Dedication
Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION TO SCHEDULES
Chapter 2
PROJECT SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES
§ 2-1 Project Scheduling Overview
§ 2-2 Precedence Diagramming Method Schedule
§ 2-2(a) Activities and Logic
§ 2-2(b) Durations and the Critical Path
§ 2-2(c) Float
§ 2-3 Bar Charts and Look Ahead Schedules
§ 2-4 Updating
§ 2-5 Critical Chain Project Management
§ 2-6 Dynamic Progress Method Scheduling
§ 2-7 Pull Planning in Collaborative Projects (Integrated Project Delivery and Lean Contracting)
§ 2-7(a) The Scheduling Portion of Pull Planning
§ 2-7(b) The Weekly Meetings
§ 2-7(c) Choosing to Use Pull Planning
§ 2-8 Reflections and Personal Experiences
§ 2-8(a) Reflections
§ 2-8(b) Personal Experiences
Chapter 3
THE LAW AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES
§ 3-1 The Law's View of Schedules
§ 3-1(a) Courts and Boards Apply Schedules
§ 3-1(a)(1) Defining CPM
§ 3-1(a)(2) Preference for CPM/PDM
§ 3-1(b)Industry Views Schedules Differently
§ 3-2 The Schedule Must Be Complete
§ 3-3 The Schedule Must Be Substantiated
§ 3-4 The PDM/CPM Consultant
§ 3-5 The Dates in the Schedule: A Commitment or Guide?
§ 3-5(a) Schedules Are Flexible Planning Tools
§ 3-5(b) Work Sequence Does Not Have Same Flexibility
§ 3-5(c) Contract Completion Date Only Real Commitment
§ 3-6 The Benefit of Float
§ 3-7 Mistakes in the Schedule
§ 3-8 Pre-Bid Schedules
§ 3-9 Mutual Responsibilities under the Schedule
§ 3-9(a) All Parties in the Project
§ 3-9(a)(1) New York State
§ 3-9(b) Owner and Contractor
§ 3-9(b)(1) Owner Submittal Delay
§ 3-9(b)(2) Owner's Failure to Schedule or Coordinate
§ 3-9(b)(3) Owner's Liability for Cardinal Changes
§ 3-9(c) General Contractor Must Conform to Schedule Imposed on Subcontractor
§ 3-9(d) Subcontractor Schedule at the General Contractor's Direction
§ 3-9(d)(1) Subcontractor May Determine Own Sequence
§ 3-9(d)(2) Contractor Obligated to Reasonably Sequence Subcontractor's Work
§ 3-9(d)(3) Subcontractor Work to Contractor Direction
§ 3-10 The Significance of Updates
§ 3-10(a) The Law's View of Updates
§ 3-10(b) Disagreement on Update Data
§ 3-11 Changes in Scheduled Sequence
§ 3-12 The Schedule as Notice
§ 3-13 The Schedule's Role in Termination
§ 3-13(a) Termination for Failure to Complete
§ 3-13(b) Termination for Failure to Make Progress
§ 3-13(c) Opportunity to Cure before Termination for Failure to Progress
§ 3-13(d) Waiving the Right to Terminate
§ 3-14 Fast-Track, Design-Build Schedules
§ 3-15 The Schedule's Role in Procurement
§ 3-16 Schedules and Constructive Acceleration
§ 3-17 Recovery Schedules
Chapter 4
IMPROVING SCHEDULING CLAUSES AND REQUIREMENTS
§ 4-1 Contractor's Scheduling Requirements
§ 4-2 Subcontractor Scheduling Requirements
§ 4-3 Designer's Scheduling Requirements
§ 4-4 Owner Participation in the Scheduling Process
§ 4-5 The Need for Standards and Ethics in Preparing and Analyzing Construction Schedules
Chapter 5
USING THE SCHEDULE TO PROVE TIME
§ 5-1 Introductory Thoughts
§ 5-1(a) A Poor Network Analysis May Be Persuasive
§ 5-2 Schedule Status and Approval
§ 5-3 Techniques to Present Schedule-Related Claims
§ 5-3(a) The Contemporaneous Method
§ 5-3(a)(1) The Contemporaneous Method Explained
§ 5-3(a)(2) Contemporaneous Method without Contemporaneous Updates: The Time Impact Analysis
§ 5-3(a)(3) The Wise Contractor's Use of Contemporaneous Scheduling Techniques
§ 5-3(a)(4) The Wise Owner's Actions in View of the above Contractor Scheduling Work
§ 5-3(b) The What-If Method
§ 5-3(c) But-For or the Collapsed Method (BFM)
§ 5-3(d) The As-Built Method (ABM)
§ 5-3(e) Choosing a Delay Analysis Method
Chapter 6
THE STATUS OF NETWORK SCHEDULES
§ 6-1 Introduction
§ 6-2 The Schedule as a Contract Document
§ 6-2(a) What It Means to Be a Contract Document
§ 6-2(b) When a Schedule Is Not a Contract Document
§ 6-3 The Schedule as Evidence
§ 6-3(a) The Schedule as a Business Record
§ 6-3(a)(1) Contemporaneous Recording of Facts
§ 6-3(a)(2) Regularly Conducted Activity
§ 6-3(a)(3) Regular Recording Practice
§ 6-3(a)(4) Delay Analysis Not Business Record
§ 6-3(b) Best Evidence Rule
§ 6-3(c) Schedules as Scientific Evidence
§ 6-3(d) The Schedule as Testimony to Be Confronted
§ 6-3(e) The Schedule as Expert Testimony
§ 6-3(f) The Schedule as Experimental Evidence
§ 6-3(g) Building or Project Information Modeling
§ 6-3(h) Spoliation
§ 6-4 Conclusion
Chapter 7
CONTRACT SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS
§ 7-1 General Contract Scheduling Requirements
§ 7-1(a)(1) The ConsensusDOCS 200 2007 Standard Form
§ 7-1(a)(2) The ConsensusDOCS 300 2007 Standard Form
§ 7-1(a)(3) The AIA Standard Form A–201–2007
§ 7-1(a)(4) FIDIC 2005
§ 7-1(a)(5) State Standard Contract Schedule Specifications
§ 7-1(a)(6) Federal Scheduling Clauses
§ 7-1(a)(6)(a) VA Scheduling Clauses
§ 7-1(a)(6)(b) GSA Scheduling Requirements
§ 7-1(a)(6)(c) Construction Manager Scheduling Requirements
§ 7-1(a)(6)(d) Military Unified Facilities Guide
§ 7-1(b) Other Schedule-Related Contract Requirements
§ 7-1(b)(1) The Scheduling Consultant
§ 7-1(b)(2) Time of Performance
§ 7-1(b)(3) Good Practice
§ 7-1(b)(4) Concealed or Unknown Conditions
§ 7-1(b)(5) To Demonstrate Delay
§ 7-1(b)(6) Termination
§ 7-1(b)(7) Resource Loading
§ 7-2 Subcontractor Scheduling Requirements
§ 7-2(a) The ConsensusDOCS 750 2007 Standard Form Agreement between Contractor and Subcontractor
§ 7-2(b) A Typical Subcontract Agreement between Contractor and Subcontractor
§ 7-3 Recommended Owner Schedule-Related Clauses
§ 7-4 Design Contract Schedule Clauses
§ 7-5 Design-Build Schedule Clauses
§ 7-6 Appendix
ILLUSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITS ON CD-ROM
Chapter 2
Illustration 2.1 Typical Precedence Method Logic Diagram
Illustration 2.2 Complex PDF Relationships
Exhibit 2.3 PDM Printout
Illustration 2.4 Bar Chart
Chapter 3
Illustration 3.1 Partial CPM Schedule--Henry Ericsson Co. v. United States
Chapter 5
Exhibit 5.1 Project Start and Finish Date Matrix As-Planned Schedule Bar Chart
Exhibit 5.2 Superintendent's Daily Report
Exhibit 5.3 Project Start and Finish Date As-Built Dates from Daily Logs Plotted
Exhibit 5.4 Project Start and Finish Date Matrix As-Built Bar Chart
Exhibit 5.5 As-Planned Tenant Schedule
Exhibit 5.6 As-Planned Tenant CPM
Exhibit 5.7 As-Planned Tenant Timescale
Exhibit 5.8 As-Built Tenant CPM #1
Exhibit 5.9 As-Built Tenant Schedule
Exhibit 5.10 As-Built Tenant Timescale
Exhibit 5.1 As-Built Tenant Schedule CPM #1
Exhibit 5.12 As-Built Tenant Schedule CMP #2
Table of Cases
Index
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Chapter 3
THE LAW AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES
§ 3-7 Mistakes in the Schedule
§ 3-9 Mutual Responsibilities under the Schedule
§ 3-9(b) Owner and Contractor
§ 3-9(b)(3) Owner’s Liability for Cardinal Changes
§ 3-10 The Significance of Updates
§ 3-10(a) The Law’s View of Updates
§ 3-11 Changes in Scheduled Sequence
§ 3-13 The Schedule’s Role in Termination
§ 3-13(a) Termination for Failure to Complete
§ 3-13(b) Termination for Failure to Make Progress
§ 3-13(d) Waiving the Right to Terminate
§ 3-16 Schedules and Constructive Acceleration
Chapter 5
USING THE SCHEDULE TO PROVE TIME
§ 5-1 Introductory Thoughts
§ 5-3 Techniques to Present Schedule-Related Claims
§ 5-3(a) The Contemporaneous Method
§ 5-3(a)(2) Contemporaneous Method without Contemporaneous Updates: The Time Impact Analysis
Chapter 7
CONTRACT SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS
§ 7-2 Subcontractor Scheduling Requirements
§ 7-2(b) A Typical Subcontract Agreement between Contractor and Subcontractor
