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This is an ASCE Micro Learning Seminar consisting of short modules and videos for ease in consuming and learning.
INSTRUCTOR: J. Scott Lowe, P.E., M.ASCE
Purpose and Background
Project delays are a constant threat to the success of any construction project. Project participants can prevent or limit the damage that delays can cause by developing the skills to identify delays before they occur, or at least before they become insurmountable. When delays occur, it is essential that the project team have the skills necessary to allow them to quantify this delay using industry standard best practices and court-tested methods.
For many years there were as many ways to analyze project schedules as there were analysts. With the publishing of AACE’s Recommended Practice for Forensic Schedules, the field of acceptable approaches was winnowed to nine. The practice of schedule analysis has now progressed to the point that these nine approaches can be narrowed to a combination of two. The objective of this course is to show how this single method can be used to identify and quantify critical project delays on construction projects.
Learning Outcomes and Benefits
Identify the basic information necessary to conduct an analysis of delays using the project schedules Determining whether the project schedules are suitable for identifying and quantifying project delays Learn the attributes of the contemporaneous approach to identifying and quantifying delay Learn the attributes of the time impact analysis approach to identifying and quantifying delay Learn how to use the contemporaneous and time impact analysis approaches in a comprehensive way to identify and quantify critical construction project delays
Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Students' achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed via a short post-assessment (true-false, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions).
Intended Audience
- Engineers and Architects
- Construction Managers
- Contractors and Subcontractors
- Vendors and Suppliers
- Attorneys
- Other professionals in the construction industry
Course Outline
Documents needed to perform an analysis of critical project delays and schedule validation
- Baseline Schedule and Schedule Updates
- As-built Information
- Software tools
- Identifying and validating the as-planned schedule
- Plotting the as-built
- Verifying the accuracy of the reported logic and durations of the activities in the schedule
Analytical Approaches
- Prospective vs. Retrospective Analyses
- Observational vs. "Modeled" Analyses
- Time Impact Analysis
- Contemporaneous Analysis
Comprehensive Approach to Analyzing Critical Project Delay
- How to use Time Impact and Contemporaneous Analytical Approaches to Identify and Quantify Delays
- Developing Fragnets
- Evaluating Progress
How to Earn your PDHs and Receive Your Certificate of Completion
To receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete a short on-line post-test and receive a passing score of 70% or higher within 1 year of purchasing the course.