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Introduction to Advanced Work Packaging (AWP)
What is Advanced Work Packaging? Advanced Work Packaging (AWP), which is also known as construction driven planning is the term coined by Construction Industry Institute (CII). AWP is about organizing pre-construction phases in order to…
- 05 Nov 2020
Implementing Agile Project Management in Engineering Projects
A quick look at the Top 3 global project management trends A project’s success criteria is being determined by ROI and ROCE rather than the traditional three-factor approach of Time, Cost and Scope. Projects are…
- 13 Sep 2020
Cash Flow Risk Factors in Construction Projects That Can Be Minimized with Technology | Part 2
In the previous blog post in this series, we talked about how the risk of delayed conditional payments can be minimized with better documentation management. Here we will focus on how an early-warning system can…
- 24 Aug 2020
Cash Flow Risk Factors in Construction Projects That Can Be Minimized with Technology | Part 1
A construction contractor needs to aggressively manage the amount of cash coming in and going out i.e. he needs to balance cash receipts and payments. When a contractor loses control of his cashflow and has…
- 12 Aug 2020
Achieving Project milestones faster with Agile
EPC project companies operate with profit margins to the tune of 6 to 7% where as around 12% of the payments fall into the category of retention. The ability to claim the retention payments and…
- 29 Jun 2020
Understanding the role of the app in modern project management
Understanding the role of the app in modern projectmanagement In the past decade, smart devices have revolutionized the way peoplework, play, communicate, and even think. As devices shrank, computingpower exploded outward into the cloud. Smart…
- 10 Jun 2020
3 Survival Factors for Engineering Companies in a Post Covid World
During the 2020 global Coronavirus pandemic, revenues of Engineering and EPC companies dropped by 20.2%, according to ENR April 2020. In this situation, monitoring cash flow, cost control and managing remote collaboration and work tracking…
- 10 Jun 2020
How the Engineering industry during COVID-19 surprised and delighted us!
How the Engineering industry during COVID-19 surprised and delighted us! Engineering firms responded surprisingly well to the COVID-19 lockdown! Report after report talks glowingly about how platforms like BIM360, Project wise, Microsoft Team, and Zoom…
- 09 Jun 2020
What can Construction learn from Manufacturing?
What can Construction learn from Manufacturing? How to standardize. That’s what the construction industry can learn from the manufacturing industry. Standardization is a vague term, so let me define it. When I say ‘a company…
- 09 Jun 2020
Best Practices based Integrated Project Monitoring & Control
Successful projects deliver their scope with quality within the agreed upon time and cost. Integrated Monitoring and Controlling of schedule, scope, cost, risks, resources and quality throughout the project’s life cycle starting from project planning…
- 27 Apr 2020
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Cash Flow Risk Factors in Construction Projects That Can Be Minimized with Technology | Part 2
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Cash Flow Risk Factors in Construction Projects That Can Be Minimized with Technology | Part 1
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