Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Construction Project Management Insights

Construction Project Management Insights


Construction project management is more complex than ever in a digital age coupled with increased legislation. So, working with teams of architects and designers as well as contractors and other interested stakeholders means keeping things on track is harder. These days you need tools that help you manage project delivery, risk assessments, o and m manuals etc. Technology is one of the greatest enablers for the successful delivery of construction project management. It provides the tools to manage construction projects cost-effectively, quickly and safely.

One common issue every construction project faces is managing requests for information (RFIs). These have the ability to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in project delays. Some RFIs may be unjustifiable, while the actual answers could already be in the contract or they are design requests not authorized by the design team. These costs impact the profit of a project’s bottom line, so a project manager needs better control of the RFI process.
Project managers need 24/7 insight into a project of any size to complete it successfully. Here are some insights into project management of RFIs. This is an example of how good project management tools can make a difference.

Tuesday, 13 June 2017

Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Tools

The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries face many challenges. In particular, when managing a cross section of projects. From complex large projects to many smaller projects, technology can transform the design and delivery of them all.
Working across so many associated project, project managers face many challenges. This can include communicating across more than one multi-disciplinary team. A project manager can work with the architects, engineers and builders all at the same time. Then there is the challenge of tracking jobs costs, budgets, profit and loss margins, and understanding the project deliverables.
So how can AEC tools assist in keeping track of important project details?


Architecture, Engineering and Construction Tools


Good AEC project management tools will include reporting functionalities. Reports are vital to the whole process. Reports for profits, percentage compete, revenue per staff member, project profits and losses, and much more.
Good AEC tools have many report types built in. You will also be able to customize reports to look at the overall project performance and profitability. No longer is there any reason to be in the dark about a project’s performance.
If you are serious about enhancing project management using AEC tools, talk to the experts with the knowledge.



Project Management Resource and News Blog

Project Management Resource and News Blog





Friday, 2 June 2017

AEC project management and tracking solutions

AEC project management and tracking solutions



RaptorPM project management software is ideally suited for the AEC industries.  A secure, robust web based solution.



There are many challenges within the AEC industries for project managing from the large complex project to multiple smaller projects. These challenges faced by the project manager can include understanding the deliverables the project, budgets, costs, margins, job costing and multi-team communication.
RaptorPM project management solutions provides the tools so your projects don’t lose money. We give project teams the tools to deal with clients, Architects, Engineers, Consultants and QS firms.

Our project management software is ideally suited for the AEC industries.  A secure, robust web based solution, RaptorPM delivers a comprehensive and powerful set of project management tools to help project teams to plan and manage any number of projects. At RaptorPM we see project management as managing people’s activity around the core project details. This approach empowers project leaders to set measurable tasks, manage document flow and emails, co-ordinate project communication, and assign the right resources to the right job for the best set of outcomes.
Read more here. https://www.raptorpm.com/blog

 
 


Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Oil and Gas Project Management

Due to environmental, financial and legislative pressures, projects in the oil and gas industry face serious challenges. Oil and Gas production has also become increasingly complex and technologically demanding due to schedules and budgets being tight, safety risk factors and every project faces concerns regarding publicity impacts. 

 You can find out more information at this link to RaptorPM website.

Oil and Gas Project Management



Monday, 29 May 2017

A Guide to Risk Assessment in Construction | Construction and AEC Project management software Raptorpm

A Guide to Risk Assessment in Construction

Construction sites have inherent risks, no matter whether it is a multi-story building or a house renovation. Too often a realized risk can cause personal injury. Or, a serious risk not well managed can wipe out a whole company. Construction risk assessment and management is essential to successfully completing each building project.



Defining risk

A risk is an event that may or may not happen. Risk is the uncertainty of an outcome that can cause construction project issues. No matter what the project, there is a certain amount of unavoidable risk. Risks are not hazards but they are events. Risks can refer to behavior, processes and procedures, and events. You need to decide what level of risk is acceptable in terms of value to the business.
Risks can include events that have:
  • only negative variances or results – referred to the as pure risk
  • both negative and positive variances (eg. where there is a risk of loss or gain) – referred to as speculative risk
  • only positive variances and the possibility of gain – these may not always be identified as risks.
Construction is a risky business. It is not possible to avoid all risks. Instead, you must meet relevant legislation to manage, monitor, minimize and mitigate risks. For this, you need easy to follow processes that help your organization and staff make the right decisions. So, you must complete a risk assessment to calculate the risks.

Managing construction risks 

Managing risks is an important element of all construction projects. It involves completing a risk assessment of all work sites. It is important to assign each risk to the right people to take responsibility. There must be good processes and procedures in place to track and report on major risks.

here are four main aspects to managing construction risks:


 

Infrastructure Project Management Solutions

Infrastructure Project Management Solutions



RaptorPM is the leader in scalable project management solutions for infrastructure, engineering and construction projects. Our suite of solutions can be applied across multiple teams and locations, enabling full collaboration between all project members and offering instant, always-on real-time project data that can be easily understood for prioritizing actions. 



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Project information and how a project manager uses it is critical. Visibility is all empowering to any project team. Combine the two put and a company has a winning formula for successful infrastructure project management. Visibility is also simplicity, to understand, to communicate, to collaborate across the many project strands. This leads to outcomes which takes a complex body of work so it becomes clear, transparent, logical and far more easily controlled. Project stages get completed when they are planned and scheduled, monitored and reported.