Construction teams are seeing significant dividends from digitizing their construction timesheets. The more we talk with a range of project and business stakeholders across the construction industry, the more we are seeing this process as a huge potential area of improvement and growth for project teams.
Today, we’re discussing the role of construction project managers: the tasks they handle, and the digital solutions they need for project success.
Quantity takeoffs are an essential part of construction, especially during the planning and tendering phases of a project. The process involves breaking down a construction project into smaller units so that the cost can be quantified more easily and accurately.
Discover how SYNCHRO 4D is leveraged for work packaging, dynamic clash detection and resource allocation in order to avoid timeline delays and improve performance for large plant projects across the oil & gas and chemical sectors.
The adoption of a model-based workflow has not been as established in civil construction as it has been in vertical building construction. 3D design models are still not 100% the norm in the civil industry.
In this post, we will see how we can import various scheduling data from other softwares inside SYNCHRO 4D Pro. Not only we can import the data, we can modify the data within SYNCHRO: add more detailing, create sub-taska and linkages using modelling based scheduling techniques. Finally, we can export the detailed schedule out to the original formats. Besides, we can also synchronize the changes made in the original schedule retaining the imported data and the modifications, thereby saving precious time.
When we visualize our SYNCHRO 4D model in 3D Window we can choose the following dates to use in the active 3D window: Best Actual Planned Baseline Proposed Late dates Dates To Use Let’s review each option 1. Best To begin with, the SYNCHRO 3D window shows 4D simulation of our current schedule, a combination of actual + planned dates (past + future).If the project hasn’t started, Best = Planned (all tasks are in the future from data date).This is the default dates to use setting. 2. Actual In this case 3D window will show 4D simulation of completed and ongoing tasks, up to data date. In simple words: we see only what has been done (past). This option is applicable only when construction is in progress, and we can use it to compare actual status to the initial schedule (base plan) 3. Planned In this case, 3D window will show 4D simulation of remaining tasks, starting from data date. In simple words: only what will be done (future).If the project hasn’t started, Planned = Best (all tasks are in the future from data date). 4. Baseline In this case, 3D window will show 4D simulation of saved baseline, which
Planning a construction project in 4D is becoming more popular these days. In fact, new guidelines are starting to appear that require 4D as part of the overall deliverables when bidding for new projects.
SYNCHRO 4D Pro has many tools and parameters that allow you to perform and execute construction processes, quicker and easier. It can be considered like a “machine of time”, where teams can view and track each task, find solutions quickly, and create 4D visualizations to share project information in a digital environment.