CRITICAL PATH MASTER SCHEDULE VS SHORT TERM LOOKAHEAD SCHEDULES. CONSTRUCTION PM TIPS NO. 40

In this video I discuss how the master schedule and short term schedules need to integrate and iterate together. This is a huge silo problem in our industry that needs to be addressed. One way is with Lean methods such as last planner system. There are however other ways that are also discussed in this video.
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Tom Stephenson is a national award-winning professor (George Brown College, University of Toronto) and best-selling author whose background in education spans nearly three decades. His diverse teaching disciplines include construction project management, business management, human resource management, architecture, carpentry, and brick and stone masonry. As a dual-professional, Tom is called upon by industry leaders to translate knowledge, reinvigorate corporate culture, and inspire innovation in emerging and established companies across Canada. Before breaking into the academic realm, Tom acquired more than a decade of practical project-management experience, operating a mid-sized Toronto-based general contracting firm. He is also the author of the newly released Planning, Scheduling, and Control of Construction Projects with American Technical Publishers and the four best-selling editions of Understanding Construction Drawings for Housing and Small Buildings with Nelson Publishing Canada. Tom most recently received the Toronto Construction Association’s 2020 Chancellor’s Award for “helping his peers become more ethical, knowledgeable and professional.” A champion of change management, Tom takes pride in helping students and businesses navigate uncharted territories, take calculated risks and rise above the status quo. Some of the companies he’s worked with include Mattamy Homes, EllisDon, BIRD Construction, MCA, Maple Reinders, and Tucker HiRise, University of Toronto Project Managers.

[@nadias234]

Great video Tom! If I may, can you make a video on how to create a schedule when you are a subcontractor? How to go about creating your own schedule while using the GC’s master schedule.
I’m in that situation now where I’m trying to create a schedule where I need to plan our work within their timeframes and in doing so my schedule has many constraints to match their dates and not everything in my schedule is linked 100% with either a predecessor/successor. I have added other trades’ tasks that come either before or after my particular tasks to show what would hold me up if they are late and then what comes after me if I’m late, but I’m forced to create constraints in order for my tasks to start at certain times which obviously cause a problem. Not everything in the GC’s master schedule is logical where dates flow organically so this is quite a feat!

[@TomStephensontraining]

Great idea, I will try. It is always challenging to do that. You can make things adjust with lags and leads to fall on specific dates but in a very dynamic environment it can also be cumbersome. Make sure you use file naming protocols and notes function to explain and identify cost incurring changes week to week. That way you have a better history

[@nadias234]

@@TomStephensontraining thanks for the advice Tom, I appreciate the reply!

[@murin7185]

❤🎉 thanks again, professor Tom

[@TomStephensontraining]

Thanks Mark (trying to remember if Mark is with a k or c) lol

[@alwayspositivealways]

Thanks Tom for the knowledge

[@TomStephensontraining]

You’re welcome, I like your youtube channel name Be Positive

[@bettyannwilliams193]

Thanks Professor Tom

[@TomStephensontraining]

You are welcome Betty, glad to help

[@checkavailability.]

Good stuff Tom!

[@TomStephensontraining]

Thanks so much!!!

[@gordonclark5899]

Sounds like there are some problems with the microphone need to fixed, professor~But still a perfect video😀

[@TomStephensontraining]

Yes so true Gordon, I was away and I struggle with my other laptop to get the sound right. I put a buffer to get rid of the hiss sound on it but that makes it screechy at times. Thanks for the kind words as always!

[@jimbradshaw1896]

I have a schedule that has about 75 tasks and they all are on the critical path; even if/when I put float or dummie activities in the schedule. I've tried to turn the critical path off, and all I get is the baseline with no colored task bars above. What can I do?

[@TomStephensontraining]

Hi Jim are you in the teacking gantt view? Maybe try the gantt view by sliding to the very left and right clicking mouse select gantt. If you have simultaneous activities of difering duration there should be some that are blue.