Project Controls Specialist vs. Planner & Scheduler

Project Controls can relate to a number of disciplines, such as:
-Project Planning
-Cost Engineering
-Document Control
-Change Control

The most important, challenging, undervalued and underpaid of which is of course the planning ;o)

Generally,

A project control specialist work with the owner, advising the owner’s contractors on the delays, how to mitigate the delays and how to catch up.

The planner/scheduler worked with the contractor. They prepare the overall master planning on what will be the contractual intent of the contractor. They also prepare the details of activities: start, finish, durations. Since the plan is contractual, it is not achievable. then comes the commercial manager of the contractor and will instruct the planner/scheduler to prepare another contractual plan / schedule to claim more money from the owner.



Thank you,
Scarlett

Just for info

Can download paper from peo webiste:

Difference between planner & scheduler

http://www.planningengineers.org/publications/papers_download.aspx?id=5