Level-3 and Level-4 Schedules
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Rey BasadreMember for 20 years 7 months
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Every contractor, every planner/scheduler, has his own idea or version of structuring level-3 & level-4 schedules. One contractor may say his is a level-4 but I may call it level-3, a Contract may specify a level-3 schedule but the breakdown of detail of activities demanded by the owner’s Project Management Team is as good as level-4. Contractors or PMTs may even direct its planners/schedulers to create a hybrid level 3.5 Schedule. Now, isn’t that something?
It is long overdue that scheduling levels be STANDARDIZED, or a least a guiding structure & requirements be authored & presented, something in the line of how detailed the breakdown of activities in the schedule should be, the maximum duration of each activity, resource load, etc.
Your opinions please...
It is long overdue that scheduling levels be STANDARDIZED, or a least a guiding structure & requirements be authored & presented, something in the line of how detailed the breakdown of activities in the schedule should be, the maximum duration of each activity, resource load, etc.
Your opinions please...
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Oldest first- 0Hannes de Bruyne ·Hello Rey
this is not a question of standard, it is a question of wording. Only the level 1 - schedule is clearly specified. Out of this description people started to make expressions like level 2 and so on. It is a bad habbit to use level description higher than "1" and people using this description mostly do not know what they are talking about.
Hannes - 0Rey Basadre ·Hi Hannes,
Interesting opinion, thanks.
I am posing a construction working-schedule assertion, one that will serve not only management or contracts people but a realistic schedule that every discipline manager, superintendent, supervisor, foreman, and leadmen will observe and implement in actual work.
I hope to read more opinion from others.
Cheers,
Rey - 0Bijaya Bajracharya ·I don’t think there can be industry standard on such things. All the projects are different. Even within a project, a structure which is perfect for one Manager may not be good for the other. Thus this level does not mean anything. Start from absolute activites ( you may call it level 1). For your and others clarity and ease, group and subgroup them in whatever way until your requirements are met.
If someone comes to you asking for Level 3 or whatever level programme, ask him what he means.
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