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One of the advantages of having a Project Management Information System (PMIS) like PMWeb is the ability to capture all of the projects’ cost and financial data on a single platform in a real-time format. For a Contractor who is delivering an engineering and construction project, this could mean a lot when it comes to…

I have to admit that my first exposure to professional project control practices happened in 1984 when Turner International was appointed as the Project Manager Consultant on the Amiri Diwan project in Kuwait. Those were the first days of CMCS where we were awarded the project controls services for the different contractors appointed to deliver…

Organizations who are involved in delivering projects, and in particular engineering and construction projects continue to have the challenge of wasted everyday data from the different project management processes including but not limited to meeting minutes, RFI, submittals, daily reports, safety incidents, correspondence, request for inspections, snag lists, project schedule updates, potential change orders, change…

Stakeholder management is a critical component for the successful delivery of any project. A stakeholder could be any individual, group or organization that can affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a project. Effective Stakeholder Management creates positive relationships with stakeholders through the appropriate management of their expectations and agreed objectives….

Those involved in delivering projects, and in particular engineering and construction projects, understand the importance of managing project’s resources and analyze their impact on the project’s approved budget. Resources, labor and non-labor, when they are estimated to deliver the project scope of work, many assumptions have to be made. Assumptions that could affect the productivity…

For those involved in delivering engineering and construction projects, one would rarely expect having a project without changes. Those changes could result due to many reasons including but not limited to intent of documents not “reasonably inferable” and corrections required, unknown conditions necessitate changes, owner’s requirements change, changes in code or changes in interpretation of…

Organizations who are keen on enforcing the best practice of projects governance understands that one of the requirements to achieve this governance is to fulfill the disclosure and reporting requirements on their projects performance. Those entities need to have timely, relevant and reliable reporting on their projects progress status, forecast to complete the remaining project…

Regardless of the project’s type, the construction of an engineering and construction project requires having drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, contract agreements, building permits, public authorities approval among many other documents developed and approved by the project owner. The level of details and completeness of those documents will have direct impact on the proposals received…

The growing demand to optimize capital projects investments and to do more with less funds, project owners and more than ever, are now adopting the best practices of value engineering to identify and eliminate unwanted costs, while improving project’s function and quality. The aim is to increase the value of projects, satisfying the project’s performance…

Organizations that have projects spread across different geographical locations within the same country or even across multiple countries and continents have the interest to report their projects’ performance using a map to easily visualize the location of a project or portfolio or projects. This actually more of a need for executives and other stakeholders who…