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Transform Your Reporting with Our Plug & Play Power BI Dashboard Managing multiple projects in Asta Powerproject can quickly become a reporting nightmare. Each month, teams spend valuable hours copying data, building graphs, and formatting reports — often manually — just to get a snapshot of where things stand. That’s […]

Transform Your Reporting with Our Plug & Play Power BI Dashboard Managing multiple projects in Microsoft Project (MSP) can quickly become a reporting nightmare. Each month, teams spend valuable hours copying data, building graphs, and formatting reports — often manually — just to get a snapshot of where things stand. […]

In our previous article on Planning Estimates, we discussed how construction programmes are developed with an inherent level of confidence. Here, we look further into one critical aspect of programme development: determining activity durations. When developing a construction programme, each activity requires a realistic duration that considers various factors. The […]

Article by Mark Chapman, Head of Innovation for Elecosoft. Putting together a reliable plan for how a construction project is going to be delivered is exceedingly hard – and it’s getting harder. Projects are not only getting bigger and more complex, there are more stakeholders involved, often with divergent agendas. […]

As a contractor or developer, you have different programmes that you work with. As a planner, we build different types. Development Programme: Property developers use these programmes to establish the references for their projects. The development programmes focus on the pre-construction activities that influence the lead up before actual construction happens. […]

When programming a construction project, we are often asked how accurate the timeframes and milestones are. Generally, all programmes contain estimates that combine inputs from various sources: Our planning expertise based on past jobs we have worked on. We have worked on average of 700 to 800 projects per year […]

When creating programme, you may want to resource your jobs. Firstly, we need to identify all the different resources (i.e. trades or sub-contractors) working on the project and enter them into the Resource Sheet. Creating Resources Go to the Task tab > View commands group > select the Gantt Chart […]

Australia’s performance in the Olympics was not just a feat of luck. It takes planning and a whole lot of sport infrastructure.  Australia can boast of massive sporting infrastructure that supports and trains its athletes.  A physical manifestation of this infrastructure are the various stadia and training facilities that are […]