Planning
Detailed program
Baseline Benefits include but are not limited to:
Defining the scope of all work.
Determine the duration for each activity in the project. Guideline and reference to measure the progress of work. The only way to claim your right.
Cost Loading
What is cost loading in construction?
The cost-loaded schedule required in the construction contract includes the contracting costs, subcontracting costs, indirect costs, and profit mentioned in the Bill of Quantity. The scheduler working with the cost estimator allocates the project’s estimate to the CPM schedule activities.
What is the cost baseline?
The cost baseline is the approved version of the project budget, which only changes through formal change control procedures. RIO uses the cost baseline as a basis for comparison to actual results. We develop it as a summation of the approved budgets for the different scheduled activities.
Resource Loading
What is resource leveling?
A technique in which start and finish dates are adjusted based on resource constraints to balance the demand for resources with the available supply. Resource leveling helps when shared or critically required resources are available only at certain times, in limited quantities, or are over-allocated.
What is resource smoothing?
A technique that adjusts the activities of a schedule model; so the requirements for resources on the project do not exceed certain predefined resource limits. In resource smoothing, as opposed to resource leveling, the project’s critical path does not change, and the completion date stays the same.
