Construction Contract Types Explained

Construction Contract Types pros and cons

A construction contract is a legal agreement between the client and the contractor which involves basic information for the task to be performed by the contractor. In the construction industry, this legal agreement which includes the scope, bill of quantity, … Read more

Claim Management in Construction Projects

Claim Management in Construction Projects

Construction claims are getting complex based on the nature and the complexity of the construction projects. Clients, contractors, and subcontractors of this environment try to reach their own goals and expectations in order to increase their benefits. Conflicts may arise … Read more

Project Selection Methods for Decision Making

Qualitative Quantitative Project Selection Methods & non financial criteria for project selection

The success of organizations is dependent on the profitability of projects that they select. Once an opportunity has appeared for a project, there are several reasons that need to be analyzed before an organization decides to take it up. Project … Read more

Gantt Chart Examples for Project Management

Gantt Chart Example

These gantt chart examples for project management exist because of a meeting I still think about. Warehouse fit-out in Coventry, 2011 — not a construction gantt chart example of any great complexity, but the client’s project manager had asked for a programme. I built … Read more

5S Methodology Steps: The Five Phases, How to Implement Each

what does the 5s stand for? 5s methodology 5s principles in the workplace infographic

Most teams get through the first three 5S methodology steps without much difficulty. Sort, Set in Order, Shine — these are physical activities. You can see the progress. You can photograph the before and after. You can show the results to management. … Read more

Critical Chain Method (CCM) in Project Management

The Critical Chain Method Infographic

I’ve sat through a few CCPM training sessions over the years, and they all have the same shape: compelling theory, impressive case studies from manufacturing plants in the 1990s, and a largely optimistic view of how organisations respond to being … Read more

Critical Path Method Example: Steps, Float and Common Mistakes

Critical Path Method (CPM) in Project Management

This critical path method example article covers the full calculation — forward pass, backward pass, float — and the execution problem that makes most CPM implementations less useful than they should be. The critical path method tells you which activities … Read more

Lean Six Sigma Principles: What the Training Slides Don’t Tell You

What is Lean Six Sigma ? Lean six sigma principles, methodology

Lean six sigma principles are one of those things that look straightforward on a training slide and turn out to be genuinely hard in practice. The principles themselves — define value from the customer’s perspective, map the value stream, create … Read more