projects?

Can Machine Learning Help Project Executives to Focus and Prioritize Actions on the Most Urgent Communications, Tasks, and Events on Capital Construction Projects?

There are many definitions for Machine Learning, nevertheless, the one from the Western Governors University (WGU) is direct and to...
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Using Technology to Enable a 360-Solution to Manage, Monitor, Evaluate and Report the Performance of Retail Brands Expansion and Remodeling Programs and Projects – Step 3: Ensure Effectiveness of Formal as well as Ad-Hoc Collaboration

Using Technology to Enable a 360-Solution to Manage, Monitor, Evaluate and Report the Performance of Retail Brands Expansion and Remodeling Programs and Projects – Step 3: Ensure Effectiveness of Formal as well as Ad-Hoc Collaboration

Regardless of the project size, type, or whether it was an expansion or remodeling project, the collaboration will be always...
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Using Checklists to Enforce Formal Implementation of Value Engineering Best Practices on Capital Construction Projects

Using Checklists to Enforce Formal Implementation of Value Engineering Best Practices on Capital Construction Projects

With the growing demand to optimize capital project investments and to do more with fewer funds, project owners are now...
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Using the Kanban Technique and Checklists to Transform the Accumulated Knowledge into Accountable Actions on Capital Construction Projects

Using the Kanban Technique and Checklists to Transform the Accumulated Knowledge into Accountable Actions on Capital Construction Projects

Many organizations that are involved in delivering capital construction projects use predefined checklists to share the massive volume of knowledge...
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Using the Kanban Technique for Construction Claims on Capital Construction Projects Analysis Checklists

Using the Kanban Technique for Construction Claims on Capital Construction Projects Analysis Checklists

The article titled “Construction Claims Analysis Checklists” by Richard J. Long, P.E., and Rod C. Carter, CCP, PSP published on...
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Using the Kanban Technique to Capture Wasted Knowledge from Ad-Hoc Collaboration on Capital Construction Projects – The Risk Register Use Case

Using the Kanban Technique to Capture Wasted Knowledge from Ad-Hoc Collaboration on Capital Construction Projects – The Risk Register Use Case

Collaboration is an integral requirement for every project that needs to be managed and it is no different when it...
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Enforcing Action Driven Letter Communications on Capital Construction Projects

Enforcing Action Driven Letter Communications on Capital Construction Projects

Regardless of the extent of business processes that need to be managed on capital construction projects, formal letter communications between...
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How Project Owners Can Ensure Managing Incoming Correspondence from Other Entities on Capital Construction Projects

How Project Owners Can Ensure Managing Incoming Correspondence from Other Entities on Capital Construction Projects

The management of capital construction projects have hundreds of predefined business processes like those for a request for information, meeting...
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Should Contractors Have Their Own Project Management Information System When It Comes to Managing Their Own and Their Subcontractors and Suppliers Scope of Work as Well as to Communicate with Other Project Entities?

Should Contractors Have Their Own Project Management Information System When It Comes to Managing Their Own and Their Subcontractors and Suppliers Scope of Work as Well as to Communicate with Other Project Entities?

A Project Management Information Systems (PMIS) like PMWeb tend to be used more by project owners and project management consultants...
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Rubbish In, Rubbish Out

Rubbish In, Rubbish Out

Manipulated information is the Rubbish In. Miss information can lead Senior management to make the wrong decision. This is the Rubbish Out. ...
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Accelerate the Growth of the Planning Engineers Role

Accelerate the Growth of the Planning Engineers Role

On capital construction projects, it is common to see that the role growth path is to become a project control...
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