Project Planning and scheduling.

Effective Construction Planning and Scheduling are paramount for seamlessly integrating all construction activities and phases, ensuring project completion within budget and on schedule. The advent of advanced scheduling tools like Primavera and Power Projects has made planning and scheduling more efficient and appealing.

At The ICEC GULF, we specialize in establishing robust planning and scheduling processes and protocols. Our comprehensive services encompass:

• Crafting Baseline programs/schedules as per contractual terms and conditions.
• Developing revised and recovery programs/schedules as needed.
• Creating catch-up and accelerated programs.
• Implementing a weightage system for generating project S-curves (combining cost and resource curves).
• Crafting Project S-Curves and resource histograms.
• Establishing an Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) and assigning responsibilities to project delegates.
• Generating baseline manpower assignments, machinery charts, and management task matrices.
• Developing Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules and identifying the practical and logical critical path.
• Analyzing critical and near-critical paths to enlighten clients about achievable milestones and avoid unnecessary delays.

Project Visualization and Dashboard Creation

Project visualization involves the use of graphical elements and data representation techniques to provide a clear and intuitive view of project-related information. This visual approach helps stakeholders understand, analyze, and make informed decisions about the project's progress and performance.

Creating project dashboards is an integral part of project visualization. Dashboards are interactive, real-time displays that consolidate key project metrics, data, and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) into a single, user-friendly interface. Here's a brief overview of the process:

PROJECT CONTROL

Project Control encompasses the continuous processes of monitoring, tracking, and forecasting throughout the entire project lifecycle. It involves real-time management and analysis of project data to assess current progress and predict future outcomes.

At our consultancy, we tailor project control systems to the unique characteristics of each project, considering factors such as project type, client specifications, and the required level of control. We do not offer one-size-fits-all solutions; instead, we diligently assess project requirements and client expectations to develop customized project control systems that incorporate global best practices and protocols.

PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT

In today's ever-evolving project landscapes, effective risk management is of paramount importance. Project managers operate in dynamic environments where risks—factors that could potentially impact a project's timeline, performance, or budget—abound.

Implementing robust Project Risk Management procedures, encompassing identification, analysis, and responsive actions throughout a project's lifecycle, greatly empowers project teams to successfully achieve their objectives within established time and budget constraints.

Risk management entails the proactive anticipation of potential disruptions and the strategic deployment of measures to mitigate uncertainty to an acceptable level. It's a process that acknowledges the fluidity of project work, continually capturing and addressing emerging risks and integrating newfound knowledge into existing risk analyses.

At The Six Consultancy, we specialize in Project Risk Management, offering services that encompass the establishment of tailored risk management procedures, the development of customized templates and formats, the generation of periodic risk assessment reports, and the provision of recommendations to mitigate risk scores, among other invaluable contributions."

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FORENSIC SCHEDULE DELAY ANALYSIS & TIME QUANTUM CLAIMS

The omission of proper forensic schedule analysis is a critical factor leading to disputes and, ultimately, arbitration proceedings. Delays in construction projects are a common occurrence, and stakeholders have different approaches to addressing them.

The selection of a reliable, practical, and accurate schedule analysis technique plays a pivotal role in determining the extent of delay. In this context, forensic schedule delay analysis emerges as the most promising and precise methodology.

Forensic Schedule Delay Analysis entails a thorough examination of the cause-and-effect relationship in CPM (Critical Path Method) scheduling. It involves determining the extent of delay using a common-sense approach while adhering to industry best practices and protocols, such as AACE's Forensic Schedule Analysis Guideline: 29R-03 and the Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol, 2nd Edition, 2017.

Our execution of Forensic Delay Analysis methodologies includes:

• Time Impact Analysis
• Windows Analysis / Time Slice Window Analysis
• As-Planned vs. As-Built Analysis
• Impacted As-Planned Analysis
• Retrospective Longest Path Analysis
• Collapsed As-Built Analysis

We specialize in preparing Time Quantum (Extension of Time) Claims supported by forensic schedule analysis exercises.".