Kerim Koseoglu, Director at PMA Houston, excels in managing complex infrastructure projects globally….

Expert Strategies for Successful Technical Project Management

In our fifth episode of Project Insights, hosts Zoe Mervine and Hatim Elnueri…

Long-Term Projects and Planning – Project Insights Episode 005

The imperative for organizational transformation cannot be overstated in the dynamic landscape of modern business, which is characterized by disruptive technologies, heightened global competition, and evolving consumer expectations. This process demands a comprehensive understanding of strategy, culture, operations, and technology and an acute awareness of societal shifts. Recognizing the complexity of this endeavor, many organizations

Thriving in Transformation: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Business

In this episode of Project Insights, hosts Zoe Mervine and Hatim Elnueri interview…

Risk Management – Project Insights Episode 003

For the first episode of Project Insights, hosts Zoe Mervine and Hatim Elnueri…

AI in Project Management – Project Insights Episode 001

Complex construction and development projects can be exciting and offer great value to…

The Value of an Owner’s Project Manager: Resolving Challenges for Successful Projects

ASK THE EXPERT PMAer Ahmed Garamoon, PE, Manager, is a project management and…

Enhancing Coordination with Lookahead Schedules

What is safe start date & safe float? In a deterministic project schedule,…

Safe Start Date & Safe Float

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), enacted in November of 2021, supplied…

Handling the Impacts of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Ensuring safety on the jobsite is a vital component of a project manager’s…

The Project Manager’s Role in Construction Safety

Over the past years, many industries have started using the Agile project management…

How to Use Agile Project Management in Construction

Risk analysts and project teams must rely on expert judgment to collect subjective…

Calibration Assessments: Validation of Subjective Probabilities and Impact Ranges in Risk Analysis

Is there a benefit to executing a project risk assessment early and repeating…

The Importance of Doing a Risk Assessment in Every Project, Early and Often

Initiated, implemented and maintained properly, portfolio scheduling can provide invaluable information to its…

Portfolio Scheduling – How to Achieve Success and What Does Success Look Like?

Initiating a pharmaceutical capital project requires a deep understanding of the unique processes…

Practical Planning and Scheduling for Capital Project Delivery in the Pharmaceutical Industry

PMA’s Bruce Stephan, a nationally recognized licensed civil engineer, provides insights on infrastructure…

Biggest Challenges to Infrastructure Asset Management

Planning, scheduling, and risk are critical elements in providing premium project control techniques…

Innovations in Planning and Risk for Construction Project Controls

PMA’s Bruce Stephan, a nationally recognized licensed civil engineer, provides insights on infrastructure…

Critical Considerations for Infrastructure Construction Management

Ms. Sarah Rios has extensive project management experience with particular expertise in capital…

Navigating the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for Transportation

PMAer Nick Gendron is a Project Manager and Project Controls Scheduler with significant…

Utilizing Integrated Project Delivery and Pull Planning to Plan a Project

PMAer Nick Gendron is a Project Manager and Project Controls Scheduler with significant…

4D Scheduling Improves Construction Projects

Every project controls professional knows this maxim: “if you can’t measure it, you…

Realistic Forecasts with Earned Value Management

ASK THE EXPERT Ernesto Toxqui Damian has 5 years experience with PMA and…

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Using KPIs and Power BI in Project Management

ASK THE EXPERT Ernesto Toxqui Damian has been with PMA 5 years and…

Power BI in Project Management

Warm-water capture reduces the need for duct heaters in the air handling system,…

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Energy Saving Processes for Chilled Water Plant

A primary goal of any cost or schedule risk analysis is to identify…

Prioritizing Risks During Schedule Risk Analysis

What’s new Virtual Connection – The opportunity to make personal connections in the…

Make an Impression at Virtual Career Fairs

ASK THE EXPERT PMAer Saumil Maniar, PE, PMP, is a multiskilled Project Manager…

Construction cost estimating is crucial for project success

Meet PMA Project Engineer Yuan Zhang, a project professional who spent her formative…

From Shanghai to Boston: How to start a career in the Construction Industry

PMAer Natalie Robichaud, PE, PMP, LEED AP BD+C, MCPPO, is a multiskilled Project Manager…

London to Boston: Working Remotely in Construction

Positive outcomes to the challenges of 2020 include the rise of digital transformation…

The Digital Transformation for Construction

Geotechnical engineering is a branch of civil engineering that focuses on what lies…

How Geotechnical Engineering Improves Construction Quality

PMA has long been invested in the crucial mission of our public and…

Emergent K-12 School Models in the Age of Pandemics

When pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies are expanding their facilities today for…

Construction in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Sector

As a manager or executive of a new or expanding manufacturing facility that…

Construction Restart After a COVID-19 Pandemic Shutdown

Value Engineering (VE) is a phased methodology used to analyze a product, project,…

How Value Engineering Improves Construction Project Value

The global construction industry was predicted to grow by 3.1%. As the year progresses, construction…

A Guide for Remote Construction Project Managers

Project managers and schedulers using Oracle Primavera P6 software can optimize its use…

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Ideal Planning Conditions for P6 Scheduling

PMA Consultant’s John Hill shows how to present tracked quantities in Primavera P6…

Watch: Basic Guidelines for Quantity Tracking in P6

PMA’s Shane Wilhelmsen gives step-by-step instructions on managing working hours in Primavera P6….

Watch: Managing Working Hours in Primavera P6

Analyzing exhaustive, complex schedules is often overwhelming for non-schedulers. What if you could…

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Summarize Complex Schedules for Better Communication

PMA’s Dina Kierouz presents on how clients spend a significant amount of time…

Why do we Keep Making the Same Mistakes with PMIS?

Project controls encompass the processes and tools used to plan, manage, monitor, and…

Best Practices in Project Controls

Initiating manufacturing operations in a newly built pharmaceutical facility is a demanding process…

Key Strategies for Manufacturing Operations Initiation

Learn best practices and helpful tips for exchanging information between NetPoint and Primavera…

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Exchanging Information Between NetPoint and Primavera P6

PMA’s Dina Keirouz discusses the role of a PMIS in construction project management….

WATCH: How do you select the right tool for a PMIS?

Gone are the days of spending an entire day looking at hard copy…

Deliver Successful Projects with a PMIS

PMA’s Dina Keirouz discusses the role of a PMIS in construction project management….

WATCH: Why is PMIS Important in Project Management?

In general terms, schedule analysis performed during the project is considered prospective; when…

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Guide to the Forensic Scheduling Body of Knowledge

The CPM algorithm’s ability to develop bounding early/late dates using activity durations and…

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WATCH: Schedule Risk Assessment Early and Late “P80” Dates

The construction manager at risk (CMAR) project delivery method has become increasingly popular…

Construction Manager At-Risk Delivery Strategies

PMA’s Wayne Beauregard discusses how to create, maintain, and assign baseline schedules in…

WATCH: Creating a Baseline Schedule in P6

PMA’s Shane Wilhelmsen discusses calendar settings in Primavera P6. Learn the difference between…

WATCH: Calendar Settings in Primavera P6

How do you ensure schedule reliability? There are probably 50 different things to…

Delivering a Reliable Project Schedule

BIM is an integrated project controls tool BIM is an integrated project controls…

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Why Megaprojects Need BIM

This presentation will discuss the importance of UAT and SIT in systems implementations…

UAT and SIT in Successful PMIS Systems Implementation

PMA presents, Core Traits of a Reliable Schedule, a publication to codify the…

Core Traits of a Reliable Schedule

PMA leads a panel discussion on project risk management at the PMICOS Panel…

Improving on the Predictive Accuracy of P80 Dates

PMA’s John Hill gives step-by-step instructions on how to identify longest paths in…

WATCH: Identifying Longest Paths in Primavera P6

PMA’s Angel Arvelo shows step-by-step how to export a schedule from NetPoint and…

WATCH: Exporting NetPoint to Primavera P6

PMA’s Angel Arvelo demonstrates how to easily export a schedule from Primavera P6…

WATCH: Importing Primavera P6 Schedule into NetPoint

Initiated, implemented and maintained properly, portfolio scheduling can provide invaluable information to its…

Interactive Planning (IPS) for Portfolio Scheduling

This presentation provides insight into the lessons learned for conducting successful interactive planning…

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Lessons Learned for a Successful Interactive Planning Session

PMA Technologies releases NetPoint Version 5.2 PMA Technologies introduces NetPoint version 5.2, a…

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NetPoint Adds Schedule Reliability Functionality

Q&A with Bruce Stephan PMA and Bruce Stephan leveraged NetPoint to better analyze,…

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Mitigating Schedule Risk Using NetPoint

Above, from left to right: Project Manager Paul Queeney and Assistant Project Manager…

Shrewsbury Library Grand Opening

The Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules activities to start on early dates, which…

Removing the Early‐Dates Bias in CPM Risk Analysis

 2016 NetPoint & GPM Conference Keynote Presentation Schedules encompassing thousands of activities…

In Pursuit of Reliable Schedules: Introducing NetPoint Numerati

“How long do you think that task will take?” It’s a question that…

The Planning Fallacy and Its Effect on Realistic Project Schedules

Where the approach to scheduling a project is deterministic, the critical path is…

Delay Principles Based on Completion Risk

This lecture is a glimpse into the career of a civil engineering PhD…

How Lifelong Learning Has Shaped My Career

Scheduling a project at the right level, at the right time, is an…

Scheduling a Project at Different Levels

Even with the best of intentions, it is difficult to achieve and communicate…

From Asymmetry to Transparency in Project Planning

The critical path method (CPM) is widely used as a project management tool….

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GPM® and Forensic Total Float

Although adverse weather has impacted construction since before the pyramids, and when unusually…

Force Majeure Weather Modeling

The human drive to put a picture to the ephemeral aspects of planning…

The History and Future of Time-Scaled Planning

This treatise seeks to shine some light back on collaborative network-based planning by…

Project Planning Using Logic Diagramming Method

It is not uncommon for construction CPM schedules for projects exceeding $50M+ in…

Lost in the CPM Details?